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Re: Groundhogs

by General Schvantzkopf <schvantzkopf@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 29, 2008 at 08:04 AM

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:56:07 -0500, phorbin wrote:

> In article <20080429-105054.703.0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> kiewicz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> 
>> The adults aren't usually frequent or long-range dispersers.  (Probably
>> because they build elaborate permanent burrows.)  It's the young ones
>> that will do the wandering and (based on my experience) only once a
>> year.  So if you can manage to take out the local residents, you might
>> expect in the future some occasional new ones, in early summer. One
>> nice thing about that:  Young ones are easier to trap, plus their new
>> burrows are usually simple and easy to smoke bomb (or whatever).
> 
> The adults dig way-station bolt-holes to extend their range. The holes
> I've dealt with are usually 5 to 6 feet deep and just a hole.

I'm thinking of going Saddam Hussein on them and using chlorine gas, has 
anyone tried poison gas?
 




 19 Posts in Topic:
Groundhogs
General Schvantzkopf <  2008-04-27 16:34:32 
Re: Groundhogs
phorbin <phorbin1@[EMA  2008-04-27 19:35:36 
Re: Groundhogs
Omelet <ompomelet@[EMA  2008-04-27 20:38:33 
Re: Groundhogs
phorbin <phorbin1@[EMA  2008-04-27 22:21:11 
Re: Groundhogs
Omelet <ompomelet@[EMA  2008-04-27 22:09:28 
Re: Groundhogs
Charlie   2008-04-27 21:21:35 
Re: Groundhogs
Omelet <ompomelet@[EMA  2008-04-27 22:12:34 
Re: Groundhogs
General Schvantzkopf <  2008-04-27 21:07:37 
Re: Groundhogs
phorbin <phorbin1@[EMA  2008-04-27 22:54:04 
Re: Groundhogs
General Schvantzkopf <  2008-04-28 07:50:30 
Re: Groundhogs
Frank <frank.logullo@[  2008-04-28 06:11:42 
Re: Groundhogs
phorbin <phorbin1@[EMA  2008-04-28 10:21:30 
Re: Groundhogs
Pat Kiewicz <kiewicz@[  2008-04-29 06:50:54 
Re: Groundhogs
phorbin <phorbin1@[EMA  2008-04-29 07:56:07 
Re: Groundhogs
Pat Kiewicz <kiewicz@[  2008-04-30 07:00:41 
Re: Groundhogs
phorbin <phorbin1@[EMA  2008-04-30 08:20:26 
Re: Groundhogs
General Schvantzkopf <  2008-04-29 08:04:29 
Re: Groundhogs
Omelet <ompomelet@[EMA  2008-04-29 09:56:42 
Re: Groundhogs
gonzo <sfallen2002@[EM  2008-05-01 21:10:23 

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