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Rural/Farm Life

haikugal

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8. Good idea..

Reply to beam me up scottie (Reply #7)

Sat May 2, 2015, 05:51 PM

May 2015

There's one at the bottom of the yard..huge...drives the dog crazy..he goes down the hole, or he used to before he got fat...lol.

Fingers crossed...so far none living in the horse pasture.

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Any advice on how to humanely get rid of groundhogs? [View all] beam me up scottie May 2015 OP

Great! I have quite the active population that moved into the barn while I was living in Oregon... haikugal May 2015 #1

They are cute in their own way. beam me up scottie May 2015 #2

Is this the method you use, ammonia? haikugal May 2015 #5

I didn't go through the trouble of mixing it, etc. beam me up scottie May 2015 #7

Good idea.. haikugal May 2015 #8

Dogs are a good deterrent too. beam me up scottie May 2015 #9

Yep but I can't let mine loose or he goes after the FedEx guy (who's terrified of him)' haikugal May 2015 #12

We're lucky we have five fenced in acres. beam me up scottie May 2015 #14

We have fencing but not where we need it for the dog, yet. haikugal May 2015 #15

German Shepard Dog. beam me up scottie May 2015 #16

Would these work for chipmunks as well? nt No Vested Interest May 2015 #3

I don't see why not. beam me up scottie May 2015 #4

Ah..there's my answer...thx haikugal May 2015 #6

Trap and relocate LunaSea May 2015 #10

Excellent advice! beam me up scottie May 2015 #11

Got me a small trap for those occasions LunaSea May 2015 #17

Good advice but I have a skunk that makes regular rounds.. haikugal May 2015 #13

I've wrangled around a dozen or so. LunaSea May 2015 #18

Wow..Thanks for all the good information :-) haikugal May 2015 #19

As far as I know LunaSea May 2015 #20

Fascinating. I had a young possum come up within inches realize I was there and lumber off back in haikugal May 2015 #21