RE: Will Warrior Kil Groundhog?

Hi Mark,

Have you tried borrowing a trap?  Some governmental agencies in
some areas of the country will allow you to borrow a trap.  Some
will even come out to put it out for you and take the critter to
another area.  I used to have quite a number of customers in the
Northern Virginia area that had squirrel problems in their
houses (I had a gutter cleaning business there).  I don't
remember which governmental agency they got the traps from but I
do remember one customer telling me that they only had to put
down a deposit and they got that back when they returned the
trap.  If you know any local hunters, they might have a trap as
well.  Asking locally might be your best bet since the problem
is already upon you.

Steve Smith
Harrison, TN





---- On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Mark K (korney19@adelphia.net) wrote:

> Are they known to pass by/thru AG's to get to melon leaves? Or
sunflower
> leaves? Sunflowers are still young, no heads. It would be
different if I had
> melons they were after but I don't & probably NOW WON'T.
What's the matter
> with the sugar snap peas, too sweet? Got lots of them I can
spare. 
> 
> Bill, I assume you're talking about dusting the pumpkin vine
tips, not the
> decapitated melon vines & sunflower leaves? As future
protection? It's
> passing up AG tips inches away to travel 15ft to melon leaves,
or 20ft the
> other direction past a parked car to get to my biggest
sunflower leaves by
> the other fence. I wondered why the sunflowers were dying off
along that
> fence, they looked like they were decimated by a swarm of bugs
when about 6"
> tall. Even now, some are barely left & still 6" tall & nearly
leafless &
> others are almost 2ft. I actually have some gray/white
sunflower seeds I
> harvested from plants last year from Rocky's seed sitting on a
barrel 3ft
> away from the melon plants but maybe they are up too high.
> 
> Don't want to sound cruel but too broke for a trap, can't I
just whack it
> with a shovel or a garden fork or "exhaust" it? Are there any
less expensive
> "termination" devices or methods than a live trap? What about
stuff for rats
> or mice, D-CON, etc, and are any garden chemicals toxic or
fatal to them?
> Also are they sensitive to yardlights at night or maybe music?
And what veg
> plants/flowers/other are in its diet? And what would make him
go in a trap
> if he has a smorgasbord in front of him?
> 
> Thanks Bill & Steve; Ray, I'm local, in the Lovejoy area, 2
minutes from the
> Clinton Market.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
On Behalf Of
> WILLYRAIN@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:55 PM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Will Warrior Kil Groundhog?
> 
> 
> In a message dated 7/23/2003 8:57:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> korney19@adelphia.net writes:
> 
> > I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A BIG CITY, NO WILDLIFE NEARBY (just
squirrels.) 
> > Gun was a thought but am about 8 houses from a police
station. Any 
> > ideas? Thanks for any help.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> 
> Hey Mark
> Ray at P and P seed was right. It is best to trap them. (You
can release
> them 
> way far away). The thing that I use for that problem is
lightly dust the
> ends 
> of the vines with Bone meal. I use it on the pumpkins too
sometimes when
> they 
> find a new souce of dinner, but only lightly (It can be a
little hot on the 
> skin of a pumpkin if you put it on too heavy). 
> Good Luck 
> Bill Garvey
> 
>
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