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Today’s Blog Post
“He is so cute... I think we should keep him…!” my wife said as I picked up the live trap and carried him toward the waiting Van.
It was 11:30 PM and I had just looked out the bedroom door to check to see if the lettuce in the live trap was gone. Yep it was gone and something brown was moving around in the trap.
We were Victorious – Mr. Marmota monax was now leaving our yard!
We had caught the Ground Hog Hubert, that had made its way under our Garden Shed!
I confess that I didn’t think that we would catch him this fast – only one day of waiting!
Now there was is another possible problem. As I headed into the back yard tonight my wife caught a glimpse of a Black and White fluffy tail quickly disappear past the ladder and toward the fence. She was sure that she saw some black on it as well… and she wouldn’t come closer.
We don’t even live in the country… and we are surrounded by critters! Yikes!
This character has no idea how lucky he is. I had all kinds of suggestions as to how I might best move him out.
One suggestion would have worked in the country a bit further out. One neighbour has a gun that he promised wouldn’t make much noise.
Another friend stated that it would be easy, “You just need a can of gasoline, pour a large amount down the hole and then light it. But run quickly away as it tends to puff outwards like a huge torch…”
Being that it was under the Garden Shed that might have burned up the Shed as well.
Another suggested that there is a “bomb” that is simply rolled down the hole after you pull a pin. It explodes in all directions and produces lots of smoke.
Ground Hog Hubert has no idea how lucky he was that our friend loaned us the Live Trap. No idea at all!
Last night he rested well... not far from Costco... in the woods near by!
Enjoy the photos…
~ Murray Lincoln ~
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Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog
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