Are they mean critters. Know very little about them.
2007-05-14 03:41:27 · 7 answers · asked by Larry 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Many cities/towns have a pest/critter control service where they will come out and remove the critter and place in a more suitable environment.
Groundhogs will usually retreat to their burrows when threatened, but they do have claws and two decently sized incisors so I would be careful.
2007-05-14 03:49:56 · answer #1 · answered by JDC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I stay interior the rustic the place we've been over ridden with floor hogs. i'm an animal lover, and don't techniques the unusual one yet is only no longer pushed out of my abode by using any of them. There are floor hog hollow bombs which you get from a farm grant save. you're able to desire to discover the 2nd go out that would desire to be interior of 50ft. of the hollow under your porch, stuff it and insert the bomb in the different hollow. you're able to desire to be sure that the floor hog is interior the tunnel, easy the bomb and the dealt with smoke will humanely kill the floor hog. the only incorrect way i understand of is taking a shot at it with a beebee gun. Our son tried that one 365 days. He aimed in direction of and have been given it interior the rump. No blood or severe harm, purely a ping interior the butt. It ran as much as now because it would desire to and in no way lower back.
2016-12-17 12:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to get rid of it? We used to have groundhogs (also called woodchucks) when we lived in the country. They would come right up to our picnic table and join us while we ate. I put piles of broccoli, cauliflower and yams out for them, and they loved it! They were shy, gentle creatures that ran when they felt threatened.
According to e-nature.com: "If alarmed, the Woodchuck often gives a loud, sharp whistle, followed by softer ones as it runs for its burrow, from which it then peeks out. When agitated, it chatters its teeth, and it can hiss, squeal, and growl." Naturally, any animal will defend itself if cornered and feeling threatened, but if it can run, it will. We were never threatened by the woodchucks at our house, because they were never threatened by us.
e-nature also says: "Woodchucks are beneficial in moderate numbers. Their defecation inside the burrow, in a special excrement chamber separate from the nesting chamber, fertilizes the earth. Their digging loosens and aerates the soil, letting in moisture and organic matter while bringing up subsoil for transformation into topsoil (in New York State they turn over 1.6 million tons of soil each year)."
2007-05-14 06:05:38 · answer #3 · answered by margecutter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never tried this, but a fox's scent is supposed to scare them off (or you could get yourself a real fox):
2007-05-14 03:59:27 · answer #4 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He would probably leave if you got a dog or hit it with a shovel.
2007-05-14 05:45:47 · answer #5 · answered by Free A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wait until next March and if you see his shadow, shoot him
2007-05-14 04:50:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And they will turn on you!
2007-05-14 03:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by belate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋