Groundhogs - good or bad?

[Anonymous Poster]

Bad, very bad... greasy. But, they made a good subject for a Bluegrass song! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif "Yonder comes Sally with a snicker and a grin, groundhog grease all over her chin... groundhog, groundhog!" /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[r0GuE]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Unless they're physically attacking you, your loved ones, or your pets, I'd leave them alone. )</font>

No way am waiting for them to attack me or my family. As one person mentione dthey can be mean when backed in to a corner. So... They go.
Just gotta decide how. I think traps. I really shouldn't shoot around here.

 

[BubbaJr]

Groundhog/Woodchuck, same thing. We had one get under our front porch last month. I worked all day trying to get him out. I tried to scare him out with many, many different tactics that didn't work. I wanted to scare him out before I gave him lead poisoning so he wouldn't stink the place up while he rotted away. I finally went and got my DeWalt drill and removed enough floor boards to get a clear shot. Have you ever hung upside down and tried to shoot a moving target? Big fun. By the time I dragged him out he was covered in blood. The wife took one look at him and decided we should call it ground chuck!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I never thought they were greasy,a young one if prepared right is very good,they only eat vegetation,I would never eat a racoon or opposum,they are filthy animals.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Rogue,
Contact PETA /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif,they may help you with your problem. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[r0GuE]

People
Eating
Tastey
Animals

I have decided to wait and watch.
Last year they ventured accross the road on to my yard. If they do that this year, I will pellet gun them
This will kill them (I doubt it)
or
Wound them and they will go away and die (possibly)
or
Annoy the heck out of them and they will be trained to not come back (at least)
But
It will certainly entertain me!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[crown]

In a word BAD.
Their holes are very distructive they could easily break a childs leg. They also can upset the tractor if you hit it right and unexpectedly. I had a family of them in my back field I keep the grass knocked down on a regular basis and the dogs take care of the rest.
Get rid of them as soon as possible.

 

[BWa]

As to the rabbis question , here in Massachusetts they are the leading critter for attacks on humans by rabbid animals . (as of 2001) ...As a wannabe farmer my veiw on them is no quarter , no mercy , I grow pumpkins for whole sale for a local farm stand , (the big 100lb + ones , specialty grade )so I have no love for them and their kin ...
I operate on two rules , 1 ) to be seen is to invite death ,,,2 ) Denied residency, if they take up home at a give spot , I do all I can to make that spot unliveable for them , ....
But to each his own, if tomorrow I got a new neighbor that wanted them ,, fine , but the first 2 rules apply on my side of the fence ..
Good luck with what you choose to do ,,, In their place they are and can be very interesting , but that place is not my farm ....
Bill G.

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

Ok we all agree they need to be done in, other then shooting them, what is the best way? I have 2 families one under the shed and the other in the front of the house under some bushes. I can not use a gun of any type in NJ, not even a BB gun. So bow and arrow ??, poison , etc HELP!

 

[r0GuE]

Lots of days when they were in my yard last year.. as I came home from work, they would run back to the woods accrss the street. I could probably tag one with a tire. Of course my neighbors might think I'm an evil doer.