Ive just been asked by a local farmer to help him get rid of the woodchucks on his homestead. I'm new to the area and have never dealt with woodchucks before and not sure how to go about this. He does have one yard cat that I have to work about also. So just wondering what the best way to catch them would be. Also what would a guy use to bait them or lure them? And are the hides even worth anything or will it just be a trap and toss situation? Anyone that has any knowledge of the critters, your help would've appreciated.

Chevyboy94, this is GTOboy65, the only reason I am answering is because I have been in your shoes. Unless this farmer has a beautiful daughter that has a thing for woodchuck trappers, he is not even willing to pay for the price of a decent woodchuck trap. The fact that you don't know that woodchucks are true hibernators and that their fur is useless, puts you between the ages of 12 and 16. I'm guessing that you've got a #110 Conibear and that you can find the hole. Good Luck, my farmer's daughter looked like she'd been kicked by a mule.

2012/2013 season
Goals/Actual

People Who Pay Their Bills- 100%/89%
Customers who know what they're talking about-89%/72%
Technicians who clean their trucks-100%/None
Customers who know what you do & appreciate it-100%/20%
Employees who understand how much work I do-100%/0%
Female customers that are really hot-25%/2%

Wink, I like your stats; goals are a little high on #2, too low on #6.

#6 must be a WI thing.

Thanks for the good chuckle Paul. I'll call Leno and see if I can get you on next week - unless that's past your bedtime.

education is a wonderful thing.......... try these links for information

http://icwdm.org/handbook/index.asp

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Hunting/Trapping/Trapping_BMPs_intro.pdf

i remember having to get all the gto's out of the way so i could get down the road and find a olds 442 to get a decent race from......... roadrunner68

kurt

Aaaah... the good ol' hot rod days. I guess I would be 67ChevelleSS396boy. Lot's of good runs but my buddy, Mr70DodgeCharger440, cleaned my plow more than once!

My first new car was a '64 GTO. It went 145 MPH. I wonder how I know that? I loved racing guys with a stick shift. Every time they would shift, I would gain a car length. By the time they got through all four gears, I was past them. I only knew one guy who knew how to use a stick. He was amazing. He could actually feel the gears and sometimes would shift perfectly without using the clutch.

Yea we had a road in southern MI called woodward ave ran from pontiac to detroit. back in the 60's it was racing every weekend the lights were 1/4-1/2 mile apart if i remember right. the ave was 4 lanes wide on each side. you never took it down town on weeekend nights because the racing was light to light 4 lanes wide wide down to 12 mile road. they finally shut down the racing by have each city on the ave. pass heavy speeding and racing laws. but it was great fun while it lasted.

kurt

Kurt
Woodward had the fist cement road in the U.S. it was 1.6 Km. long. Woodward had a lot of history.
We would travel on 12 mile to woodward to go to the zoo. 50 years ago. My aunt lived in Royal Oak.

The best part of the hotrod era, for me, is that I lived through it, but that it's long gone. I lost about one friend or acquaintance every month. Fast cars were bad enough, but we could legally drink beer at eighteen. If I hadn't been smart enough to pay my guardian angel time and a half for overtime, I wouldn't be around today.

I guess if there was one plus, it was that when us Wisconsin kids were in the Army, we could drink the rest of the nation under the table and still wake up bright eyed and bushy-tailed in the morning.

Y'mean the speed limits were 150mph back then?? Cuz - you wouldn't have broken the law, right?

I just called my lawyer and he said that statute of limitations ran out on that offense in 1965; So yes, your honor, I believe I might have exceeded the posted speed limit. ( But marginally )

Speaking of 1965, I now own a '65 GTO that is slightly faster than my '64. How fast does it go? Funny thing: My life was way more valuable in 1964 than it is now, so why am I afraid to travel at the speed of light now? ( Oh yeah, now I remember. Wife, three kids and their spouses and seven grandchildren that depend on me and grandma for an extra buck here and there ) Good reason.

not only that but the car is worth a whole lot more than new(unless you bought a fixer upper)



And how did a question about woodchucks turn into a hotrod thread????????

HIJACK ALERT!!!!!!

pnwmtnmn, I bought it for $500 and put about $14,000 more into her. It's worth $1 for every original mile on the odometer, or a little over $50,000.

I think the name Chevyboy94 was what started the hijack.

So a kid ask for simple advice and you want to bash him and talk your story of yesteryear all while failing to assist the kid. The older generation says oh kids are so lazy they don't want to get out and do anything well sometimes all we are looking for is someone to point is in the right detection. I thought I would join this forum to get some gainful insight which some I have but it seems that nobody wants to teach our generation and then tell us how " stupid" and lazy we are fortunately I've got a few friends who have taught me a thing but one thing I learned is that if someone ask you something it means they have the desire to learn so please take the opportunity to pass this knowledge on to future. sorry about the rant but I felt it needed said and I don't know if you noticed but through all your bragging about how cool you were as a teenager the kid hasn't posted on here again and it's because of the way he was treated from the bat I'm sure.

Sorry, Nathan, Chevy...Wink started it!!
Several lures are commercially available: Chuckster, Formula 1, Whistle Stop; use a cabbage leaf, piece of apple dipped in lemon juice (keeps it fresher), broccoli hung from back of cage as visual attractant. Be absolutely sure that the trap has NO odor of predators. Good luck.

Nathanfalls, get off your high horse. He PMed right away. Not that it's any of your business.

I'm on no high horse my only thing is that I hate to see someone lose interest in something because the help isn't there for them to learn that was my only point.

And I look forward to hopefully learning much on this website. Thanks in advance to anyone who offers up advice