Skunks and woodchucks need to go. But I don't want to kill my barn cats or bobcat. How to?

[tug]

I have a horse barn with partial concrete floor. Wood chucks have used a burrow under there for the last 400 years. I have used a conibear there and killed several a year for the last 15 years. Hit a skunk now and then. A possum maybe once a year.

Now my trail cam shows a bobcat fairly regularly and an orange feral cat. I think these two are on balance good for the area. How do I keep the pressure on chucks and skunks without risking the cats? I have a couple of live traps that don't work nearly as well as the conibears.

How to set conibears without risking cats is the question.

thanks

 

[Planking]

I dont know how well leg holds will work on groundhogs but you can release anything out of those same as a live trap. Probably have to use close jaws but a you can get those with cushions.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Dog proofs should do the trick. Like @Planking , a bigger groundhog may be able to pull out. I'd say it's worth a try

 

[rem270]

Speaking of groundhogs l, I caught one this year. Really wanted to let it go but was afraid it may try and eat me up if I got close enough.

 

[tug]

I set a trail cam on the burrow. Will just set the conibear at about 8 am. Pull it at about 5 pm. I see chucks during the day. My cams got the cats at night. Except the bobcat. See that one at about 9 am a few times.

 

[Trapper]

REM 270. That's the only animal that has ever came after me once I turned it loose .

 

[JCDEERMAN]

REM 270. That's the only animal that has ever came after me once I turned it loose .

 

[tug]

Woodchuck is no longer chucking wood.

 

[Lt.Dan]

.22lr works well.

 

[Biggun4214]

REM 270. That's the only animal that has ever came after me once I turned it loose .

Coons will too.

 

[Farm manager]

The bobcat, at some point, should be the control mechanism on the ground hogs.

I set a trail cam on the burrow. Will just set the conibear at about 8 am. Pull it at about 5 pm. I see chucks during the day. My cams got the cats at night. Except the bobcat. See that one at about 9 am a few times

 

[Carlos Viagra]

A live trap baited with cantaloupe or watermelon should work on the groundhogs.
Good luck with em.

 

[mike52]

If you can find the entrance or exits going under the slab, Lowes sells what they call a Gopher bomb, AMDRO is the name Kinda like a large fire cracker, tape on end of stick light it and push in the hole. Got a gas that kills, use on entrance and exits so they are trapped

 

[mike243]

Woodchuck and groundhog are the same animal, known scientifically as Marmota monax1​2​3​. The differing common names likely come from different etymologies from around the world1​. However, there are some differences:

• Geographical distribution: Groundhogs are predominantly found in the eastern and central parts of North America, while woodchucks have a broader range extending throughout the continent4​.
• Physical traits: Woodchucks have longer claws and are slightly smaller in size compared to groundhogs4​.

So which ya got and any luck catching or killing them yet?