Re: Groundhog With Plastic Bag...WHY
[Re: trapper4hire]
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05/19/12 07:06 PM
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Nesting material, I've also seen them pull tarps and grill covers off of a deck and down the hole. It is May 19th here in PA. I would think nest building should be over by now both here and where you are. Plus I have the feeling this is a male.
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Re: Groundhog With Plastic Bag...WHY
[Re: andyva]
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05/19/12 09:12 PM
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They sometimes feel the need to change the sheets. I watched one (through a 24-power scope of course) once, make about a 500 yard round trip carrying burdock leaves to its hole in a new-mown hayfield, midsummer. When I was a young pup, I had to perfect my survival skills with knowledge passed down by an amuzed and demented oldtimer. I spent alot of time "twisting out" groundhogs. A brutal practice involving a 12 year old and some barbed wire. One thing I do remember was finding a lot of plastic, shopping bags, tarps, and black plastic sheeting. Some of it was in places that you would have considered wilderness, plastic can blow a long way though. Andy VA - twisting out groundhog with barbed wire ...... did you ever twist out a skunk?
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Re: Groundhog With Plastic Bag...WHY
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05/19/12 09:37 PM
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I have seen them use that type of material to block the burrows to reduce draft flow into the burrow prior to winter and possibly to keep their nesting area dry.I have seem them plug their burrows with various weed block material and walmart type bags down the hole 2-4 feet.I have dug some out years ago when fox denning and recovering the pups back when I was a younger stronger stupid lad.:)
Could be a late litter as many of our hogs have birthed here with pups out of the den already, as well as fox pups. Have seen fox pups out of the den for over 3 weeks now. Robert, I also was once younger, stronger, & stupider. Fox jobs this year are off the wall. We are bombing, trapping, shooting, scaring and installing barriers. The pups we see are 3/4 size now - mid May. Mild winter here would think everything be early.
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Re: Groundhog With Plastic Bag...WHY
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05/19/12 11:04 PM
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Nesting or denning material. I think Phil is right a male who couldn't resist ogling thinking if he was only human.
Sleep'n with an animal..I can help. Do not use both feet when testing the depth or temperature of the water Your Friend, Paul Brooker
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Re: Groundhog With Plastic Bag...WHY
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05/19/12 11:13 PM
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Nesting material, I've also seen them pull tarps and grill covers off of a deck and down the hole. It is May 19th here in PA. I would think nest building should be over by now both here and where you are. Plus I have the feeling this is a male. I've seen both sexes pull stuff down the hole at different times of the year, changing the sheets as someone else put it. Nesting/bedding material gets soiled and matted quickly when your floor, walls, and ceiling are dirt. Actually its probably more likely he stopped in at walmart for some cabbage and apples. they were in the bag the homeowner was just too startled to notice.
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Re: Groundhog With Plastic Bag...WHY
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06/08/12 11:36 PM
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'Chuck: Girlfrien', I hear there's a sale goin' on down at Kmart. I'm ready to go! Woman: ahhh...EEEEEK! Woodchuck (to camera): Wass wrong with her? She don' like Kmart!?
ALL OUT Wildlife Control
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Re: Groundhog With Plastic Bag...WHY
[Re: Phil Nichols]
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06/15/12 11:33 PM
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maybe it was a coon dragging trashin a hole, and not even a chuck. just like how i get calls for moles climbing up the house and chewing into the attic. a mistaken identity?
Ben Boehl Another Critter Gone LLC Cincinnati, OH OSTA, NTA, FTA, OWCOA, NRA
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Re: Groundhog With Plastic Bag...WHY
[Re: Peskycritter]
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07/14/12 03:57 PM
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Thank you Ryan. Prefer you refer me as a respected elderly member of our tribe, instead of "professional wildlife control expert Phil Nickols." Oh by the way, you are also on this totem pole keem-o-sabee, along with many others.
Last edited by Phil Nichols; 07/14/12 03:57 PM.
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