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How do I Get Rid of a Groundhog That Is Living Under Our Storage Building?
How do I Get Rid of a Groundhog That Is Living Under Our Storage Building?. Groundhogs, or woodchucks, as they’re commonly called, can wreak havoc on your property with their tunneling systems. According to the University of Minnesota Extension, groundhog tunnels can be more than 25 feet long. If not removed from your property in a timely...
Groundhogs, or woodchucks, as they’re commonly called, can wreak havoc on your property with their tunneling systems. According to the University of Minnesota Extension, groundhog tunnels can be more than 25 feet long. If not removed from your property in a timely manner, groundhogs can destroy your lawn and garden and even the foundation of your storage building with their tunneling systems. Before the damage gets out of control, use live traps to rid your property of groundhogs.
Things You'll Need
Live traps
Apples and carrots
Commercial gas cartridges
Locate the groundhogs' burrow. Since groundhogs dig extensive tunnels, the burrow may be located a great distance from the storage building. Active burrows are typically marked by holes near recent-looking mounds of soil, according to the University of Minnesota Extension.
Place the live trap near the groundhogs’ burrow. Chances are that the groundhogs are in the burrow, where they usually stay unless venturing out in search of food and water. Live traps are used to catch animals alive and uninjured. You can purchase a live trap at hardware stores.
Slice the apples and carrots into small pieces and place them into the live trap as bait. Groundhogs are attracted to the taste and smell of apples and carrots.
Check the live trap regularly. According to the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, early morning and evening hours are the groundhog's preferred feeding times, so be sure to check then.
Relocate and release the groundhogs. The extension service recommends releasing the groundhogs at least 5 miles away, so they don't try to return to the burrows in your yard.
