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Posted: 4/15/2024 10:58:41 PM EDT

I discovered a 16 inch wide hole today so the squatter just moved in without offering to pay rent. I would like to dispose of him immediately but have never killed this type of varmint before. I did watch CaddyShack for tips, but it didn’t help. Could GD provide me effective ways to kill this giant tunnel rat? I am located on rural property with nearest neighbor a quarter mile away and farmland for half mile behind groundhog’s tunnel entrance.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:00:08 PM EDT

[#1]

I can confirm, as of last week, that a Chevy Tahoe will kill a groundhog.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:00:38 PM EDT

[#2]

They come out to eat in the morning and afternoon. Shoot it with a .22 hollow point

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:00:58 PM EDT

[#3]

Check me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:01:11 PM EDT

[#4]

Get an Ar 15 wait till he comes out of the hole and then shoot it

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:02:27 PM EDT

[#5]

kamikaze grounghog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHMS2UWPIig

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:03:10 PM EDT

[#6]

Not sure if this is true, but a guy who gets rid of critters (bats, racoons etc...) said to set out gummy worms. They can't digest them and die. Grab two bags, set them out and report back.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:03:25 PM EDT

[#7]

Fx panthera w/Zero Compromise scope

Very. Effective.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:04:06 PM EDT

[#8]

I've killed many of them with a suppressed Ruger 77/22.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:04:20 PM EDT

[#9]

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Posted: 4/15/2024 11:05:33 PM EDT

[#10]

A Ruger 10/22 works quite well on them.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:10:10 PM EDT

[#11]

If you can drive up to it
A pipe down the hole connected to the tail pipe of a truck and let it idle for 30 minutes
Plug up the the hole with some foam rubber around the pipe to keep the CO in

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:11:01 PM EDT

[#12]

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A Ruger 10/22 works quite well on them.

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ASAT

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:11:16 PM EDT

[#13]

.17HMR

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:11:51 PM EDT

[#14]

Bury it.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:17:50 PM EDT

[#15]

Smoke bombs and a 22

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:22:57 PM EDT

[#16]

Three oh hate.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:23:55 PM EDT

[#17]

conibear 220 will do

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:27:10 PM EDT

[#18]

This has to be a troll thread.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:31:05 PM EDT

[#19]

Im gonna go with a gnarly death trap . Like Duke/Conibear 155 . Just order a few cases of them . Good luck .

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:31:47 PM EDT

[#20]

I used an AR

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:37:32 PM EDT

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I can confirm, as of last week, that a Chevy Tahoe will kill a groundhog.

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Yeah, letting one drive you into an open pit mine works too.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:40:22 PM EDT

[#22]

I had a neighbor that would vent a 20lb co2 canister with a hose (sort of like using a fire extinguisher) every time he got a groundhog, and then fill up the hole with a shovel. I don't recall him ever having one dig its way out.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:40:27 PM EDT

[#23]

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I can confirm, as of last week, that a Chevy Tahoe will kill a groundhog.

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Yep. Around here, all you need is a car.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:40:36 PM EDT

[#24]

Havahart trap, some over ripe cantaloupe.

Catch it, dispose of how you will

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:41:50 PM EDT

[#25]

Live trap baited with cantaloupe rinds. Then .22 from a Ruger Mark 1 in the noggin. Easy peasy.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:44:28 PM EDT

[#26]

When I was a kid I watched my dad dump used motor oil in woodchuck holes

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:45:48 PM EDT

[#27]

I have used these Giant Destroyer for both gophers and ground squirrels.

I get them from Ace Hardware, but these are for sale on Amazon too.

I do not like how short the fuse is that comes with them so I use a longer fuse.

I attempt to put the Destroyer as deep in the hole as I can and still be able to light the fuse.

I have a bucket of sand or dirt ready to cover the hole completely, but not putting out the fuse, so that minimal gases escape.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:45:51 PM EDT

[#28]

Hire a sexy young female groundhog to dress all slutty and have her go into the hole under some pretense, like her boyfriend just threw her out of his Camaro right next to the hole and she just needs a place to stay for a few days. Then have her convince the male groundhog that she really likes his anime library and fantasy sword collection and that she also prefers ARs in .300 Blackout. Then have her continue to deepen their relationship over a period of several months until he finally brings her to his mom's place to introduce his new girlfriend, then when they get back to his hole have her reveal that the whole thing has been a grift and she faked all of her hogasms and that she's leaving him for a skunk with a huge smelly dong. Once you see her leave the hole just drop a handful of barbituates and a six-pack of beer. He'll solve the problem himself.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:53:25 PM EDT

[#29]

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Not sure if this is true, but a guy who gets rid of critters (bats, racoons etc...) said to set out gummy worms. They can't digest them and die. Grab two bags, set them out and report back.

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You could put out Haribo Sugar Free gummy worms and it would probably shit itself to death if the Amazon reviews are accurate.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:53:35 PM EDT

[#30]

I like all the people who are kill it with a rifle like i got all the day to set up on my patio sniper nest lol.

Had similar problem on a few occasions.

Bait: fucker ate it and puked it up.
Poison smoke stick: Ineffective.
Claw trap: Ineffective.
Cat: Effective when it felt like it.
Waterhose flood: moderately effective-- forced groundhog to come up for air whereupon he was smacked with a toy aircraft carrier. Splash one.

Posted: 4/15/2024 11:55:23 PM EDT

[#31]

22-250 has always worked for me.

Posted: 4/16/2024 12:11:52 AM EDT

[#32]

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They come out to eat in the morning and afternoon. Shoot it with a .22 hollow point

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QFT, they have good eyesight, be sneaky about it.

Posted: 4/16/2024 6:21:55 AM EDT

[#33]

As was mentioned above, the Giant Destroyers work pretty well.
I got one last year when he ran into his hole.
I lit the bomb, threw it in the hole, and shoveled dirt to close up the hole.
Dogs also do a good job of keeping them away.

Posted: 4/16/2024 6:34:51 AM EDT

[#34]

I've gassed them, trapped them and shot them.

Had one burrow a hole in my range backstop last year. Bold little fucker. A group of foxes came in and did me a solid on that sumbitch before I could get the crosshairs on him, though.

Posted: 4/16/2024 6:38:23 AM EDT

[#35]

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conibear 220 will do

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This ^^^^^^

Posted: 4/16/2024 6:38:34 AM EDT

[#36]

Get the word out it knows something about the Clintons, problem solved

Posted: 4/16/2024 6:38:58 AM EDT

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This is the way…

Posted: 4/16/2024 6:45:01 AM EDT

[#38]

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Smoke bombs and a 22

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This right here.

Posted: 4/16/2024 6:48:17 AM EDT

[#39]

45-70

Posted: 4/16/2024 6:48:48 AM EDT

[#40]

Cabbage and carrots away from the hole. Itll come eat. 22 if your a good shot. 12ga if not

If no shoot buy a trap and relocate. That might be the most illegal thing you can do.

Posted: 4/16/2024 6:49:51 AM EDT

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Posted: 4/16/2024 6:56:42 AM EDT

[#42]

A jar, tight fitting piece of wood over the holes, a pint of ammonia and a pint of bleach. Propane from a burner wand, .22, bigger then .22 if you are pissed at it, traps, JRT. Exhaust pipe and a metal tube.

And so on.

Posted: 4/16/2024 7:05:10 AM EDT

[#43]

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Havahart trap, some over ripe cantaloupe.

Catch it, dispose of how you will

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I've been using one to trap raccoons overnight and then dispatch them in the morning (saw another in the chicken coop last night on cameras).

Feels slightly ironic shooting a coon in the head with a 22 trapped in a "have a heart" trap, but the little fuckers gut my chickens wide open so few fucks are given.