I'm not sure the answer to your question but I do know this ... A woodchuck would chuck all the car upholstery he could chuck if he was still stuck in Steve's garage.😁
This story just keeps getting better :-) And I see what looks like lights in windows off in the distance. Neighbors are wondering "What the Hell is Lehto up to now?"
When you were telling this story and hearing you chasing after this woodchuck the first thought i had was the grumpy old man hollering "GET OFF MY LAWN" lol. Glad we're on the same page.
Steve, it appears you were ready to chuck wood at the woodchuck How much wood would Steve chuck at the wood chuck if he would chuck wood at the woodchuck running into the wood?
Well at least you had more on than our neighbour after his daughter screamed after someone stepped out in front of her when she was walking back from babysitting leaving him to run out with a baseball bat and his birthday suit.
Steve I love most of your video's about the law and legal stuff. The things people get into and argue about are usually quite fascinating. But you've hit it out of the park with this woodchuck video. I think you need to name it and create a series. Lawyer Steve vs Charley the Woodchuck! This is great stuff. I can hardly wait for the next episode.
"Steve, the woodchuck had found out via Facebook that you were looking for a marathon training partner?...but after the first training/running session, he's decided to find another training partner..,.."
Ooooh, I see a properly spelled Finnish snake there in the background. Congrats! Also, congrats for chucking that piece of wood at the woodchuck so the woodchuck chucked itself into the woods. p.s. Congrats on spotting the second woodchuck ;P
Steve love tetris and puzzles, so does the baby woodchuck ;) Have a great day, avoid baby woodchucks!!! Also make sure you have keys and the garage door remote when you go outside and maybe your phone.
@@QueenKitty08 nope - but I am from Ohio and never saw a black squirrel till Michigan. I realize that their trait / breed / whatever doesn't start right at the state line, so maybe Northwestern Ohio ... but Kent is eastern, so that seems strange that they'd have that as a mascot
@@sallyoakes7709 ah cool Michigan. the whole Kent main campus is covered in them. They were brought a long time ago to the area I think. Google said 10 were transferred from Canada. They even have a squirrel statue downtown.
Yes Steve, your Ford could possibly have the soybean based coating on the wiring. Around here in northeast Pennsylvania we had a lot of trouble with squirrels, eating the coating on the wiring and they were telling people to put Cayenne pepper all over your wiring. Back when I was much younger, I farmed on shares with our neighbor who leased our farm, and he gave me 7 acres of soybeans as a bonus. One year, the 7 acres was down by our irrigation pump that we irrigated the potatoes with and a little fat son of a gun Ate off over an acre of soybeans when they first came up. To say I hate groundhogs (woodchucks) would be an understatement. When my dad had the hardware store in town, Allentown, the original Allentown in Allentown, New Jersey. We sold a poison bomb that you put down the hole and it would go off and poison them in there, bro. Because they are so destructive, they took down the east wall of our potato cellar, most farmers will poison them. I had a friend who used to trap them and so I’ve tried groundhog and it’s not very good. It’s kind of gristly meat.
There used to be a good sized population of rabbits around here that I would feed daily. Then four hawks decided they wanted some fast food and now the rabbits and hawks are gone. Tried to encourage rabbits to return with food. When one would come around those hawks return. The next day no rabbits and no hawks. Those hawks are going to need a good lawyer. Any suggestions??? lol
From ChatGPT… One moonlit night, Steve found himself in a rather peculiar situation: chasing a mischievous woodchuck around his yard while wearing nothing but a pair of shorts. Armed only with a stick he grabbed in haste, Steve sprinted after the furry intruder with a mix of determination and confusion. The sight of a grown man in shorts, brandishing a stick and chasing a small woodland creature under the stars, would have been hilarious to anyone witnessing the scene. Perhaps the woodchuck was simply out for a midnight snack, but Steve was on a mission to protect his Viper, even if it meant risking his dignity in the process.
My elderly dad had the same problem. He couldn’t understand why they kept coming back. I kept telling him to not feed the birds, so close to the house. He couldn’t put together that the bird food was attracting the four footed critters.
Mice got onto the top of the engine of my mint 1998 Buick Park Avenue that was parked, unused for a few months. They chewed up every wire they could reach, but you couldn't see that on first inspection, because the mice turds were 1/2" thick on the top of the engine. My mechanic said he would have to charge me at least $1,500 to do repairs, but he really didn't want to take it on!. I went to the junk yard & cut about 6 ft. of a wiring harness out of another Buick. I chipped out mouse turds, cut & spliced it in, outside in the snowy, COLD weather. NOT a fun task!
be careful Steve woodchucks can put up a formidable defense... when I was growing up my dogs would bring home all sorts of prey, to my knowledge they never brought back a woodchuck or a raccoon though I had seen them corner them occasionally
they did come home with porcupine quills a few times though, in fact my one dog was so persistent, no sooner did we let him go after pulling the first set of quills out, he went back for more, and we had to go find & relocate the poor animal before letting him go again, because we didn't want to pull quills a third time!
Steve on a fascinating documentary about the Chrysler Turbine weighed against Steve chasing a woodchuck... If I'm gonna be honest, I have a hard time deciding.
Steve, my internet friend, very simply, get another dog. They are worth their weight in gold when it comes to keeping away intruders of any and all types. Plus they love you better than most humans.
That stick will get it done Edit: also just a recommendation, exclusion is the name of the game when it comes to animal control. You can trap it and remove it but you'll just have another issue in a few months or days. Remove access points and remove anything's they might desire (like food sources).
If the wood chuck comes back call Carl Spacker he’s a rodent specialist he’s worked on golf courses for years. I think he is still alive! Caddy shack song in the background! I’m all right!😂
Those "eco-friendly" wire insulations are made from plant cellulose which often have some form of starch or sugar type chemicals in them. Your woodchuck is looking for a sweet desert.
I can't leave my garage doors open in the spring. If I do, birds try to build nests inside. During the summer its not an issue, I'll back my hot car in and leave the door open for hours, until the engine cools down.
FYI, I know someone who used (was able to purchase) coyote urine in a liquid application to drive away groundhogs from a horse pasture (risk of broken legs). I recently purchased fox urine pellets to repel porcupines from my lilacs. I have also used peppermint oil as another repellent for rodents. Maybe this helps…
I will say too I've noticed my chinchillas (rodent) like wire, not to eat it, but they get obsessed I think with the mouth feel of the texture of the coating. They definitely go crazy over chords including the ones that plug in your electronics.
Live traps work, I have chinchillas and I had to pick one up because I have two that like to escape. And even though they are tame, one if, she gets loose does not want to be caught and has spent up to 3 days running around my house before. 😔 They are super destructive to power cords too. You just got to make sure the trap is something you're checking daily so you don't actually starve a poor creature.
I was wondering if it would turn out to be a pregnant cat having kittens, or a wolverine. As it turns out, How much Dodge Vipers would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck...
I fully understand. I have similar stories with marten. Once, I started my car and I almost choked my self a couple of seconds later. That bastard peed all over the engine block and as it get warm it vaporized directly to the cabin air intake.
Song by Kenny Loggins LyricsVideosListen I'm alright Nobody worry 'bout me Why you got to gimme a fight? Can't you just let it be? I'm alright Don't nobody worry 'bout me You got to gimme a fight Why don't you just let me be?
Will this behavior generate HOA fines? Woodchucks are great weather forecasters. They can only be wrong once a year, and sometimes they are right. Much better than the NWS.
Good thing the wood chuck didnt get in your "Cars" it would be great if it would just go "Down in the park". Just say "Me, I disconnect from you". Could it be "Are, friends electric?"
Fyi: No joke, if you ever get a squirrel in your attic buy Bobcat Urine and follow the directions. Many small animals will leave the area thinking a predator has moved in. I did it and man the squirrel couldn’t leave the attic fast enough. Ps, my best friend of 25 years had his house burn to the ground from squirrels chewing up the wiring. That is all. Lol It may have been panther urine. But one or the other. 😊
looks like a cricket bat not a woodchuck bat. He may just admire your cars. of course this could lead a situation like in caddy shack. if there is a situation involving explosies
