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Re: [SG] Groundhog Control

Hi, folks--

We must have the stupidest ground hogs ever around here.  They were digging
and tunneling under our barn walls a couple of years ago, when we walked out
one day to find the main culprit trapped in our Have-a-heart trap, stored
empty and cobwebby in a horse stall.  Now I concluded that this was an
unduly retarded ground hog until we witnessed a similar performance by one
of his cohorts last summer.  Tired of having my hosta and heuchera leaves
eaten, I stuck an empty Have-a-heart trap in an open spot in the flower
bed--again, no bait.  Struck gold the very next morning; sent that critter
to a wonderful new home, about 10 miles from here. (Yes, I know you're not
supposed to do that--I've already flamed myself, thank you!)

Beth Creveling
Perkasie, PA   Zone 6

At 08:44 PM 4/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
>GARY TRUCKS wrote:
>
>> Hi Richard
>> you could try to flood them out by sticking a hose as far down the
>> hole
>> as posible and let it rip,however this could lead to creating a large
>> under ground  cavity
>> so be carful if you try this.
>>
>> Gary
>> Amber Wave Gardens
>> Benton Harbor MI. zone 6
>
>  Gary:
>
>    I can't help but laugh as I read this suggestion as I have a great
>childhood memory of my father doing this. He stuck a hose down the hole
>as far as he could, left it on all day to "flood that rascal out". He
>came back later to find the hole collapsed. He pulled on the hose to no
>avail. He then tied it to the bumper of our old Ford Fairlane and still
>no luck. He had to cut off the hose and we had the shortest hose in the
>neighborhood. I crack up laughing everytime I think of this story (I
>seem to recal this is where I learned my first swear words also).
>
>Tim Wilson
>Chagrin Falls, OH
>zone 5
>
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