How to get rid of a woodchuck?

[Anonymous]

Finally got out to do some yard work and see that sometime overwinter a woodchuck has dug a DEEP tunnel in a rear flowerbed that is now sinking. No clue where it exits, we can’t find any other holes in our yard.

We can’t fix this hole until we get rid of the critter.

We have a camera and can see that it comes out only occasionally.

We have a live trap and have heard they like cantaloupe, so we bait it every day. Every time we think, it’s vacated and we can fix the hole, it reappears. Ugh!

Any tips on luring them? I’m desperate! (And yes, we know we will need to move it very far away when we catch it.)

[Anonymous]

Call a trapping service like Adcock’s. They will however euthanize the groundhog. And another one might move right in.

[Anonymous]

Good luck with that. My grandparents fought a losing battle against woodchucks for 20 years. It was very entertaining for everyone else but it drove them crazy. To make a long story short, my grandparents alas are no longer here, but the woodchuck family is.

[Anonymous]

Terrible human, why would you want to get rid of a creature who has the right to be there and is not hurting you?

Change your garden. Live with the woodchuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Terrible human, why would you want to get rid of a creature who has the right to be there and is not hurting you?

Change your garden. Live with the woodchuck.

Game over, Phil. Find a new home.

[Anonymous]

Give him a pile of wood. 🪵 Then answer the very old question for us: how much wood can a woodchuck chuck?

[Anonymous]

Trap with a have a heart trap. Tie a long rope to the release (plenty of videos on how to). Trap and drive 20 miles away and release it.

[Anonymous]

There is a wonderful book called The $64 Tomato that chronicles (among other things) a bougie gardeners battle with woodchucks. Spoiler: he does not win.

[Anonymous]

I had a groundhog for about three days. Then the fox took care of him. Nice meal. Foxes rock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a groundhog for about three days. Then the fox took care of him. Nice meal. Foxes rock.

Our fox is a dud. The groundhog took his den.

[Anonymous]

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Terrible human, why would you want to get rid of a creature who has the right to be there and is not hurting you?

Change your garden. Live with the woodchuck.

Agree!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a groundhog for about three days. Then the fox took care of him. Nice meal. Foxes rock.

Our fox is a dud. The groundhog took his den.

They coexist in dens. True story.