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Hadley Ny

Anybody ever try to use peanut butter on the trips on a 220 conibear for wood chucks? Seems I got a smart one trap wise..already got 4 from same hole but it's a traveling hole..right under fence in and out of garden. Already flipped the trap twice without setting it off. All adults which probably used that hole when I had shoulder issues and didn't tend patch last year. Hard to trap a hole like that because of exit routes. Set a leg trap but would hate to catch a Ferrel Cat. They take care of all the mice. Any try it? T

6/16/2023 12:44:19 PM

stick slice of apple on the 2 prongs

6/16/2023 3:34:41 PM

Hadley Ny

was thinking about that..i use apples for them in havahart

6/17/2023 4:50:09 AM

Hadley Ny

Remembered why I decided not to use apple slices on my conibear and was opting for peanut butter. Walked down to back of patch and had a woodchuck in the conibear and a Doe blowing at me. She just dropped a fawn behind the patch recently. Had deer tracks in the woodchuck exit area where they put dirt. Do not want a deer nose in my conibear!!! I'm sure she doesn't either. I dug out some dirt for the spring ends and lowered conibear and angled it..it worked. Hard with 3 exit areas and room for one trap. Now waiting on number 6...again anybody ever use peanutbutter on trap triggers or just as a lure for woodchucks. Thanks T

6/17/2023 9:44:34 AM

Syracuse, NY

https://lawnlove.com/blog/how-to-get-rid-of-groundhogs/#:~:text=Sprinkle%20Epsom%20salts%2C%20blood%20meal,near%20the%20groundhog's%20burrow%20entrance.

Plus, my own idea - You could plant a quickly-growing trap crop of sorts that would get about 3-4 feet high right outside that (left-side only?) fence and all the weigh around your patch and then they'd at least not SEE your prize plants.
You HAVE a tiller - It'd be fun! F'rinstance - If I smell steak and can't see it,
I know I'd better not even think about eating whatever it IS! Else, if nothing else, it'll be the same routine every year. I had a pet woodchuck also and with my PRESENCE in the area of his nibbling, he at some point (I saw two, so one of his offspring) and/or his offspring moved to my trailer and lives or lived under that,
along, with my feral 'pet cat', lol. The entire reason is if they see it, they'll eat it. WE put it out there. eg

6/17/2023 11:03:41 AM

Hadley Ny

Eric, None of that is feasible for where I'm at and the land layout. Good ideas if you have the room and the money to do it with. Peanut Butter is cheap and so are apples. I already have plenty of Conibears as it is part of the way of life here. Woodchucks are plentiful and they eat good too.

6/17/2023 11:33:03 AM

Syracuse, NY

Didn't click the link once I posted it - it goes to the original three things in highlight and not just to the entire page (top of it);
Well, whatevers. If anyone else wants to know, there it is, forever.
Actually, I'm no dummy:
https://lawnlove.com/blog/how-to-get-rid-of-groundhogs/
eg

6/17/2023 5:27:49 PM

Marshfield, Ma, USA

I was at a graduation party a few nights ago. Somehow conversation turned to woodchucks. Seems like everyone had one in their yard. I've never seen so many in my yard before the last few years. Are woodchuck populations on the rise?

6/18/2023 6:01:40 AM

Hadley Ny

If you don't have natural enemies for them...coyote fox,,,they will multiply and spread. Use a repellant on them they go to the neighbors yard and reproduce and come back to your yard the following year after young ones are kicked out of the den. They are a rodent and multiply quickly. I live in the country with forest and a few fields and have both coyotes and fox but they are still a problem. They are varmints and eat a lot of vegetation. I personally try to kill everyone I see or can trap. They can destroy a garden in no time. They've been around forever and they ain't going anywhere.

6/18/2023 10:01:37 AM

stoughton WI

if possible put silt fence around hole up to the side of the trap, normally they will go into trap at some point.

6/19/2023 9:50:45 PM

Hadley Ny

Rick, Thank You...my issue was smart trap wise..he dug tunnel deeper under conibear and flipped it over twice while going underneath it. I lowered it and got him... hopefully I'm done for the season..imagine that!! Had to put spring ends down 4" into soil on either side of transit area to reach the bottom. Waiting on number 6.

6/21/2023 1:13:00 PM