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Rockchuck bait
« on: July 29, 2021, 04:32:50 PM »
What to use? I have to remove a couple in a area that I cannot shoot.

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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2021, 05:50:07 PM »
pellet gun should still be legal.

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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2021, 05:52:16 PM »
There is a guy on the FB trappers forum commenting on how many he got on a specific bait...
I'll see if I can find the post..
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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2021, 07:14:43 PM »
pellet gun should still be legal.
Their living in a rock wall close to a very high dollar home and I'm afraid of ricochets.

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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2021, 07:41:49 PM »
Dont miss🤣🤣 hit them in the fat part of the body and that will slow the pellet down and no ricochet

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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2021, 07:50:14 PM »
Any turnip will work , even carrots and cabbage

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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2021, 10:00:49 PM »
Is there some scent on the market for some rut action?

Honestly though, I think a call work for them.  When they are out, they always chirp.

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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2021, 07:29:21 AM »
Is there some scent on the market for some rut action?

Honestly though, I think a call work for them.  When they are out, they always chirp.

rockchucks mate in Februaryish.

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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2021, 10:03:39 AM »
Need to do a radiator flush on your pick up or have some coolant laying around? If you want em dead without shooting that’s how I’ve done it. They like it just as much as the neighborhood cats so be wary.

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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2021, 10:51:04 AM »
dry cat food
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Re: Rockchuck bait
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2021, 06:49:36 PM »
I've read twice that Cantaloupe is the best bait for them.

 


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