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Jeff

09-21-2003 11:46:47




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Kind of off the topic but I don't know where else to ask and you folks have always been so helpful. I have some sort of critter digging out in my barn. I would guess a badger or gound hog or woodchuck or something. Digs up a whole pile of dirt and I can see a hole where he goes in. What is a good way to get rid of him? I rented a live trap and tryed that a couple of nites. Netted a 'Coon and the same barn cat twice.

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Critter Digger

10-27-2003 11:21:58




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 Re: Critter Digging In Barn in reply to Jeff, 09-21-2003 11:46:47  
Well me got some idears try a coople and see.
1)Sit in your barn naked one night in your barn eatin a bowl of Cap N' Krunch and wait for it to start diggin up your darn dirt and put a good ole' stomp on that critter

2)Set a booooby trap. Use one of them dang old mouse traps. Then connect a tree to that darn thang and when that dang ole critter steps on it boom!!!! splat.



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Nolan

09-24-2003 03:11:11




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 Re: Critter Digging In Barn in reply to Jeff, 09-21-2003 11:46:47  
Conibear trap. I personally like the 280 for this sort of job, but a 220 does well also. If you've got a friend who traps, see if you can borrow one. Don't use the little 110 for this job.

It's a very effective kill trap. Place it over the entrance and when the critter pushes against the trigger it fires and breaks their neck. You want to use the medium sized 2xx series. The little 1xx series are far to small. There is a 3xx series, but it's really overkill, and generally the 2xx series have stronger closing action.

Be aware that in many places setting a conibear this way is illegal. So keep your mouth shut and solve the problem quietly. Do not brag about dry setting a conibear.

If you've got a dog or cat that wanders, or a kid that wanders, keep them away from this trap. This is no mouse trap, it's a stout unit that will easily break the arm of a small child or crush the muzzle of a dog. Just be aware of that.

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MGM

09-23-2003 17:41:59




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 Re: Critter Digging In Barn in reply to Jeff, 09-21-2003 11:46:47  
Dump a bunch of lye over the tunnel entrance, they get this on there feet, lick it and oh crap, Other than that , send down a ferret, if it doesnt come back up, it got ate
MGM



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Errin OH

09-22-2003 10:50:34




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 Re: Critter Digging In Barn in reply to Jeff, 09-21-2003 11:46:47  
My vote goes to a cantabear(sp) trap. Its the square kind they have to crawl through. Less than $15. Place at the opening and when they pop their head out it closes around the head and makes difficult their breathing ability. Be sure to stake it though. I had to pull a 30lb wood chuck up once fighting all the way. She back into it and proceeded to pull the trap down the hole. If you have critters you don't want to get in it (like cats, dogs, etc..). Set a big laundry basket or wire cage over it and weight it down. Caught many a wood chuck, possiums, skunk, and the like in my barns this way.

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DRL

09-22-2003 08:04:59




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 Re: Critter Digging In Barn in reply to Jeff, 09-21-2003 11:46:47  
My dad had the same thing going on in his barn. My younger brother had a bunch of stuff stored in the hay loft. In this stuff, there was a large collection of colognes and aftershaves from his younger woman chasing days. Dad took several bottles of this stuff and poured it down the hole and repeated the treatment a week later. He has had no more trouble since! I guess the critter liked the smell of that stuff about as much as I did!

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GG

09-21-2003 18:31:27




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 Re: Critter Digging In Barn in reply to Jeff, 09-21-2003 11:46:47  
This works: With a piece of metal flexible exhaust pipe, adapt the exhaust of your car or truck to route the exhaust in the hole. Cover the pipe with dirt and run the engine for about thirty minutes. If the hole has no exit, the critter will be killed and buried. I have done this with rats and moles, with success.



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Trevor

09-22-2003 07:41:34




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 Re: Re: Critter Digging In Barn in reply to GG, 09-21-2003 18:31:27  
GGs method works but as he said "if the hole has no exit". My grandfather used to do this to groundhogs but he always took a .22 with him just in case he missed the exit hole.

When it starts to get gassy the critter will leave through the exit hole. Be Ready with something (even a shovel is a weapon) and nail him when he comes out. If you can see more than one hole, fill them all with dirt, but still be ready just in case he digs out.

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