showcrop
Well-known Member
I have been fighting wood chucks here for a long time, but maybe the tide is finally changing. They have been in the foundations of the old henhouse and my 1700s post and beam barn. I can't use bombs because the smoke comes out between the rocks. The main entrance for the barn den is inaccessible under the breezeway. Last year I tried a have-a-heart trap but they were never interested in the melon bait. I bought a pair of conibear traps this spring but had not yet gotten to perform the work needed to build up in front of the through-the-wall entrance. However, my wife's trusty old 22 is still working well. I got the mother three days ago, then yesterday, through the window I saw two little future digging machines out beside the house. The wet weather is apparently keeping the grass near the house tender and sweet for them. Well, I went out through the front door and to the corner of the house, and drew a bead on the nearer one maybe forty feet away. I squeezed the trigger and they both flopped over.
