Decide the Hedge Hog's Fate.

[Little Whiskey]

I've got a hedge hog that has decided to take up residency under one of my out buildings. Its time for him to meet his maker.

You decide how.

[Joemailman]

My only gun is a 30/30, so that gets my vote. Is it a Winchester?

[Little Whiskey]

My only gun is a 30/30, so that gets my vote. Is it a Winchester?

marlin. lever action

[Zool]

I'm going with the 30-ought

[Harlan Huckleby]

There are 16 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to North America

Do you live near a zoo or something?

[Scott Campbell]

I'm normally against this sort of thing. Unless he was stealing beer out of your garage.

[swede]

There are 16 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to North America

Do you live near a zoo or something?

That was my thought. Thanks for the confirmation.

If you're going for anything over 4,500 miles I'd go with an ICBM. Check with your city clerk and find out about your local ordinances regarding ballistic missiles.

Happy hunting.

[Little Whiskey]

you got me there harlan. I ment to say ground hog.

http://www.windstar.org/eMagazines/eMagazine33/groundhog-16_13.jpg

[MJZiggy]

How will you know when winter's gonna end without him?

[Little Whiskey]

How will you know when winter's gonna end without him?

its always feels like winter where i live. with him gone I won't have to worry about my shed's foundation shifting

[Harlan Huckleby]

plus he's a competitor for food. Only so my roots and field mice to feed your own family.

[Little Whiskey]

with the added benifit of fleas and ticks!

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I've got a hedge hog that has decided to take up residency under one of my out buildings. Its time for him to meet his maker.

You decide how.

take him out..NOW!!!

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[SkinBasket]

I voted 12 gauge slug. Blow him up.

[Mr. T]

12 gauge bird shot - less accuracy required and much safer. The BB's won't carry for miles like a rifle or slug will.

Also, it's a lot more entertaining. Remind me though, what's the problem with the hedgehog?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

12 gauge bird shot - less accuracy required and much safer. The BB's won't carry for miles like a rifle or slug will.

Also, it's a lot more entertaining. Remind me though, what's the problem with the hedgehog?

He is banging hot porno chicks instead of me. Kill'em.

[hoosier]

Do you have a Mannlicher? If so, choose that. But make sure there is plenty of cushioning behind the hedge/ground hog, and don't shoot toward or under your house with it.

[gex]

12 gauge bird shot - less accuracy required and much safer. The BB's won't carry for miles like a rifle or slug will.

Also, it's a lot more entertaining. Remind me though, what's the problem with the hedgehog?

He is banging hot porno chicks instead of me. Kill'em.

ROTFLMAO!

[Little Whiskey]

The problem with hedgehog/groundhog. is that he has started living under my outbuilding. I don't take kindly to squatters, therefore it must die.

For those worried about civilian casualties, I live out in the country. Neighbors are a quite a bit away. I would also try to take the shot from my deck so the trajectory is towards the ground.

any other questions?

I didn't realize how specific I should have made this poll. Would you like grain and shot size too?

The rifle choices are:

Savage 110 (30-06 with a 3-9 scope or iron sights)
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q215/butchammon/Savage110.jpg

Remington 700 (7mm mag with a 4-12 scope)
http://www.remington.com/images/products/firearms/centerfire/smsil_700bdl.jpg



The shot gun is:

Remington 870 Express (no scope improved cylinder choke)
http://www.geocities.com/kaos_235/weapons/RemingtonModel870Express.jpg

The handgun is:

Ruger Nighthawk Bicentenial edition (single action, iron sights)
http://www.gunsinternational.com/images/listings/100053850-1-s.jpg

[Harlan Huckleby]

why do guns make people horny? Some guy is shooting a groundhog, next thing you know other guys are thinking about porn.

I know there were those magazines with pics of naked women with big boobs shooting semiautomatic weapons. It can't be just that naked women go well with anything, because I never saw any sandwich & titty magazines.

[SkinBasket]

It can't be just that naked women go well with anything, because I never saw any sandwich & titty magazines.

I'm sure it wasn't for lack of trying.

[Oscar]

I think I'd go with the shot gun.. Had a groundhog get under a shed out where I work. They can really do some damage.

[Freak Out]

I voted buckshot because your shed probably could use a few more holes in it as well...but a 22LR would be far cheaper than anything else to shoot that sucker.

[Little Whiskey]

I voted buckshot because your shed probably could use a few more holes in it as well...but a 22LR would be far cheaper than anything else to shoot that sucker.

funny thing, I don't own a .22

I'm figuring on one shot should do him in. the expense of the one shell does not concern me. (on a side note, .357 mag rounds are damn expensive. I just bought a box of 50 for $35! .......and hard to find)

[Deputy Nutz]

I would say, use a twenty two, but you didn't give that as an option so I said a 30-30.

[Little Whiskey]

all of the ground hogs appeals have been used and this weekend his sentence should be carried out.

Get your votes in.

I plan on sitting on my back deck with a cooler and fire arm in hand waiting on seeing those beedy little eyes

[Scott Campbell]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krVXRCcr2M4


http://www.lazydork.com/movies/caddyshack.jpg

[Cheesehead Craig]

Be nice to the little guy. Take him out swimming it's a neighborly thing to do. Swimming in a nice burlap sack.

[Patler]

At least make it a bit of a challenge. Use a knife or a spear. Some people hunt wild boar in Florida with knives and spears:

http://www.a-wild-boar-hog-hunting-florida-guide-service.com

All you're going after is a wimpy little ground hog, not a mean old pig-type hog!

[SnakeLH2006]

Chinese water-drip torture.

[GrnBay007]

Wow! Found one of these on my deck today. How do you get rid of them without a gun??? :shock:

http://www.kalerspondauduboncenter.org/Ground.Hog.icon.jpg

[Little Whiskey]

An update.

this bastard has not shown his face at all this weekend. He must realize there is a hit out on him, so he is laying low.

007, its the only way i know.

[Mr. T]

Wow! Found one of these on my deck today. How do you get rid of them without a gun??? :shock:

http://www.kalerspondauduboncenter.org/Ground.Hog.icon.jpg

You could try a live trap. I remember my dad tried to catch one of these in a live trap when I was a kid, but the darn thing just refused to go in. He used to eat grass right in front of the door of the trap - almost like he was taunting my dad.

[GrnBay007]

Pretty weird it was on the deck. Had to come up 4 steps to get up there too.

[Mr. T]

Caddyshack was closer to reality than we realized. Groundhogs must instinctively taunt humans.

[Scott Campbell]

Wow! Found one of these on my deck today. How do you get rid of them without a gun??? :shock:

http://www.kalerspondauduboncenter.org/Ground.Hog.icon.jpg


This was teed up so beautifully, yet I let the opportunity pass.

:twisted:

[retailguy]

007, its the only way i know.

Don't be afraid to try new things. :wink:

[GrnBay007]

There is an area about 1/2 mile from my house where there are groundhogs out eating....sunning themselves all day long right on the grassy area on the side of the road. They are not even afraid of the cars going by and it's a busy area. Today I saw about 10 baby groundhogs sunning themselves there. This could get bad if that one on my deck is pregnant.

[Little Whiskey]

100 rounds of shotgun shells is only 25 bucks at Walmart, and if they are close enough you can get two with one shot!

FYI, still haven't seen that bastard!

[Patler]

The problem with hedgehog/groundhog. is that he has started living under my outbuilding. I don't take kindly to squatters, therefore it must die.

For those worried about civilian casualties, I live out in the country. Neighbors are a quite a bit away. I would also try to take the shot from my deck so the trajectory is towards the ground.



FYI, still haven't seen that bastard!


Groundhogs are highly intelligent, and are known to have computer skills far surpassing those of skunks and weasels. I suspect he has been tracking you, and your comments on here. He is likely tunneling from your outbuilding to the supports of your deck right now. I wouldn't step out there if I were you. How high is your deck? Hopefully it isn't a second floor deck!

[Little Whiskey]

He is likely tunneling from your outbuilding to the supports of your deck right now. I wouldn't step out there if I were you. How high is your deck? Hopefully it isn't a second floor deck!

it is a second story deck over my walkout basement. think he is gnawing on the support pillars? maybe i should install trip wires and razor wire around the base of my deck?

he is gonna slip up, and I'm gonna be there to take him out!

[SkinBasket]

Maybe you should just drive your truck around the lawn for a few minutes. I've seen more of these critters dead alongside the road than any other.

[Freak Out]

Call in an airstrike. A well placed bunker buster should do the trick.

[retailguy]

Call in an airstrike. A well placed bunker buster should do the trick.

How about a government study? Maybe we could get you some stimulus dollars to study the habitat of the groundhog. We could get a few million to relocate him to a swamp near your most hated neighbor.

[Patler]

How about a government study? Maybe we could get you some stimulus dollars to study the habitat of the groundhog. We could get a few million to relocate him to a swamp near your most hated neighbor.

Very good point! Clearly this poor creature has been forced into this unnatural existence as L.W.'s guest/neighbor, most likely due to the encroachment of humans on his natural habitat. Any removal activity MUST be stopped, pending the outcome of the study. Just think how this study might impact the lives of similarly situation groundhogs through out the country! This could be a global problem.

[Freak Out]

How about a government study? Maybe we could get you some stimulus dollars to study the habitat of the groundhog. We could get a few million to relocate him to a swamp near your most hated neighbor.

Very good point! Clearly this poor creature has been forced into this unnatural existence as L.W.'s guest/neighbor, most likely due to the encroachment of humans on his natural habitat. Any removal activity MUST be stopped, pending the outcome of the study. Just think how this study might impact the lives of similarly situation groundhogs through out the country! This could be a global problem.

Not a bad approach guys but I think we also should consider a reintroduction of a predator or two to more even things out. You must have killed all the badgers and large weasels in the area.

[Little Whiskey]

consider a reintroduction of a predator or two to more even things out. You must have killed all the badgers and large weasels in the area.

the only preditor is me. maybe coyotes.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Call in an airstrike. A well placed bunker buster should do the trick.

How about a government study? Maybe we could get you some stimulus dollars to study the habitat of the groundhog. We could get a few million to relocate him to a swamp near your most hated neighbor.

Screw that. We should just give Halliburton a no bid contract with little to no oversight.

I'm sure they will do an excellent job.

[Little Whiskey]

UPDATE:


Looks like I was the one to make the first mistake. I got ground hog fever. He came out of hiding today. I should have known better and went with the rifle. He was sitting about 75-80 yards out. Just didn't have the range with the shot gun. He now knows that I am out for blood. I think I nicked him with a b.b. maybe he has learned to move on and move out. if not, I will not make the same mistake twice. I've already got the 30/06 round waiting for him. He will not be lucky twice!!

[SkinBasket]

Screw that. We should just give Halliburton a no bid contract with little to know oversight.

I'm sure they will do an excellent job.

Moron!

Anyway, ACORN's already got the job. They've already rounded up 65 groundhog votes (only 64 of them are duplicates/unreadable) from Whiskey's yard alone to petition for the immediate cessation of hostilities. It's a new day Ty. Filled with hope and change.

[GrnBay007]

Well, this seems to be a serious problem here now! Neighbor says they have seen two big ones and 4 little ones coming out from underneath their deck. Today my daughter calls me at work and says she saw one staring at her from the basement window. lol lil freaks!

Whiskey, loan me a gun! :D

[SnakeLH2006]

Well, this seems to be a serious problem here now! Neighbor says they have seen two big ones and 4 little ones coming out from underneath their deck.

007, I already told ya. Don't be alarmed, but if Snake has his way, there will be only one big one coming on your deck. Trust me, we'd both be happy. :shock: 8-) :lol:

[Cheesehead Craig]

Well, this seems to be a serious problem here now! Neighbor says they have seen two big ones and 4 little ones coming out from underneath their deck.

Well, if they are "coming out" then you don't have to worry about them breeding. The hedgehogs will start having Pride parades on your lawn though. That will bring in Sam the Eagle to have protests of the parades to your house as well against those "wierdos". You'll need to inform the police so that way they can keep the two sides separated, so they'll send McGruff the Crime Dog. At that point, the local NBC news affiliate of Gary Gnu will be there to report on the whole thing likely trying to find some nugget of dirt about you and your family... who knew that hedgehogs could be such problems?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Screw that. We should just give Halliburton a no bid contract with little to know oversight.

I'm sure they will do an excellent job.

Moron!

Anyway, ACORN's already got the job. They've already rounded up 65 groundhog votes (only 64 of them are duplicates/unreadable) from Whiskey's yard alone to petition for the immediate cessation of hostilities. It's a new day Ty. Filled with hope and change.

You are right. I just caught Cheney on tv talking about it, defending the previous admins policy on groundhogs.

[Little Whiskey]

Well, this seems to be a serious problem here now! Neighbor says they have seen two big ones and 4 little ones coming out from underneath their deck. Today my daughter calls me at work and says she saw one staring at her from the basement window. lol lil freaks!

Whiskey, loan me a gun! :D

I haven't seen that groundhog since a bb bit him in the ass. You probably live in the city where you can't fire a gun. damn city rules!!

[Freak Out]

Mother fuck.....how in the hell did politics get into a thread about killing a varmit? Fuck....

Does the pesky thing still live?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Mother fuck.....how in the hell did politics get into a thread about killing a varmit? Fuck....

Does the pesky thing still live?

Courtesy of our former friendly mod Retail Guy.

[Little Whiskey]

Mother fuck.....how in the hell did politics get into a thread about killing a varmit? Fuck....

Does the pesky thing still live?

I still haven't seen him. We had some serious rain this weekend. maybe all the rain washed his carcus down the creek. or as it was this weekend....a river!

If he didn't die, I thinking he has decided that this ole redneck means business and decided to find another building to live under.

I'm still kicking myself and should have grabed the rifle, or at the very least filled the mag on the shotgun. I had a chance at a follow up shot, but didn't have any extra ammo at the ready

[GrnBay007]

This lil guy is getting out of hand!!! :x


There are 4 steps from my basement to a door leading outside. The steps and a couple windows have their own little roof to them. Kinda hard to explain. Anyway, this roof is visible from my dining room on the main floor. The dining room has several windows that are pretty much floor to ceiling. So I walked into the kitchen/dining room today and that little *&%$ groundhog is laying there all sprawled out SUNNING HIMSELF ON THE ROOF!! :shock:

I knock on the window and it just looks at me!!! :shock:

I knock harder and it finally walks off the roof and back underneath the deck.

This thing is really bold!!

[Little Whiskey]

I'm over at my in-laws and he has a couple that are eating up his garden. My old truck is park out behind his barn and I've decided to sell it. It would start so I pop the hood and there is a set of beedy eyes staring back at me. I grab the gun and he bangs a few times on the side of the truck ,we throw a few sticks at him. nothing. damn thing just sits there staring at us. Grab a bb gun and it takes four bb's to get him to decide to move along. Never got a followup shot after he left. these little guys are stubborn little bastards.

[Little Whiskey]

went sniper style on a ground hog today. I've noticed he had been sunning himself on a stack of mason blocks that is surrounded by brush. saw him there a few days. snuck up on him today with a pair of binoc's and my shotgun. 35yard shot full choke 8 shot. DEAD!! never even saw it comming

[Freak Out]

went sniper style on a ground hog today. I've noticed he had been sunning himself on a stack of mason blocks that is surrounded by brush. saw him there a few days. snuck up on him today with a pair of binoc's and my shotgun. 35yard shot full choke 8 shot. DEAD!! never even saw it comming

:wave:

[Kiwon]

LW stars in "Sniper: Ground Hog's Hell"

http://www.internetmovies.com/mediaposters/_1JX1EUNE3.jpg