Just a thought...
please don't drop it off at my place.

Hopefully, if you DO relocate th little pest, you will not be making a
problem for someone else.
That wasn't meant to be hurtful, it just occured to me.

Kate

"Frank Logullo" wrote in message
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|
| "OhSojourner" wrote in message
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| Add Marmota monax to the growing list of urban wildlife. Anyone know
| anything
| about the most humane way to deal with woodchucks? I've seen threads
| elsewhere
| about relocating squirrels and other critters, so maybe someone here
might
| know.
|
| Now, ordinarily I wouldn't care all that much if there was a woodchuck
| living
| nearby, but one has decided to take up residence in my garage! (It's an
| old
| garage with a gravel floor). I know where I can rent a live trap... is
| there
| anything I need to know about relocating? (I know plenty of
vacant/rural
| areas
| I could relocate it to). Are they territorial, and are they able to dig
| their
| own burrows quickly?
|
| A Hav-a-hart trap is a nice thing to own. I've captured and released
| numerous woodchucks, squirrels, possums and raccoons from mine. I take
them
| to a nearby state park. I would recommend getting the largest trap
(~$50).
| Mine is next to largest and I had to give up on a big raccoon. If animal
is
| too big for trap, it will not close. Some may tell you that relocating
the
| animal may endanger it. Me: I don't care
| Frank
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