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Woodchuck Bombs mkirsch1 04-28-2008
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Posted by SteveB on May 2, 2008, 1:01 pm

>> > On Apr 28, 6:32 pm, Mitch@_._ wrote:
>>
>> >> Too bad they don't make M80's any more.
>>
>> > They still make M-44s...
>> >http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps3025/fsm44.html
>> >
>>
>> There's a case here in Utah where a man tugged on a cyanide device, not
>> knowing what it was. It discharged, causing him permanent impairment.
>
> He should have stuck to tugging on what he was good at.
> -----
>
> - gpsman

He was on federal land. Land he actually owned.

Steve



Posted by Don Klipstein on April 28, 2008, 7:03 pm
mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com wrote:

>There's a woodchuck living under my shed. Bugger burrowed under the
>wall into the lean-to, then dug front and back doors to his home under
>the main shed.
>
>We used to use "woodchuck bombs" to kill woodchucks in the fields.
>These are just glorified smoke bombs, woodchuck sized. Haven't seen
>one in 20 years, and don't remember how they worked.
>
>I'd like to toss one in the hole under my shed and suffocate the SOB,
>but I also don't want to set the shed on fire... Anybody know if these
>smoke bombs actually burn with open flame, get really hot, or what?

The ones that I set off about 30 years ago worked by burning of a
mixture of red phosphorus and some oxidizer. They do get hot. There is
definitely a flame, though I don't see it. The flame may be dim and
obscured by the smoke.

- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)

Posted by SteveB on April 29, 2008, 2:01 am

> mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com wrote:
>
>>There's a woodchuck living under my shed. Bugger burrowed under the
>>wall into the lean-to, then dug front and back doors to his home under
>>the main shed.
>>
>>We used to use "woodchuck bombs" to kill woodchucks in the fields.
>>These are just glorified smoke bombs, woodchuck sized. Haven't seen
>>one in 20 years, and don't remember how they worked.
>>
>>I'd like to toss one in the hole under my shed and suffocate the SOB,
>>but I also don't want to set the shed on fire... Anybody know if these
>>smoke bombs actually burn with open flame, get really hot, or what?
>
> The ones that I set off about 30 years ago worked by burning of a
> mixture of red phosphorus and some oxidizer. They do get hot. There is
> definitely a flame, though I don't see it. The flame may be dim and
> obscured by the smoke.
>
> - Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)

Would that be the smoke from the smokebomb, or the smoke from the shed? If
his shed is anything like mine, there's years of oil and roots and shavings
and just "stuff" that would burn. And that's just in the ground. It would
take a HAZMAT team to go through the rest of whatever's in there.

Steve



Posted by Steve on April 28, 2008, 9:00 pm
On Apr 28, 4:59=A0pm, mkirs...@rochester.rr.com wrote:
> There's a woodchuck living under my shed. Bugger burrowed under the
> wall into the lean-to, then dug front and back doors to his home under
> the main shed.
>
> We used to use "woodchuck bombs" to kill woodchucks in the fields.
> These are just glorified smoke bombs, woodchuck sized. Haven't seen
> one in 20 years, and don't remember how they worked.
>
> I'd like to toss one in the hole under my shed and suffocate the SOB,
> but I also don't want to set the shed on fire... Anybody know if these
> smoke bombs actually burn with open flame, get really hot, or what?

Could you try flooding the little bastard out with a garden hose?
Being that it's a shed, water shouldn't really cause a problem to the
structure unless it is also close to your house?? Then when he comes
out just be ready with a club or something?

Posted by SteveB on April 29, 2008, 2:04 am

On Apr 28, 4:59 pm, mkirs...@rochester.rr.com wrote:
> There's a woodchuck living under my shed. Bugger burrowed under the
> wall into the lean-to, then dug front and back doors to his home under
> the main shed.
>
> We used to use "woodchuck bombs" to kill woodchucks in the fields.
> These are just glorified smoke bombs, woodchuck sized. Haven't seen
> one in 20 years, and don't remember how they worked.
>
> I'd like to toss one in the hole under my shed and suffocate the SOB,
> but I also don't want to set the shed on fire... Anybody know if these
> smoke bombs actually burn with open flame, get really hot, or what?

Could you try flooding the little bastard out with a garden hose?
Being that it's a shed, water shouldn't really cause a problem to the
structure unless it is also close to your house?? Then when he comes
out just be ready with a club or something?


I've done that and gotten them, and then just ran water into a hole for two
hours with no sign of where it's coming out.

Steve



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