Whistle Pigs

[Pappy]

Don't see many around here anymore since the Yots moved in, I personally would rather have Ground hogs than Yots. I despise them things. Even before as long as they stayed in a gully line, out of fields and under buildings I would let them live.
 Pappy

[bjrogg]

Maybe are coyotes are either better feed or dumber than yours pappy, but we got plenty of both. The coyotes were really hard on the red fox for many years, but now the Reds seem to have figured out how to avoid them somewhat anyhow. These ground hogs are really getting to be a huge problem. Maybe Mother Nature will come up with some disease or something to cut their numbers some. She usually dose something when populations get to high.
Bjrogg

[caveman2533]

'pig skins make am excellent rawhide twisted, pre stretched  bow string.

[JoJoDapyro]

Maybe are coyotes are either better feed or dumber than yours pappy, but we got plenty of both. The coyotes were really hard on the red fox for many years, but now the Reds seem to have figured out how to avoid them somewhat anyhow. These ground hogs are really getting to be a huge problem. Maybe Mother Nature will come up with some disease or something to cut their numbers some. She usually dose something when populations get to high.
Bjrogg

A .17 HMR is a great way to reduce numbers.

[Zuma]

The problem around my place is-- it was really rural
when I moved here. City folks flocked in after 911.
People from DC wanted to get behind the Blue Ridge
thinking it would save them from a dirty bomb in town.
These whistle pigs thrive on their properties and keep
branching out. The fox around use their burrows for early
pup rearing.
Has anyone heard of using chewing gum to kill them?
Zuma

[JoJoDapyro]

Yes, Juicy Fruit, But that is only if you can find it in the metal wrapper. It works for Gophers too.

[bjrogg]

Never heard of that one. Got me curious how that works
Bjrogg

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

Never heard of that one. Got me curious how that works
Bjrogg

So basically you go out in a field and yell real loud that you have juicy fruit gum and they love that %^# so they come running saying "I'd like some please" then you pull out your gat and start peeling caps like bananas!

[bjrogg]

Sounds kinda like snipe hunting. lol
Bjrogg

[JoJoDapyro]

Never heard of that one. Got me curious how that works
Bjrogg

So basically you go out in a field and yell real loud that you have juicy fruit gum and they love that %^# so they come running saying "I'd like some please" then you pull out your gat and start peeling caps like bananas!

Ok, I just about started laughing out loud at that! Or Lasso them, and take them golfing. Or Have JW come over. I'm sure his pals could put a hurting on them!

[Zuma]

Actually they die of frustration trying
to blow bubbles with it
Some sucumb after searching endlessly
for a table to stick it under.
That's why you have to use tin foil
wrapped chewing gum.
Zuma

[caveman2533]

My brother used the cheep bubble gum that is indivually wrapped. Groundhog is gone. Just keep putting fresh gum there as quick as they take. Stops up their piping and they die.

[nclonghunter]

Varmint Cong!

[Zuma]

Good memories
And of course you can't forget Bill in "Groundhog Day"
Good thing he didn't know about the gum.
I hope Phil's fans don't see this thread.
Zuma

[Orrum]

They taste good. Pressure cook them and open the cooker outside. The odd smell then.leaves them and you can bake them in a pan with taters n gravy. My grandfather told me groundhog was the only meat they ate during the depression unless a chicken did not make it across the road.  LIL.  He still hunted them and granny cooked them when I was a boy.