RE: Will Warrior Kil Groundhog?

Mark,
Another method you might want to try.  You will need a pair of binoculars,
some tweezers, and a small jar with a lid.  Hide in your regular hiding
place.  When you see the groundhog, look at him through the binoculars
backwards.  This will make him very small.  Then all you have to do is pick
him up with the tweezers and put him in the jar.

Kurt Frederick
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At 10:01 AM 7/25/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Call the city animal control they may bring out a trap and dispose of the
>animal also. Or you could take up archery.
>Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
>Mark K
>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:27 PM
>To: pumpkins@hort.net
>Subject: RE: Will Warrior Kil Groundhog?
>
>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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