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A woodchuck under the trailer

Stormin Mormon

2005-08-28, 10:21 pm

I've got two access holes (about 6 or 7 inch diameter) leading under my
trailer. Finally saw a woodchuck, or groundhog, crawling under the trailer.

I'm not all that pleased with the idea. How to take care of the critter?
Living in a mobile park, firearms, handguns, grendades, dynamite, and
anthrax spores are discourged. Though, high power lasers may be acceptable
if used during the daytime.

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
..
..

C & M

2005-08-29, 12:21 am

Get a couple of pieces of wood to block the holes and watch the yard for
your little herbivore to be grazing. Quietly sneak around and block the
holes, holding the wood in place with a large stone or diagonally placed
stick. They are fast critters in spite of their bulk and quickly spooked so
be stealthy.
"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:UMsQe.18564$PM3.11076@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> I've got two access holes (about 6 or 7 inch diameter) leading under my
> trailer. Finally saw a woodchuck, or groundhog, crawling under the
trailer.
>
> I'm not all that pleased with the idea. How to take care of the critter?
> Living in a mobile park, firearms, handguns, grendades, dynamite, and
> anthrax spores are discourged. Though, high power lasers may be acceptable
> if used during the daytime.
>
> --
>
> Christopher A. Young
> Do good work.
> It's longer in the short run
> but shorter in the long run.
> .
> .
>
>
>

mrkool

2005-08-29, 12:21 am

Hey Stormin'

If you catch it under the trailer, see if you can find someone that
owns a dachshound <sp>, they are one of the best dogs that can chase it
out and be right behind it, or, there is some stuff at most Co-OPs
called Havoc I think,
pronounced that way anyway, after they eat it, they'll die then slowly
dry up, walla, no smell, also, I've had good luck with hedge apples
thrown under my house for just about any creature, they all hate the
decomposing of them.

Wishing you luck.

kool

anoldfart2@invalid.com

2005-08-29, 6:21 am

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:37:08 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I've got two access holes (about 6 or 7 inch diameter) leading under my
>trailer. Finally saw a woodchuck, or groundhog, crawling under the trailer.
>
>I'm not all that pleased with the idea. How to take care of the critter?
>Living in a mobile park, firearms, handguns, grendades, dynamite, and
>anthrax spores are discourged. Though, high power lasers may be acceptable
>if used during the daytime.

I had the same problem. I am not sure if it was a woodchuck or what
it was, but something dug about 6 holes under my steel skirting. I'd
fill the holes with dirt and a few days they would be open again. I
finally went and bought a few bags of ready-crete, and filled the
holes. It took 2 weeks to find another hole, so I just filled that
one too with cement. It's now been 5 weeks and no more holes.
(I also tossed some rat poison under the trailer). This also stopped
the mice I kept getting in the house.

If I have to, I will fill every hole till there is cement all the way
around the house. !!!

MLD

2005-08-29, 9:21 am

My son got one to move out when he threw a smoke bomb into the hole. Don't
know where he got it but it was an over-the-counter (legal) purchase--
MLD
"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:UMsQe.18564$PM3.11076@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> I've got two access holes (about 6 or 7 inch diameter) leading under my
> trailer. Finally saw a woodchuck, or groundhog, crawling under the
trailer.
>
> I'm not all that pleased with the idea. How to take care of the critter?
> Living in a mobile park, firearms, handguns, grendades, dynamite, and
> anthrax spores are discourged. Though, high power lasers may be acceptable
> if used during the daytime.
>
> --
>
> Christopher A. Young
> Do good work.
> It's longer in the short run
> but shorter in the long run.
> .
> .
>
>
>

2005-08-29, 12:21 pm

Candidate for redneck yard of the week?
<anoldfart2@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:37:08 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
> <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I had the same problem. I am not sure if it was a woodchuck or what
> it was, but something dug about 6 holes under my steel skirting. I'd
> fill the holes with dirt and a few days they would be open again. I
> finally went and bought a few bags of ready-crete, and filled the
> holes. It took 2 weeks to find another hole, so I just filled that
> one too with cement. It's now been 5 weeks and no more holes.
> (I also tossed some rat poison under the trailer). This also stopped
> the mice I kept getting in the house.
>
> If I have to, I will fill every hole till there is cement all the way
> around the house. !!!
>
>

Jeff

2005-08-29, 12:21 pm

I got rid of a woodchuck by pouring a bunch of lime down the hole. Had part
of a bag left over from when I spread it on my lawn. Guess he/she didn't
like the stuff and went somewhere else.

"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:UMsQe.18564$PM3.11076@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> I've got two access holes (about 6 or 7 inch diameter) leading under my
> trailer. Finally saw a woodchuck, or groundhog, crawling under the
> trailer.
>
> I'm not all that pleased with the idea. How to take care of the critter?
> Living in a mobile park, firearms, handguns, grendades, dynamite, and
> anthrax spores are discourged. Though, high power lasers may be acceptable
> if used during the daytime.
>
> --
>
> Christopher A. Young
> Do good work.
> It's longer in the short run
> but shorter in the long run.
> .
> .
>
>
>

Stormin Mormon

2005-08-29, 2:21 pm

And when the hole is blocked, what happens then?

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
..
..

"C & M" <ironhat@innernet.net> wrote in message
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Get a couple of pieces of wood to block the holes and watch the yard for
your little herbivore to be grazing. Quietly sneak around and block the
holes, holding the wood in place with a large stone or diagonally placed
stick. They are fast critters in spite of their bulk and quickly spooked so
be stealthy.

Stormin Mormon

2005-08-29, 2:21 pm

I was thinking gravel, but that is probably too easy for the critters to
move back out. Hmm. Concrete -- pour it into the hole, in powder form, and
follow it up with a pitcher of warm water? I like the idea. Very good, sir.

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
..
..

<anoldfart2@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:d7j5h1ldqq32fburbkojeit5105d1budov@4ax.com...
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:37:08 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I've got two access holes (about 6 or 7 inch diameter) leading under my
>trailer. Finally saw a woodchuck, or groundhog, crawling under the trailer.
>
>I'm not all that pleased with the idea. How to take care of the critter?
>Living in a mobile park, firearms, handguns, grendades, dynamite, and
>anthrax spores are discourged. Though, high power lasers may be acceptable
>if used during the daytime.

I had the same problem. I am not sure if it was a woodchuck or what
it was, but something dug about 6 holes under my steel skirting. I'd
fill the holes with dirt and a few days they would be open again. I
finally went and bought a few bags of ready-crete, and filled the
holes. It took 2 weeks to find another hole, so I just filled that
one too with cement. It's now been 5 weeks and no more holes.
(I also tossed some rat poison under the trailer). This also stopped
the mice I kept getting in the house.

If I have to, I will fill every hole till there is cement all the way
around the house. !!!

Stormin Mormon

2005-08-29, 2:21 pm

I'd been thinking to pull the skirting a bit, and put down pans of
antifreeze.

Have to go ask at the farm and garden. Thanks for the idea.

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
..
..

"mrkool" <thekoolagain@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1125284594.301700.225730@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...

Hey Stormin'

If you catch it under the trailer, see if you can find someone that
owns a dachshound <sp>, they are one of the best dogs that can chase it
out and be right behind it, or, there is some stuff at most Co-OPs
called Havoc I think,
pronounced that way anyway, after they eat it, they'll die then slowly
dry up, walla, no smell, also, I've had good luck with hedge apples
thrown under my house for just about any creature, they all hate the
decomposing of them.

Wishing you luck.

kool

Stormin Mormon

2005-08-29, 2:21 pm

We can get smoke bombs here, too. I've also got a volunteer fireman next
door. I'd be thinking more like a flex hose from the auto exhaust. Either
get em out, or maybe they will have a major carbon monoxide headache?

Farm and garden places some times have smoke bombs. I'm thinking concrete
and a pitcher of water will attract less attention.

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
..
..

"MLD" <MLD@verizon.net> wrote in message news:TKCQe.1586$wE1.581@trndny01...
My son got one to move out when he threw a smoke bomb into the hole. Don't
know where he got it but it was an over-the-counter (legal) purchase--
MLD

"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've got two access holes (about 6 or 7 inch diameter) leading under my

Stormin Mormon

2005-08-29, 2:21 pm

I think I've got part of a bag left over from some wh ere. Might try that
before the cement, and after the smoke bomb.

Excellent idea, thank you.

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
..
..

"Jeff" <jrw8888@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8eFQe.147760$5N3.32255@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
I got rid of a woodchuck by pouring a bunch of lime down the hole. Had part
of a bag left over from when I spread it on my lawn. Guess he/she didn't
like the stuff and went somewhere else.

"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:UMsQe.18564$PM3.11076@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> I've got two access holes (about 6 or 7 inch diameter) leading under my
> trailer. Finally saw a woodchuck, or groundhog, crawling under the
> trailer.
>
> I'm not all that pleased with the idea. How to take care of the critter?
> Living in a mobile park, firearms, handguns, grendades, dynamite, and
> anthrax spores are discourged. Though, high power lasers may be acceptable
> if used during the daytime.
>
> --
>
> Christopher A. Young
> Do good work.
> It's longer in the short run
> but shorter in the long run.
> .
> .
>
>
>

anoldfart2@invalid.com

2005-08-29, 4:21 pm

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:01:19 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I was thinking gravel, but that is probably too easy for the critters to
>move back out. Hmm. Concrete -- pour it into the hole, in powder form, and
>follow it up with a pitcher of warm water? I like the idea. Very good, sir.

That should work. I mixed mine in a pail, but I had quite a few holes
to fix. Try to be sure the critter is out from under there first.
With the number of holes I had, I filled all of them but one. I left
one of the larger ones and jammed wood against it with a small stick
to hold it in place. If the critter was on the inside it could push
the wood away, but from the outside the wood (being against the
skirting) would take more work to remove. I waited a day and the wood
was still in place so I cemented that hole. Because that hole was
large, and to keep all the cement from going under the house, I jammed
a piece of scrap tin into the dirt along the skirting.

By the way, for whatever this matters, the large hole was under my
porch.

nospambob

2005-08-29, 4:21 pm

I've spread mortar mix between bricks on sand then sprinkled with a
fine mist, works great.

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:01:19 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61-#spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I was thinking gravel, but that is probably too easy for the critters to
>move back out. Hmm. Concrete -- pour it into the hole, in powder form, and
>follow it up with a pitcher of warm water? I like the idea. Very good, sir.

G Henslee

2005-08-30, 5:21 pm

Stormin Mormon wrote:
> I've got two access holes (about 6 or 7 inch diameter) leading under my
> trailer. Finally saw a woodchuck,

Keep it and train it to chuck wood. They're commonly known for that.
Just how much they can chuck is anybody's guess.

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