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Post by singlestacksig on Jul 27, 2022 18:17:12 GMT -5
Anyone else seeing a huge increase in the population of groundhogs? I have taken 4 at my home and many more in my woods ( several counties away) and I don't seem to be making a dent in the numbers & amount of damage being done.. I have never see this many around before..
has something happened to predators ?
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Post by esshup on Jul 27, 2022 23:12:22 GMT -5
Thanks for the reminder, I need to set the 220's out.
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Post by featherduster on Jul 28, 2022 5:01:56 GMT -5
No problem with groundhogs however I have rid the world of 9 raccoons this month.
My neighbor is up to 9 also.
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Post by saltydog on Jul 28, 2022 5:40:06 GMT -5
Anyone else seeing a huge increase in the population of groundhogs? I have taken 4 at my home and many more in my woods ( several counties away) and I don't seem to be making a dent in the numbers & amount of damage being done.. I have never see this many around before.. has something happened to predators ? singlestacksig..... The section of old 67 going into Mooresville (No Hunting allowed) of course, it seems there has been an increase in population. This section of road has always had good numbers of whistle pigs, but here lately late of an evening its nothing to see a dozen them munchin on clover in just under a mile section of road. |
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Post by singlestacksig on Jul 28, 2022 7:36:47 GMT -5
Anyone else seeing a huge increase in the population of groundhogs? I have taken 4 at my home and many more in my woods ( several counties away) and I don't seem to be making a dent in the numbers & amount of damage being done.. I have never see this many around before.. has something happened to predators ? singlestacksig..... The section of old 67 going into Mooresville (No Hunting allowed) of course, it seems there has been an increase in population. This section of road has always had good numbers of whistle pigs, but here lately late of an evening its nothing to see a dozen them munchin on clover in just under a mile section of road. who owns the land? |
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Post by singlestacksig on Jul 28, 2022 7:38:30 GMT -5
No problem with groundhogs however I have rid the world of 9 raccoons this month. My neighbor is up to 9 also. there may be an increase in raccoons also.. but they are not as damaging to my buildings and trees as groundhogs are.. but come the open season i might thin some.. |
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Post by saltydog on Jul 29, 2022 5:10:41 GMT -5
singlestacksig..... The section of old 67 going into Mooresville (No Hunting allowed) of course, it seems there has been an increase in population. This section of road has always had good numbers of whistle pigs, but here lately late of an evening its nothing to see a dozen them munchin on clover in just under a mile section of road. who owns the land? I would say that the city of Mooresville or the State, it's along old 67 going into Mooresville. |
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Post by deadeer on Aug 3, 2022 0:49:01 GMT -5
No problem with groundhogs however I have rid the world of 9 raccoons this month. My neighbor is up to 9 also. there may be an increase in raccoons also.. but they are not as damaging to my buildings and trees as groundhogs are.. but come the open season i might thin some.. Groundhogs are 24/7/365. Same for coons or anything damaging for that matter. |
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Aug 3, 2022 6:36:45 GMT -5
Something started last week digging up my wife's flowers. I spotted the ground hog yesterday. My son took his air gun a couple weeks ago and I have no small .22 or BB gun around. I will be getting a .22 soon. My guess this weekend. Either a rifle or handgun with 6-8" barrel.
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Post by esshup on Aug 3, 2022 12:11:49 GMT -5
Something started last week digging up my wife's flowers. I spotted the ground hog yesterday. My son took his air gun a couple weeks ago and I have no small .22 or BB gun around. I will be getting a .22 soon. My guess this weekend. Either a rifle or handgun with 6-8" barrel. Maybe it's just me, but I'd be opting for a scoped .22 rifle. OR do a lot of searching to find it's den and put a Conibear 220 in the opening. |
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Aug 4, 2022 13:32:40 GMT -5
Something started last week digging up my wife's flowers. I spotted the ground hog yesterday. My son took his air gun a couple weeks ago and I have no small .22 or BB gun around. I will be getting a .22 soon. My guess this weekend. Either a rifle or handgun with 6-8" barrel. Maybe it's just me, but I'd be opting for a scoped .22 rifle. OR do a lot of searching to find it's den and put a Conibear 220 in the opening. Good idea with scope. Being in the 60's I'm not sure how good I'll be today with iron sites. |
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