I killed six of them with Duke Conibear 220 traps. They were destroying my garden. At first, I went out into the near-by woods patch to look for their holes. I found nine holes. I tried filling them in after using "smoke bombs", road flares, etc. It was ineffective.
Then, I put up two of these inexpensive-but dangerous conibears, one-per-side at the bottom of my garden fence. I didn't even have to bait it because woodchucks are lazy and you can guide them into the trap by putting 10-12"-high boards along the bottom of your fence (even grass clippings will work). They will walk around it rather than jump over, and try to walk right through your trap, which you must securely fasten on it's side on the ground.
When they started in on my beet greens, it was war. There were six of them, and I got them all. That was two years ago.
I killed six of them with Duke Conibear 220 traps. They were destroying my garden. At first, I went out into the near-by woods patch to look for their holes. I found nine holes. I tried filling them in after using "smoke bombs", road flares, etc. It was ineffective.
Then, I put up two of these inexpensive-but dangerous conibears, one-per-side at the bottom of my garden fence. I didn't even have to bait it because woodchucks are lazy and you can guide them into the trap by putting 10-12"-high boards along the bottom of your fence (even grass clippings will work). They will walk around it rather than jump over, and try to walk right through your trap, which you must securely fasten on it's side on the ground.
When they started in on my beet greens, it was war. There were six of them, and I got them all. That was two years ago.