WOODCHUCK // ROUND-UP

in #animals6 years ago

Found out what was digging up and eating the plants in my garden. Mr. Woodchuck.
Yesterday evening found a Woodchuck had made a burro under my garden shed. I set a "have-a-heart" trap in front of the hole positioned so the only place he could go was the trap. No bait necessary.

I don't like to kill anything so this is the way to go.

Checked the trap before breakfast and sure enough caught the critter. Took him due south on my road for about a mile and released in a wooded area. A couple of years ago released 2 Chucks in the same place after ruining the garden.
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Release of Mr. Woodchuck Video ....

There may be more around, so will keep my eyes opened.

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How cute! Good on you for using the humane traps. I loved watching the release video. We don't like to hurt anything either, we have a lot of rats in our area, but only use the catch and release traps, we're all just trying to survive in this world, aren't we.

We live in a balanced world. Too much of anything throws off the balance.

I also don't like killing animals. Now he will start a new life in his new home 🏡

He / she will find a new garden or lawn to call it's own.

Wow I've never seen a Woodchuck before!
He is pretty big.

They get bigger.

I did not understand = what kind of animal? The tail is strange

Groundhog
The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The groundhog is also referred to as a chuck, wood-shock, groundpig, whistlepig, whistler, thickwood badger, Canada marmot, monax, moonack, weenusk, red monk and, among French Canadians in eastern Canada, siffleur. The name "thickwood badger" was given in the Northwest to distinguish the animal from the prairie badger.

Nice job with the relocation! Those traps do work great!

Caught cat Scary Mary and her 5 kittens in these traps. :-)

wow !!!!! Uninvited guest! :))) he ran away so quickly that I did not have time to consider who it was

Hope there isn't any more to trap.

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