I have a groundhog getting a little too comfortable at the home I rent. I ran outside to "shoo" him/her away the otgher day and I swear, s/he looked at me like, "Why are you being mean to me?" It touched me.
I've had a ground hog living in my yard for over 10 years....maybe he's the second or third generation. They are gentle creatures and have never caused me any problem.
Libby Checks I have always wondered myself, why people view them as pests. My X-wife ha two groundhogs that live by her and my kids think they're cool to look at. I remember seeing them and thinking they were interesting, but nothing about them lead me to believe they would be a problem like raccoons or opossums..
405 BOY depends on where they burrow, groundhogs tend to like burrowing next to garages, or under deck. If they burrow close to the foundation it can cause you a whole lot of headaches. I had one burrow under my driveway, I need to evict him and fill the hole or risk having my driveway collapse.
We have a groundhog living in our back yard, he is such a little sweetheart. The first video I watched regarding said groundhogs were "aggressive", so I was a bit weary of the little guy. But I soon found my own experience to be far different. As always seems to be when dealing with nature, you get what you give.
@@ethanclark6859 We have had a big guy living under the shed in our backyard for about five years now. He is frightened by me, even though have no intentions of doing any harm. If he is out when i enter the backyard, he scoots very quickly to one of his tunnels that lead under the shed. We have two cats, and they must have come to some sort of understanding with the woodchuck. I have not witnessed any interactions between them, but the cats must know to leave this guy alone. I have seen the woodchuck out in the yard at the same time as our 11 pound all white female cat, and they were pretty much ignoring each other doing their own things. I should add that the cat i just described is very territorial. I have seen her be aggressive to much larger dogs, and one time saw her claw a huge male raccoon in the nose and chase him out of the yard. He never came back.
@@tonyprice2256 regardless, if anything corners a groundhog it’ll fight like hell to try and get away. They have some nasty teeth, and I’ve seen multiple large dogs with chunks missing from their faces because they cornered one. Also, groundhogs are a rabies vector species, and when they get rabies it’s downright terrifying
I have a Ground Hog Family, living under our Shed, a Mother and three babies, they are awesome to me and my family, they are very inquisitive, and like to play on the wood piles, they can stay there as long as they want, they don't seem to be causing any problems. they are so cute. They just recently made up residence about a few weeks ago.
I just found one living under my shed. At first I was really concerned and tried to live trap it. A friend actually told me to shoot it. I couldn't do that but I am concerned. Did they damage your shed at all?
@@onemorething100Listen to your friend, lol. There was one under my shed a few weeks ago. It put a couple scratches on our dog when they got into a tussle. Long story short, I trapped it and forced it to watch that Stallone move - Bullet to the Head.
@@notme8679 those pauses are strategically placed in order to stretch out the length of his presentation…..I’ve done it before for a few of the projects I’ve had to do for class.
@@notme8679 This was a high school project LOL, blew up on RU-vid on Groundhog day. Has more views than my film teacher's entire channel combined for absolutely no reason....
"Groundhogs eat primarily plant material and can grow to a staggering 31 pounds in ideal conditions... The more usual weight for a groundhog would be 49 pounds." 1:06 That doesn't make any sense.
Had them digging a burrow under my deck up next to my limestone foundation. One spot in the basement it made an escape hole inside, thanks to lousy engineering by the previous owner when digging out the basement. He dug lower than the original foundation. Never saw any evidence he came inside but was time to get him or her removed. Have removed two groundhogs and going for a third I see running around. Also caught three raccoons and an opossum. Took each of them out in the country about 10 miles away and where any homes were pretty far away. There was a good water source nearby for them too. They are neat critters but when they begin to do damage around the home and eat from my garden they got to go. I might need to put up a fence around the garden for next year.
Winchester .223 caliber... 45grain hollowpoints ... watch your background... get clean shots... bury them in their own hole...put a large rock into the hole...problem solved....
Mondo, thanks for releasing the critters out in the country away from people and homes and giving them a good location to start over and not harming or killing them just for existing, like so many other cold blooded asshole people, like 'boudreau' above my response., honestly boudreau, it's a shame we cant just do what you suggest him to do to you. I'd rather use at least a .22-250 or even better a .300 Ultra Mag loaded with 120 gr ballistic tips pushing 3800fps and see the magical mist it'd make out of you, then follow the rest of your instructions, throw you down a cave or well then cap it off with a big boulder or some concrete work to seal your sorry mean ass corpse in there so your family'd never find ya, you fucking piece of shit, but hey, that's just my opinion.
Raccons are more overpopulated now then they've ever been, I pop every last one I get. Raccoons are directly to blame for our current decline in ground nesting bird species. Call me what you will, but I'd rather have the birds than the raccoons.
How did you trap the groundhog? I have a neighbor lady that’s scared of the one living in her yard.. been using cat food bread and bbq bones for bait haven’t caught a groundhog but have caught plenty other things
So, I live in Kalamazoo Michigan in a neighborhood close to downtown. It’s not a terribly groomed neighborhood which we don’t personally mind. Just outside our house and across from our driveway stands a large bur oak tree nearly as big as the Honda fit that I drive. at the base of this tree, is a relatively large hole. I have two rather large woodchucks living there. Just in front of that tree is a smaller tree stump. Every day they come out from their hole and forage in the brush surrounding the tree and eventually chill on top of the tree stump. I sit on my front porch and play mandolin or guitar for the woodchucks. In spite of me primarily being a jazz guy, Bluegrass seemed like the appropriate music to play for them. So, as you can imagine, this video is after my heart.
A groundhog is the most destructive animal you can have on your property. Farmers hate them because they dig holes all over and horses and cow can break their legs by stepping in them. Time to get out the .22
+Yodo_ Haha, I just checked the analytics and this video had a huge spike in views for groundhog day. I didn't even consider that. I probably could have made like 50 bucks if I took out the copyrighted music and monetized. Oh well, maybe next year...
Yod0_ I agree, I was watching lolitsalex's old videos then one had something to do with a ground hog SO I LOOKED THEM UP because it looked cute so... What do you know
wood chucks can climb trees, if a dog is after them theyll climb a tree not very good climbers but to save its life it goes up , like a giant squirrel in slo motion
as long as they stay away from my weed i leavem alone but they got into them this year... ive taken 6 and my heart cant take much more... majestic as creatures come
If you ever have a garden, the groundhog is one of the most destructive pests you'll ever run into. I've had them claw open nice pumpkins just for the sport of it.
I have one living in my back yard, and while anything can bite, the only thing I have seen our groundhog bite are the carrots we feed him. The first video I wanted some time ago said they were "aggressive", so I was a bit careful. But my own experience was/is quite to the contrary. He is a little sweetheart.
I feed'HOG' who lives across alley under an unused shed he made a dug out under my fence so he can come to my yard sometimes i opened my back door one morrning and he was there standing up and looked at me like 'i m hungry' he all whistles to let me know when he s around and sometimes pokes his head out of his hole when i call his name 'HOG' he s a sweet little guy
They can cause damage to property. I had one under my porch and sealed it up. He was pissed and ass starting to get territorial. My neighbor said he saw a hole so it seems he made it over there 😂
Our leaders are testing our hearing. They are in our brains/mind...you know? But they will never know what the groundhog is thinking. They can only observe, and not ask questions. Groundhog is a ferocious vegan when taunted, and of course cute and resourceful. 🤗
Land beaver.. shit.. thats funny stuff right there.. all serious voice, sounds like your describing a killer animal.. watch the great land beaver poop and run at the same time... lol
We have um every year I get mad when people try and hurt um got every right to be here just got think up ways to keep um out the garden verry clever animals
(1:50) Missed what you said 'bout the name being lore (?). So I Googled it and Wow: "The name woodchuck has nothing to do with wood. Or chucking. It is derived from the Algonquian name for the critters, wuchak." (Scientific America). Also, the name is "Borrowed from Cree ocêk," (Wikipedia). Live n learn, even 'bout Whistle Pigs :D. Thank you!
had one in my yard last year and I think it's back don't know if it's the same but I'm just going to let him stay it's really cool I'll throw him a carrot or two and let him eat the greens around the yard.. and do whatever... I'll get em high if he wants
Groundhogs & marmots it’s cool animals on earth planet Must be protected groundhogs. Cause it’s like to live & eating & sleeping a lot & knew how to protected themselves ( I like it )
You said there mean in captivity they are not mean they are big babies so please don't give false information about them. Since I have 2 had them now for 3 years. They use a litter box and are great pets.
Shootin' is no go in the city. How many woodchucks could a woodchuck chucker chuck if it was set to chuck them into a burn circle or electric net with auto reset? Let's do it again!
awww...he's so sweet! I just rhuv him! And he's so enlightened! That sucker is vegetarian! :) Happy New Year and from the Universe ~ our spirit guide family and Creator Soul.
