Havahart Trap

To date (9/2o), since the end of June I have caught 13 groundhogs. That is passively putting out the trap when I get a chance. I am sure I could catch one every day on the farmland I'm on if I tried.

I bait the trap with a head of lettuce they have half eaten, placed to the back of the trap, past the trip. Maybe a few leaves toward the entrance to lure them. Place 5-10 feet form a burrow hole.

I suggest getting the kind with one entrance. With the double-doored ones, sometimes they are so fast they run through without being caught.

If you decide to use one of these, make sure the lock doesn't flip back. I tied a piece of twine above the lock on the trap so the lock would be stopped when the trap was tripped. Make sure it is loose enough to let the door bar get under the lock but tight enough that it will stop the lock. It's the speed and strength of the mechanism's momentum that throws the lock back past the locking place.