I caught one last night in my live trap, he's been relocated to a nice
piece of conservation land in another town. I've reset the trap just in
case there are more of them. Does anyone know how large their colonies
are?

"General Schvantzkopf" wrote in message
. ..
I caught one last night in my live trap, he's been relocated to a nice
piece of conservation land in another town. I've reset the trap just in
case there are more of them. Does anyone know how large their colonies
are?

I have heard in the thousands. Even heard of cases where pickups and barns
have disappeared when they made enough tunnels underneath.

Steve

SteveB wrote:
"General Schvantzkopf" wrote in message
. ..
I caught one last night in my live trap, he's been relocated to a
nice piece of conservation land in another town. I've reset the
trap
just in case there are more of them. Does anyone know how large
their colonies are?

I have heard in the thousands. Even heard of cases where pickups
and
barns have disappeared when they made enough tunnels underneath.

I believe you are confusing groundhogs with prairie dogs. You're
unlikely to find more than a half dozen or so groundhogs in one
burrow. Note that around this time of the year the females will be
giving birth, so if you trap and relocate the mother, you may be
killing the young in the burrow.

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...
SteveB wrote:
"General Schvantzkopf" wrote in message
. ..
I caught one last night in my live trap, he's been relocated to a
nice piece of conservation land in another town. I've reset the
trap
just in case there are more of them. Does anyone know how large
their colonies are?

I have heard in the thousands. Even heard of cases where pickups
and
barns have disappeared when they made enough tunnels underneath.

I believe you are confusing groundhogs with prairie dogs. You're
unlikely to find more than a half dozen or so groundhogs in one
burrow. Note that around this time of the year the females will be
giving birth, so if you trap and relocate the mother, you may be
killing the young in the burrow.

--
--
--John

I distinctly remember seeing it in a movie, so it must be true. As for
killing all the rodents in that burrow, isn't that the point?

Steve

SteveB wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...
SteveB wrote:
"General Schvantzkopf" wrote in message
. ..
I caught one last night in my live trap, he's been relocated to a
nice piece of conservation land in another town. I've reset the
trap
just in case there are more of them. Does anyone know how large
their colonies are?

I have heard in the thousands. Even heard of cases where pickups
and
barns have disappeared when they made enough tunnels underneath.

I believe you are confusing groundhogs with prairie dogs. You're
unlikely to find more than a half dozen or so groundhogs in one
burrow. Note that around this time of the year the females will be
giving birth, so if you trap and relocate the mother, you may be
killing the young in the burrow.

--
--
--John

I distinctly remember seeing it in a movie, so it must be true. As
for killing all the rodents in that burrow, isn't that the point?

Some people don't like killing things, even rodents, others don't
mind, others enjoy it. I have no idea where the OP falls on that
spectrum. Given that he's relocated one already my guess is that he'd
rather not kill them if he could avoid it.

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...
SteveB wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...
SteveB wrote:
"General Schvantzkopf" wrote in message
. ..
I caught one last night in my live trap, he's been relocated to a
nice piece of conservation land in another town. I've reset the
trap
just in case there are more of them. Does anyone know how large
their colonies are?

I have heard in the thousands. Even heard of cases where pickups
and
barns have disappeared when they made enough tunnels underneath.

I believe you are confusing groundhogs with prairie dogs. You're
unlikely to find more than a half dozen or so groundhogs in one
burrow. Note that around this time of the year the females will be
giving birth, so if you trap and relocate the mother, you may be
killing the young in the burrow.

--
--
--John

I distinctly remember seeing it in a movie, so it must be true. As
for killing all the rodents in that burrow, isn't that the point?

Some people don't like killing things, even rodents, others don't
mind, others enjoy it. I have no idea where the OP falls on that
spectrum. Given that he's relocated one already my guess is that he'd
rather not kill them if he could avoid it.

--
--
--John

I see. Perhaps if the OP would just go to the groundhog and talk to it, it
would be reasonable.

Steve

On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:13:41 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:

SteveB wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...
SteveB wrote:
"General Schvantzkopf" wrote in message
. ..
I caught one last night in my live trap, he's been relocated to a
nice piece of conservation land in another town. I've reset the trap
just in case there are more of them. Does anyone know how large
their colonies are?

I have heard in the thousands. Even heard of cases where pickups and
barns have disappeared when they made enough tunnels underneath.

I believe you are confusing groundhogs with prairie dogs. You're
unlikely to find more than a half dozen or so groundhogs in one
burrow. Note that around this time of the year the females will be
giving birth, so if you trap and relocate the mother, you may be
killing the young in the burrow.

--
--
--John

I distinctly remember seeing it in a movie, so it must be true. As for
killing all the rodents in that burrow, isn't that the point?

Some people don't like killing things, even rodents, others don't mind,
others enjoy it. I have no idea where the OP falls on that spectrum.
Given that he's relocated one already my guess is that he'd rather not
kill them if he could avoid it.

--

I don't want to kill them if I can avoid it. I've managed to trap one so
I know the trap works. The groundhog was fairly passive so moving them to
conservation land and then releasing them seems like the best course of
action. If they were vicious then I'd consider killing them but given how
tame they are I don't see any reason to harm them.

In article ,
"J. Clarke" wrote:

SteveB wrote:
"General Schvantzkopf" wrote in message
. ..
I caught one last night in my live trap, he's been relocated to a
nice piece of conservation land in another town. I've reset the
trap
just in case there are more of them. Does anyone know how large
their colonies are?

I have heard in the thousands. Even heard of cases where pickups
and
barns have disappeared when they made enough tunnels underneath.

I believe you are confusing groundhogs with prairie dogs. You're
unlikely to find more than a half dozen or so groundhogs in one
burrow. Note that around this time of the year the females will be
giving birth, so if you trap and relocate the mother, you may be
killing the young in the burrow.

--

Prairie dogs are good for long range marksmanship practice. ;-)
--
Peace! Om

"Human nature seems to be to control other people
until they put their foot down." -- Stephan Rothstein

On Thu, 15 May 2008 10:11:31 -0500, Omelet wrote:


Prairie dogs are good for long range marksmanship practice. ;-)

Also great exercisers for a dog. Fun to chase, but impossible to catch.

In article ,
jellybean stonerfish wrote:

On Thu, 15 May 2008 10:11:31 -0500, Omelet wrote:


Prairie dogs are good for long range marksmanship practice. ;-)

Also great exercisers for a dog. Fun to chase, but impossible to catch.

Hee! Might have to try that with the border collie...
--
Peace! Om

"Human nature seems to be to control other people
until they put their foot down." -- Stephan Rothstein