SHOP VERMIN

[uncle harry]

My RENT-A-GRUNT (a very dear friend who I pay for his help) & I assisted and/or watched as a crew of mudjackers attacked my #2 shop slab. They drilled a grid of about 20 inch and a half holes through the 4 inch 16 X 26 slab and proceeded to fill voids beneath. We helped them reposition about a dozen machines and cabinets in a couple of "musical chairs" events so that they could introduce a family of woodchucks to about three cubic yards of mortar. All of this took about 4 hours at a bargain cash cost of a mere $1400 that I might have enjoyed having more shop toys with. The subterranean "guests" inflicted this damage in a matter of about 1 week last summer. Now perhaps I can keep my Harrison M300 level lathe level again.

 

[Tozguy]

So, Can You Eat Groundhog?

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[uncle harry]

So, Can You Eat Groundhog?

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So, Can You Eat Groundhog?

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These creatures have injured me enough to add the insult of dining on them. Expensive diet those would be !

 

[MontanaLon]

Groundhog is quite tasty, particularly the young ones as they are nice and tender.

Groundhog BBQ
Groundhog gumbo
Groundhog kebabs
Groundhog cocktail
Groundhog tartar
Groundhog on a shingle

 

[FOMOGO]

Harry, I think the big question is, are we now going to have three more weeks of winter? Cheers, Mike

 

[RJSakowski]

I nearly lost a finger to a groundhog some years ago. I have no love for them. About twenty years ago, my new wife, freshly imported from the UK, thought that the young groundhogs sliding down a sand pile were cute. few weeks later, when her entire row of green beans disappeared, her command was"kill them". I keep a .22 loaded all summer in the event a groundhog should present itself. They are cagey critters though; the slightest movement and they're gone to ground.

I had a problem with them undermining a barn foundation. I find that plugging the holes with good sized rock works. When they're underground, they run out of room to move their excavation material. I expect that I have a few skeletons under my barn floor.

 

[Reddinr]

ground hog. Probably makes a nice burger.

 

[markba633csi]

I wonder how they catch those darn things each year if they are as quick and cagey as RJ says they are

 

[Barncat]

My neighbor asked if he could shoot the ones around my house. He said they are tasty, grass fed and taste like beef. I haven’t tried.

 

[RJSakowski]

I wonder how they catch those darn things each year if they are as quick and cagey as RJ says they are

I ambush them. The gardens are both easily visible from the house so I can shoot from the house. For the ones further away, if I spot themand they haven't seen me, I can get the rifle and sneak up to the point where I have a good shot. Large live traps also work well. Just make sure they're not alive when you open the trap.