he's got to go!

[growalot]

This may be the biggest GH I have ever seen.. he could certainly put a dent in a food plot, garden and or my trees.... gots to go!....

Edited April 9, 2015 by growalot

[ants]

Maybe that big a$$ stray dog you had running around will take care of him for you…..LOL!

[grampy]

Chubby old groundhog he is!

[growalot]

Ants he is too interested in the deer...right beyond those trees behind GH is the chewed up carcass of a deer...as you noticed same area the dog was coming from...I followed his tracks all over the property....he was on several deer trails and through several beds...I have been search for him on drives around the area...

[dirt_a_KISS]

Question, what damages do GH do?

[Doc]

Question, what damages do GH do?

You can watch weeks of work (planting, weeding, thinning and other assorted versions of back-breaking work) destroyed, and removed, whole rows at a time in just a couple nights, courtesy of old Mr. Chuck. You can also see foundations undermined by their digging habits, and if you have a tractor or livestock, the holes in the fields can be murder, including bent up leg-parts if you happen to step into one of their holes. That's why farmers have a constant battle with the prolific fat-ass critters and always welcome you with a big broad smile on their face when you express an interest in shooting them. 

[growalot]

They will tear up a wood lot chewing and girdling trees and they can wipe out smaller food plots...then please don't get me going on loosing a tractor tire in any one of their burrows...Oh BTW those are just wonderful when they collapse and sink  a good sized area

Edited April 9, 2015 by growalot

[ants]

When I use to  plant a big garden, I had real problems with wood chucks. They are very destructive to plants and crops.  Gotta love a .22 short.

[thphm]

They grow them big in the western part of the state, Hmm, I have one half that size that trims my lawn every morning and night , no other damage from it and it's young ones.Haven't seen it yet this year, hope the rabid fox did not get it.

[greg54]

That sure is a big boy Grow!!

[grampy]

I'll shoot 2 or 3 in the field behind the house every year. And every spring 2 or 3 more show up. WTH!

[growalot]

I get then deep in our woods..they use to live in the road side hedge row...but then I started working the field and t h eyes moved...mainly under the beech trees..

Edited April 9, 2015 by growalot

[NFA-ADK]

They infest the LI farm I hunted last year for deer management.   

[Two Track]

My grandfather kept a rifle handy in the truck every spring and early summer and then again early fall.  The scope on it was zeroed in for head shots/long shots. If he wasn't working on a field or orchard, he patrolled for ground hogs.  Their burrows and tunnels aren't very nice to the corn or wheat harvesters, or a wagon carrying a load of freshly harvested tomatoes in stacked baskets (or while walking through bean field in mid-summer).

 

If you were one of my neighbors, I would come over on the weekend to help put him in a pine box.

[EspressoBuzz]

I have a GH recipe for you......