Best Bait to Catch a Groundhog?

[Dave]

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I just had to update.

I had tried everything recommended here and the varmint would not go for any of the bait. It has been over a month now and I had moved on to more pressing matters and just left the empty trap next to one of his or her holes.

Yesterday, my son was visiting for the weekend and he was helping me separate calves. I needed something from the barn and I walked in and evidently startled the Groundhog. He started to scamper and ran right into the live-trap! Needless to say, my son and I took him out and dispatched him after finishing with the calves.

You didn't really "catch him". That was more like suicide by cop. The poor thing was so depressed he just couldn't take it any more.

 

[True Grit Farms]

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I just had to update.

I had tried everything recommended here and the varmint would not go for any of the bait. It has been over a month now and I had moved on to more pressing matters and just left the empty trap next to one of his or her holes.

Yesterday, my son was visiting for the weekend and he was helping me separate calves. I needed something from the barn and I walked in and evidently startled the Groundhog. He started to scamper and ran right into the live-trap! Needless to say, my son and I took him out and dispatched him after finishing with the calves.

You didn't really "catch him". That was more like suicide by cop. The poor thing was so depressed he just couldn't take it any more.

It's the results that matter, not how you got there.

 

[ga.prime]

I keep clicking on this thread thinking I'm going to find the best bait for grouper and get disappointed every time.

 

[farmerjan]

Did you try the watermelon?

 

[sstterry]

Did you try the watermelon?

I did, and honeybuns and cucumber sliced open and peeled. That one is gone now. Just waiting to see if there are more.

 

[Mat Man]

I seen one in a live trap today.
They used cantaloupe for bait .