No more Mr. Nice guy. That groundhog is too smart for me.

Thanks for the piece of banana, I enjoyed it. Next time, could you put a dollop of peanut butter on it?

 

Tie the bait down.

 

^^^ See my post 16. Raccoons are also very smart.

 

Dave, I think you have the wrong trap.
The one that works best has open doors on both ends when set.

And that's not all...
You want to place the trap in one of their natural runways, not out in the open.
(Although he may die laughing when he eyeballs your setup)
Then you carefully cover it with brush, etc so it looks like a normal "tunnel" through the brush.

There is another more deadly type of trap that I'll not mention at this time.
(You'll be killing the neighbor's cats and any else that wanders into it)
Let's see if the live trap works.

 

if you catch a monkey spank it real hard.!!!

 

Dave, you might try a punji pit.

 

The Banana Thief

 

Have you accounted for your wife's whereabouts throughout the night?

 

Dave, I learned a hard lesson when trying to trap a raccoon with a Have-a-heart. A skunk can spray right out of the trap. If you get a skunk, approach the trap holding a sheet or blanket in front of you so the skunk can't see you. Drop the sheet over the trap a reach around and open and latch the door. Then back away quick.

 

Wood chucks don’t care for bananas. The raccoon took your banana.

Set it during the day with apples or melon.

 

Daytime you'll probably just get the groundhog. Raccoons are normally nocturnal animals. Although I have seen then in the day on occasion.

Close the door at night.

I did catch a skunk one time. I held a blanket in front of me, and placed it gently over the cage. Then carried it out to where I wanted to release it. I had a wire hook. Stood over and behind the cage door, with the blanket still over all of the trap, but the door.

Gently hooked the door with the wire, quickly pushed down on the release lever, lifted the door up, and bent the wire over so it held the door open. Then quickly backed away.

I would have a handgun on me when doing that, just in case.

 

Use a regular smoke bomb, cover the hole, wait for it to come out another hole with your trusty .22 or .25 caliber air rifle.

Or you can buy those Revenge brand smoke bombs and be done with it.
https://www.bonide.com/products/rev...trol/view/61110-12/revenge-rodent-smoke-bombs

Ya, its not very nice but there is less clean up. Backfilling the hole that is.

...Ron

 

Why, just load an extra mag of 10MM!!!

 

Better be a good shot on a moving target with a rifle (especially an air gun). I'd use a 12 gage. And I have shot moving targets with both handgun and rifle. Those groundhogs or raccoons can really scoot along. You'll only get one shot.

 

I had no luck with a trap for a long time, even used cantaloupe, which is supposed to be the ultimate bait. I had the trap (coyote trap, which is what I have to use for trash pandas too) just sitting there, set, with nothing in it for bait...................caught my first GH...................set it up again, caught another one, with nothing in it again.
It doesn't have to make sense.

 

After butchering, soak the meat overnight in the fridge in milk inside a ziplock bag. That works for removing the gamey flavor. Rinse well before cooking.