I have a groundhog living in my shop!

[fastfredracing]

I thought I was loosing my mind last week, I kept hearing things in my office area. Early this week, I was sure there was some sort of critter that had moved in. I figured it was a mouse, but was unable to find any signs of it.
This morning, I could hear the thing right under my desk ( my office is built on top of an old service pit) I was looking everywhere. I finally opened up the access door that leads under my office and there he was looking right up at me. Big ole' grinny. I think there may be babies as well, as I can hear some squeaking at times.
What I don't want is to poison him, or shoot him, and then have him crawl away somewhere where I will never find him and die. It is a big sucker and will stink the place up.
He must have tunneled right under my foundation, I remember seeing, and filling a large hole on the outside of the bldg this summer.
Any advice on how to trap him, , or flush him out so that I can whack him?

[Rick V]

Exhaust hose, they will just go to sleep

[nynor]

a terrier.

[imcarthur]

Call Bill Murray.

Ian

[fastfredracing]

I smell varmint poontang!

[KaptKaos]

Originally Posted by imcarthur

Call Bill Murray.

Ian

You mean Carl Spackler. =)

[Zeke]

How much harm can she do?

[RWebb]

bait a live trap with apples & peanut butter

either take it several miles away for release, or make a nice jambalaya

[Zeke]

Do you eat the babies too? Is that considered GH veal?

[944Larry]

We must not have them in the South. The first one I ever saw was up in PA working last year. You might could grab the thing (with thick gloves on). One came up to me and kept hanging around. I couldn't run the thing off. Don't know if it thought I had something to eat (maybe it thought I was something to eat) or what but it seemed mighty friendly. I do know the locals hated them.

[Por_sha911]

Hav-a-hart traps. Keep resetting it after a capture until no more show up.

[RWebb]

the species back East are Marmota monax - the southern edge of the range extends to the middle of Alabama



here is the western version:

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by 944Larry

You might could grab the thing (with thick gloves on).

First you have to say "Hey Y'all watch dis" Then hand someone your beer, and make sure you have a camera running. This has youtube written all over it.

[yellowperil]

Check with him first about when he expects spring to arrive. Early I hope.

[944Larry]

Originally Posted by RWebb

the species back East are Marmota monax - the southern edge of the range extends to the middle of Alabama



here is the western version:

well that's interesting. I don't get to go to middle Alabama to see one because that's too close to my home for the folks I work for to send me!

[944Larry]

Originally Posted by Rick V

First you have to say "Hey Y'all watch dis" Then hand someone your beer, and make sure you have a camera running. This has youtube written all over it.

If I have to go back up there-you've got a deal!

[RWebb]

discovered there is a wiki on this - with range maps

you will note that these buck-toothed lil' mutha's ARE smart enuff to carefully avoid any areas where Cajuns live...

[willtel]

Originally Posted by 944Larry

We must not have them in the South.

We have them in north Georgia.

I doubt they could survive in Florida, if they dug a hole over six inches deep they would drown in it.

[fintstone]

Used to not be many in the south because they were considered pretty tasty and they would destroy your garden/crop. They are almost impossible to fence out of a garden as they will tunnel under. Once one was sighted where we grew our food, someone had to stay there with a .22 until it came back and was killed. I see them everywhere now when I am in the area...because few raise their own food because they can get their food for free with SNAP.

[HHI944]

A claymore should do the trick.....the sword or the mine, whichever you prefer.