bmss96

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I have a ground hog that has taken up residence under my storage shed.
I was just wondering if I should leave him alone or relocate him somewhere else?
Only big concern I have are my dogs. They know he is under there and won't leave the area.
Will the groundhog be a threat to them?
I should mention I'm in a residential area, no fields or farms nearby.
Funny thing is, I see no evidence of digging. I'm just wondering if he is just coming in my yard from somewhere else and hiding under the shed when the dogs are out.
I don't want to kill it, maybe just relocate him.
Thanks all,
Jeff
 
You may be able to live trap him with a trap bated with muskmellon chunks. Place bait on the ground, place trap over the top of it. Do your neighbors a favor, do him in. Nobody wants him relocated on their place. Get rid of him. He will bring you nothing but problems, especially if he's digging under buildings.
 
Yes there is potential for injury to your dogs if they get into a scrap. They got a heck of a biter on the front. Capable of severe scratching with thery feet. All in all, a feisty critter. I prefer high speed lead infusion.
 
the only proper relocate is a hunk of lead. I know a guy that has a house and couple of out buildings and no land to speak of. His neighbor a couple miles away caught him relocating a ground hog at a set of old buildings he owned and asked the guy what he was doing? the guy told him, the land owner didn't say anything, but a week later he drove in the guys yard with 5 live traps with ground hogs in and turned them loose in the guys shed. the owner came out and asked him what he was doing and he told him he was returning his property. The guy learned his lesson LEAD PILL after that.

Bob
 
Trap him in a live trap. Hava-heart is one brand. Then take him far away to a state park wooded area. Do it soon before he/she starts a family. There are animal control people who will do it for you. Don't know what the cost is. gobble
 
what kind of dogs? I have seen big stout dogs should pick them up by the neck and kill them. For small dogs, shoot the groundhogs.
 
It could also be a skunk.what I did I ran across this idea I went and got some cheap laundry soap and scented bleach . I mixed a pint of bleach and a pint of soap plus water in a 5 gallon bucket .then poured that down the hole i did that for 2 days apparently the don't like the smell after the second day i didn't see any tracks
 
There are a few farm stores that have hog bombs. They are like $5.00 each and do a very good job. Cyanide gas when they are lit.
 
Hello bmss96,

You need to relocate him. I have had one around here for 10 years. To-day he went to hog heaven.......Finally!

Guido.
 
Light a railroad flare and stuff it down the hole. That 'll fix 'em! Might do your shed too though...
 
The den digging under the shed is the problem.
Living in the sticks, you get used to critters everywhere,
but if a woodchuck moves in....he's gotta go.
too much damage.

In the 'old' days, my 2 big, mean, mongrel dogs took care of them, but they both wore scars to prove it.
Woodchucks are good fighters.
Smaller dog? cornered, my money is on the woodchuck.
 
For crying out loud, if you catch it, kill the miserable thing!!!!!!!!!!!! If you get caught turning the thing loose on someone's property, don't be too surprised if the landowner loads yer backside with birdshot.


As far as dogs go, it depends. If your dogs are beagle size or bigger the chuck ain't got a chance. If you have the "bounce when they bark" type, the chuck may intimidate them unless they have some real grit in them. Then it might get interesting. If you have jack russell's or boston terriers that are any good for anything, they'll make short work of a woodchuck.
 
Hello bmss96,

Like I said: He is got to go to hog heaven. They will hurt a small dog, look at them paddles!

Guido.
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I like .22 Hornet......I live in a small town.
Make sure you have good gun control. (Gun Control, hitting what you shoot at!)
 
Looks like that's a good one. He's got his check up and will now behave in a decent manner. Might as well recycle the little fellow in the compost heap.
Around my place, they get caustic soda or the blue granular vitamin pack with a touch of Pepsi (in case they get thirsty), same with coons and moles.
 
I got one running away from me. Shot him in the rear last week and he dropped as soon as it hit him. When I got to him he had a bullet hole beside his eye. Most of the time they make it to a hole before they stop breathing. Got a coon about an hour ago. My property line is in the center of a deep ditch about a quarter of a mile long. Between my neighbor and me we can't seem to make a dint in the population of chucks. The ditch has eroded bad in two places. Filling those places with rocks seem to give them a motivation to dig under the rocks. I mow along the ditch bank and there are several holes out about five feet about 8 inches in diameter. I have filled some in with small rocks every year but they just come up in a different place close. One erosion is over 10 feet out from where the ditch bank should start. Relocating them is not something many would be happy about with the high cost of repair to the damage they do.
 
Only good ground hog is a bar-b-qued one. Catching one then taking ti some place only move the problem to some one else and to me that is wrong since your just giving some one else your problem.
 
OK everyone, Looks like the thing to do is dispatch him.
I have a Jack Russell and a Greyhound.
The Jack could care less that there is a groundhog under the shed. The greyhound will not leave the area, she just keeps pacing back and forth waiting.
I did see him the other night after I put the dogs in, I was in the shop and peeked out to see him grazing in the yard.
Biggest concern is that I do live in an older residential area.
I guess a quik shot from the 22 wouldn't create to much concern.
Thanks for all the tips and info.
As soon as I see the varmit again, I'll deal with the problem.
 
Those have not been avaible for years, I tried ti find them and find they are now against the law so not avaible.
 
I use a "have-a heart" trap to catch them. Too many houses nearby to shoot them. When I was working at Aberdeen Proving Ground I would take them in there. A black civilian guard stop me at the gate and wanted to know what I going to do with it. I told him I turn them loose, he said he ate them so I gave them to him if he was on duty. Hal
 
You might be able to borrow a good pellet gun. I have a 5mm Sheridan Blue Streak pump up rifle that will kill chucks and cottonrails deader than a smelt at 75 feet.
 

I used to shoot them by the hundred decades ago. Now with all the coyotes around the bulk of rabbits and ground hogs left live next to houses, sheds and barns. I almost feel sorry for them.
My 74 year old Mother is a terror on the ground hogs and did away with a couple of dozen out of her garden last year.
 
Just got through burying the second raccoon in 2 days. Have a heart trap and sunflower seeds seem to work real well. Wife is really unhappy with the mess these guys are making!! Small holes all over in the yard and digging up flower bulbs doesn't fly very well!! My pellet gun must be getting weak, took too many shots to dispatch this last guy, felt bad.......
 

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