How to get rid of a groundhog

You going to take that? He is napping, full as a tick off his seasoned acorns, just mocking you!


I think you need to do as Coot does with dogs!

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Maybe take that water hose and fill up his hole with water

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Ahh...the Bill Murray approach.

I’d imagine you could trap with a live animal trap. Throw something out they like to eat for a week or so and then put a trap out with the same stuff. Trap it and move it a couple miles.

I doubt it would cause any foundation issues to be honest. Babies are certainly likely though. I would really worry about them being a pest, my grandparents had them under a pile of rocks for years.

As some baws around here say, “make a roux”!

They’re good to eat. Just make sure you cut the glands out of the meat, located around each arm pit (front and back legs). Whistle Pig gravy over rice is pretty good.

I really appreciate all of the replies. I think a live trap MIGHT be the best as I don't kill it and there's no chance it or its offspring come back.

My main concerns about using a live trap stem from about 10 years ago, my wife and I drove up to a State Park to go hiking. A man was releasing a ground hog in the state park right after we got out of our car. The ground hog was furious and started chasing the man for about 15 seconds before running off in the woods. It seemed a little dangerous. He may have been relocating the groundhog when it had a litter.

For those who have Live Trapped a groundhog and released it, what kind of bait did you use, did you cover the trap during transport, and did the groundhog try to attack you when you opened the cage?

I might also try filling the hole with water as my second choice. The potential negative with that method is I think I have a fair amount of sandy soil in that area. The soil might drain very fast, but I might give that a try. The other negative is if the soil does hold the water I could possibly get a temporary foundation leak, but that might not do much damage.

I thought of another humane way to make it leave that I might try but have no idea if it would work. I read where you can soak tennis balls in ammonia and toss them down in the hole.

If I have to kill it, I appreciate the tip for the subsonic 22 ammo that fragments making it an excellent varmit round. I have a couple of 22 rifles.

So I am still debating what to try. If releasing a groundhog from a large Havaheart trap is somewhat dangerous getting bit, if I try that I might design a way to remote release the trap with a rope or just wear my steel toed boots, chainsaw chaps and long heavy leather gloves rated for electrical work to help avoid getting bit.

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Acorns sprinkled with red peppe

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Made me laugh

I know that would probably be a good idea to try. I can easily get a bunch of acorns off our driveway and I still have more red pepper that it really enjoys. That groundhog was licking the red pepper again this morning just under the edge of my shed. I tried to get a picture but it ran off right when I was taking it.

I just put out a heavier little pile of red pepper and show the Kirkland's Red Pepper bottle. I'll try and get a picture of him licking the pepper.

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Quit being a pussy and shoot the m’fer.
That’s the only way to rid the problem.

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I might end up shooting it, but right now I don't think it deserves to be killed, and I want to give it a chance to live if I can trap it or encourage it to move on. I don't mind wild animals on our property. I just don't want them in holes real close to our house or under my shed.

Well it didn't take long. Here's a picture of him hovered over the red peppers.

I'm going to get a Live Trap and trap him. Just wonder if there is a better bait than acorns and red peppers, although I will try it and anything else y'all may recommend.

They're good eating