Posted by Billy NY on March 13, 2011 at 12:54:19 from (74.67.3.54):
In Reply to: Woodchucks in my barn posted by littlefarmer on March 13, 2011 at 07:31:46:
Ya mean this innocent looking guy LOL
They can be a nuisance, and there's lots of them on and around the hill here. But it seems once they use established dens I don't often see many new ones around. The above character lived under my front porch for about 8 years, he chewed the cover on my grill and tried to take a broom into the den, for what I'll never now, he's on one end I on the other. First time I ever saw him, I got between him and his hole, chased him up a tree, to about eye level, hence the saying "eye to eye" LOL. He was an exception, used to hand feed him and enjoy having him around, knew it was the same one too, missing a finger he was. He once brought his mate and a young one, neither of those got friendly and never came back, they do roam a bit from den to den, I'd not see him for awhile.
I fenced off my garden, but even before I watched them in my lower garden, they ate everything but my plants, deer did more damage to be honest. For the most part, I now leave em be, but I won't hesitate to get the rifle like I did for so many years. I don't need to now, as they don't bother anything around here.
One thing I hate is their holes in the hay fields, you have to mark em in the spring so you know where to lift the mower or go around or you'll dull those disk blades on the dirt and rocks, those are places to shoot em, that and horse pastures.
Dogs take care of em, and or keep em away, they are shifty eyed, very cautious and observant critters, if I had a dog here, none of em would come near the house. Funny thing was that I had to put my dog down the previous fall, following spring this guy shows up and hangs out right where I buried him, same tree where we met eye to eye too, never since or before have I been able to make friends with any of them.
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