http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars/ Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener Fri, 16 May 2008 04:30:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars/#comment-55390 Michael P. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:51:19 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars/#comment-55390 The best way in my experience, to rid yourself of whistlepigs (what you city folks would call a groundhog) is: 1. lawn chair 2. whole bunch of bullets 3. high powered rifle Thats how I've always dealt with them and if your squeamish about shooting them remember that trapping and relocating is not a guarantee that they will survive in a place they've never been, with no burrow, and out in the open. Coyotes, foxes, bobcats, mountain lions, dogs all love to have whistlepig for dinner. I wouldn't do this if you're not a good shot, you want to give them a quick humane death. Aim right behind and slightly down from the shoulder and you should hit the lungs and heart. The best way in my experience, to rid yourself of whistlepigs (what you city folks would call a groundhog) is:
1. lawn chair
2. whole bunch of bullets
3. high powered rifle
Thats how I’ve always dealt with them and if your squeamish about shooting them remember that trapping and relocating is not a guarantee that they will survive in a place they’ve never been, with no burrow, and out in the open. Coyotes, foxes, bobcats, mountain lions, dogs all love to have whistlepig for dinner. I wouldn’t do this if you’re not a good shot, you want to give them a quick humane death. Aim right behind and slightly down from the shoulder and you should hit the lungs and heart.

]]> http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars/#comment-55248 Heirloom Gardener Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:29:08 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars/#comment-55248 I have an awful groundhog that lives next door. I have tried to trap it in the past, but you have given me new hope. Thanks! I have an awful groundhog that lives next door. I have tried to trap it in the past, but you have given me new hope. Thanks!

]]> http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars/#comment-15855 Margaret Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:58:26 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars/#comment-15855 Our repeated attempts to landscape our backyard have met with a mysterious degree of failure over the years. Fields of vinca? Gone. Expensive hydrangeas? Strangely diminished. Then today I saw a groundhog apparantly GRAZING in our lawn. Before this, I had never even suspected that chubby little rodent who lives next door! Thanks for your help! Our repeated attempts to landscape our backyard have met with a mysterious degree of failure over the years. Fields of vinca? Gone. Expensive hydrangeas? Strangely diminished. Then today I saw a groundhog apparantly GRAZING in our lawn. Before this, I had never even suspected that chubby little rodent who lives next door! Thanks for your help!

]]> http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars/#comment-623 David Beaulieu Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:54:15 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/groundhog-wars/#comment-623 Very amusing and informative article about groundhogs! Like you, a lot of my own groundhog experiences are reflected in my article, <a href="http://landscaping.about.com/cs/pestcontrol/a/groundhog_day.htm" rel="nofollow">Groundhog Day and the Groundhog Day Movie</a>. Hope you don't mind my linking to it here. My site's August 30 blog entry will feature and link to your article on bay laurel trees. Very amusing and informative article about groundhogs! Like you, a lot of my own groundhog experiences are reflected in my article, Groundhog Day and the Groundhog Day Movie. Hope you don’t mind my linking to it here. My site’s August 30 blog entry will feature and link to your article on bay laurel trees.

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