Speechless Sunday: Woodchuck Dilemma Continues

Hi Ginny, this woodchuck is big, it must be well fed. I hope you get lucky today. 

Good morning, Ginny.... I had an entire family under my shed..... I called a local exterminator and he caught each one in the cage with carrots and lettuce to entice them to enter it.... once they were all caught the next step was for them to dig a trench around the shed and lay wire in it so that others couldn't enter again.... then I filled the trench with stone.... it's been over a year without them now....cost:  $350.00...there was one huge creature and 5 babies.

Ginny: It sounds like Barbara is on to something.  By the looks of him he hasn't missed many meals so you might just capture him with a buffet of his favorite veggies.

I agree with Anita that Barbara certainly has some experience with Woodchucks. Thanks for the photo and I wish you luck in catching him....

Ginny, We had some critters digging in our flower garden and a trap like yours to catch them.  Besides the veggies for bait, we covered the trap with loose brush and leaves to make it seem more like a burrow hole.  We caught the offenders and got them to the other side of the river a few miles away.

Groundhogs are very smart.  Hard to trap and sure can dig holes fast.  You may have to lure him into the cage with turnips.

I agree, this woodchuck is BIG!  Hope you'll catch it soon!

Hi Ginny,

No advice on how to lure the woodchuck into the cage, but I did laugh when you wanted to even catch the vermin.

Looks like he/ she knows what your trying to do and that's catch the poor guy. Why not put him on the payroll and have him chuck some wood for you. There are a lot of people who need wood for a fire place. 

This way the woodchuck could earn his way to stay. LOL

Have a great Sunday in North Kingstown.

Best, Clint McKie

 ps suggested. :-)

You have a smart critter in your yard.  Some would use a rifle to solve the problem.

Have a great day and an outstanding week.

Other than the little word game "how much wood does a woodchuck chuck...." I never realized there was such an animal.  Now I know.  Hopefully you can safely remove this guy from your garage.

Ginny, he does look rather large. Have you tried honking when inside the garage to frighten him away? How about charging him a NYC rent rate, that should scare him away for good! LOL

Ginny I know how I would take care of your woodchuck problem very quickly, but I don't think you would like it :)

Ginny, you have a woodchuck?    Never seen one, maybe I will get a chance.     That sounds like a call to the animal control!

I'm with Joan, call animal control and see if they can help you get rid of your woodchuck problem.

Hi Ginny,

This made me smile. That is one big and smart woodchuck! Good luck catching him, he sounds pretty crafty to me. Thanks for sharing this light and humorous post, keep up the good work as a top North Kingstown short sale agent!

I couldn't agree with them more.Woodchuck is really hard to catch.Hope you would be able to catch it.Thanks for this share! Stay the best North Kingstown Short Sale Agent .

Joan,call the animal control asap..hehehe Let us know what happened. Good luck! Keep it up being number one North Kingstown Short Sale Agent.