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05-19-2016, 02:32 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
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I wish my dog would kill mine. It only gets the babies. And it won't go in the trap. Fortunately it won't cross the yard from where it lives to the garden because of the dog. My cousin shoots them with a bow and eats them. They're not bad if cooked slow, like a pot roast.
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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05-19-2016, 03:55 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
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Rws Diana +1 woodchuck 0
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05-20-2016, 10:27 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber
Rws Diana +1 woodchuck 0
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I've waited countless hours for that thing to poke its head out,have yet to see it while I have a gun in my hands.
I don't like keeping any of my pellet guns cocked for to long,its bad for the spring and the piston seal. |
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05-22-2016, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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A not so happy skunk today. Son of a b got me as well.
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05-22-2016, 02:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Originally Posted by vineyardblues
A not so happy skunk today. Son of a b got me as well.
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That's what scares me about the trap.The racoon I trapped was by no means in a quality mood but at the same time it couldn't spray me. |
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05-22-2016, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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1 qt peroxide - 1/4 cup baking soda - 1 tbsp liquid dish soap...works great.
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05-22-2016, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
1 qt peroxide - 1/4 cup baking soda - 1 tbsp liquid dish soap...works great.
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The soap has to be Dawn. |
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05-23-2016, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Take the trap and run it through your dishwasher or do something to get every funky smell off of it. I guarantee that will help lure one into it.
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05-24-2016, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
Take the trap and run it through your dishwasher or do something to get every funky smell off of it. I guarantee that will help lure one into it.
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Washing the trap was the very first thing I did.Also sprayed it with a scent blocker. |
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05-24-2016, 02:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Originally Posted by basswipe
Washing the trap was the very first thing I did.Also sprayed it with a scent blocker.
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you'll get that #^&#^&#^&#^&er. I'm rooting for you!
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05-23-2016, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Also, use some netting to make a "funnel" to draw the thing right into the trap. Think of how fish traps are designed.
Use yer noggin 
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05-24-2016, 07:03 AM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
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No reason to keep the pellet rifle cocked. Its not like it takes minutes to load and cock a pellet rifle.
Make sure youre sighted in for the distance youre shooting. Spot just between eye and the ear. They go DRT (dead right there) Heaviest pellet you can push accurately. If youre a #^&#^&#^&#^& shooter. Just trap it instead.
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05-24-2016, 08:25 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
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do not just throw them away.....makes for a nice stew dinner.... 
http://www.cooks.com/recipe/sw8la527/gopher-stew.html |
"When its not about money,it's all about money."...
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05-24-2016, 01:46 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber
No reason to keep the pellet rifle cocked. Its not like it takes minutes to load and cock a pellet rifle.
Make sure youre sighted in for the distance youre shooting. Spot just between eye and the ear. They go DRT (dead right there) Heaviest pellet you can push accurately. If youre a #^&#^&#^&#^& shooter. Just trap it instead.
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It takes long enough to cock and load any pellet rifle when it comes to killing critters like groundhogs.I load the rifle and leave the breach open so that all I have to do is cock,aim and fire,still have yet to have enough time to make a kill.Heaviest pellet is actually a liability...flat shooting and accuracy is your best bet with a pellet and this is where the .20 shines above all other calibers.
Btw I taught advanced marksmanship in the military and also shot airgun field-target competitively for several years...knowing how to shoot well will never be a problem for me.And if the trap worked we would not be having conversation.
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05-24-2016, 03:15 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
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Well in that case all its got to do is show up! Get him!
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07-18-2016, 05:20 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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We have another one tearing up my raspberries.Which pellet rifle to use is the only question here...gonna give my RWS 48 a shot tonight.The Beeman R1 in the morn if I choke.
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07-18-2016, 07:22 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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set up a concrete block on end with plywood in back
toss sunflower seed in top hole
they will sit in there and eat
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07-19-2016, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
set up a concrete block on end with plywood in back
toss sunflower seed in top hole
they will sit in there and eat
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Will do this asap.Have all three materials handy. |
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07-19-2016, 06:11 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,562
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You might as well have fun with this. A little sunflower seed like Raven said but then underneath that, pack down some black powder and use an Estes rocket igniter and a long wire to your house.
Or not and just think I am crazy and should live in Montana.
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07-19-2016, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i had two munks eating my strawberry's in the GH
so i went to buy the smallest hav-a-hart @ HD
by late afternoon i had caught both
we are enjoying fresh strawberries daily now
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