How do I get rid of a ground hog who is building a condo under my shed?

Answer 1

we had a couple.,, the first one was so huge.. that the cage trap...we put out almost didnt hold him or her. but we used green peppers and the local trapper in our town came and took the rolly polly out to a wooded area. the second one was easier to get rid of... he was under the cement at my back door.. so we put amonia soaked rags in there... and it was too much for the creature. he/she moved. and we sealed it up.

Answer 2

Haha...embrace it. We've got a couple resident groundhogs. Their winter home is under our neighbor's garage, but their summer condo is under our shed. They don't hurt anything; they're actually kinda cute. We've named ours Fathog.

Here's a picture of Fathog (or Fatbaby) just this week:
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Answer 3

I have had great success using mothballs -spaced 2 - 3 ft apart around my gardens to deter rabbits -squirrels - groundhogs and even my dogs. They cost less than $3.00 a box, and last more than a month before they evaporate

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I live in Springfield Mo. Shooting my resident G.H. is not an option. Moth balls are toxic, period. I tried trapping with live catch, but all I caught was Opossum night after night. I asked an Old Timer about some tricks and he told me to pour some Kerosene or diesel fuel around and into the burrows. He said the ground hogs don't like to get the greasy fuel on their coats and can't lick it off when they clean themselves. I had a very entrenched (for years) G.H. burrowing under my house, my shed and my garage. It ate my garden plants and veggie plants and flowers constantly. It was brave enough to be out in daylight and browse right in front of me. I poured some dyed diesel around and down into the burrows around my crawl space and he has not come back ONE SINGLE TIME. I still see it in the neighborhood, but not on my property!

Answer 6

theres some stuff at homedepot they look like bombs but they are actually smoke bombs....get them and shove it in to the hog whole and then light it or swhatever you do then youll have no problem

Answer 7

Forth of July, celebrate its near completion with a couple of smoke bombs and firecrackers.

Answer 8

first thing in the morning urinate in a container then pour it around the area he is working in, repete this for a week and he'll pack his bags and leave.

Answer 9

They are such vermin! I have one in my garden right now, and I'm going to let my neighbor use his mole trap to get this one, just as he did the last time. I hate the darn destructive things!

My lawn guy says if you put bubble gum in their tunnel, they'll try to eat it and it'll kill them. I never tried that one.

An old wive's tale says that if you have a man urinate in their tunnel, they'll leave, but I can't get the guys I know to test this one for me, darn it! I think that'd be a hoot!

Answer 10

several ways ,,,ive got a number 5 steel leg hold trap but thats not a city way ,, pour a mix of two cups ammonia and two cups of bleach into the holes with a funnel at dark ,,he wakes up to a gas and it could kill him,,, if not wanting to kill the critter pour it in the day ,,,and he cant go in,,, as the gas settles in there ,,,and he would die ,,,its cs or clorine gas ,,,it got my uncle in ww1,, but also theres mole gas its a bomb from depot ,,,but my gas costs maybe a dollar ,,, good luck ,,an olde dude