Woodchuck extraviganza!

[Oblio13]

I had a neighbor when I was a kid who loved to eat them. She used to pay me a dollar apiece. I never tasted one but wish I had now.

Also had a pet one for a while. It was very tame and affectionate and would try to groom me.

 

[MissPrissy]

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You can't be talking about the stinky, musky, growling wild things like we have here. *shrudder*

 

[yotetrapper]

LOL I've had some strange pets. A deer, and currently, a squirrel.

 

[Oblio13]

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I had a deer, too. She used to ride around in my truck with me like a dog, and hang out with my horse. She slept in our kitchen for a while, but we couldn't housebreak her.

I've always wanted a possum!

 

[Oblio13]

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My wife is reading this over my shoulder. She wants to know if you're talking about woodchucks or me.

She's cute, but she's mean.

 

[AllChookUp]

Miss Prissy - What type of traps along with snare does your husband use for woodchucks?

 

[yotetrapper]

Traps for woodchucks:

Coon size cage traps (Cost: about $30)
Footholds: sizes 1, 11, 1.5 or 2 (cost $2-$5)
Snares: 3/32 cable, loop size of about 4",
set 2" off the ground. (cost: about
$15/doz)
Conibears: 160 or 220 size (cost: $6-9 each)

 

[Cetawin]

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oh no you don't. LOL I had to hand raise 6 babies when I snared their mother and killed her outside our hen house. They are vile little creatures and nasty.

My wolf brought one in the house one night because when he spotted it, it rolled into a ball and he came walking in with it...sat it down and went to his water bowl. I came walking into the room as this thing unrolled and tried to attack me. Nasty tusks, mean, beady eyed, varmit. eeeeeeewwwwwwwww just eeeeeewwwww

 

[AllChookUp]

Thanks, yote. What would you suggest for coon bait in the coon trap? Corn? Rotting chicken?

 

[Oblio13]

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Fish.