Catching Groundhogs and Possums~Haveaheart Traps

Shot with my Nikon D90 and edited in iMovie 09.

Our garden was getting destroyed by these varmints and I decided to put out our Haveahart trap to capture the Groundhogs and relocate them to a beautiful very large county park. At that time I didn't realize it was against the law to do this and only found this out this year when I caught a beautiful little white possum mom with all her babies in her pouch.

Please see my current video on this beautiful mom and my relocation only a couple of blocks from my house in a nice wooded area.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Groundhog
• Woodchuck
• Possum
• Critters

[lenrapp]

Thank you, they are god's little creatures too and deserve to be on our planet like the rest of us. Unfortunately there are too many people that feel groundhogs are like vermin and want to simply kill them. These are the same people that get joy out of killing other defenseless animals like squirrels and rabbits.

[gernith]

How do you keep squirrels from eating the bait? Would a squirrel trigger the trap or just eat the bait?

[lenrapp]

@gernith Easy...for squirrels you put in Peanut butter or other goodies. As they enter the trap they step on a metal plate that shuts the door of the trap. It is spring loaded. My friend told me he caught 25 squirrels in one summer and relocated them a mile or two away from his home. I informed him that they keep coming back because it is too close to his home. He probably had 5 squirrels that he caught 5 times each.

[lenrapp]

@gernith Easy, groundhog bait can be melon peels, string beans, carrots, apples...all of these hold no interest to your squirrels. Also make sure to place the trap and put some camouflage on the cage where you think the groundhog is entering your property. I have seen mine go to a corner of my garden and disappear. Check every morning and afternoon, I have caught one in the AM and then again in the PM. You don't want them to be caged too long or they will kill themselves trying to get out.

[chacoal]

i mat not have had a trap like that but came up with a way to catch it anyway and wld have killed it and reset my trap 4 the next critter

[7777dmith7777]

Thumbs Up !! .....If you like to bring your Havahart traps out on your boat, and use them for an anchor while you catch up on a little fishin !!

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[awayforthemoment]

gayest. video. ever.

[hugocasarrubias]

much respect for not killin him ....hope other will see your video and do the same thing u did ...nature is proud of you ...

[gernith]

@lenrapp You misunderstood me. How do you catch the ground hog and not the squirrels? I have a ground hog in my yard and lots of squirrels. I only want to catch the groundhog. But I worry the squirrels will grab the bait before the groundhog gets to it?