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  • From: "Mike Levine" <mlevine@umich.edu>
  • To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Groundhogs
  • Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:38:05 -0400

I'm not convinced it's the best solution either, but Chris Patterson
mentioned relocating them a couple miles away. I thought I'd put my 2 cents
in that I believe a couple of miles away would not be far enough and that
the groundhog might find its way back. Not crazy about the idea of killing
them (although I'm not ruling it out). Anyway, don't worry Gordon, I didn't
drop mine off anywhere near Flint. It seems to have worked for now. No
more groundhog in the yard (until the next one finds my garden). If anyone
has actually come up with a good way to deal with them I'd be interested.


Mike Levine
Ann Arbor, MI

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Groundhogs Devouring Peaches


> I disagree on the relocation of wild animals from your place to someone
else
> place so that they can share in your problems that you are trying to
> eliminate.
>
> Gordon C. Nofs
> Flint, MI.
>
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> I'd relocate them a lot farther than a couple of miles away. As for bait,
I
> used a piece of melon, an apple, some broccoli, and some peanut butter.
> Seemed to work very well though I don't know which ingredient of this
> gourmet meal it liked the most.
>
> Mike Levine,
> Ann Arbor, MI
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: W3cmp@aol.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:16 AM
> Subject: [NAFEX] Groundhogs Devouring Peaches
>
>
> Hello all:
> I have encountered a problem this year with groundhogs tearing
apart
> my peach trees to get to the fruit. They stand up and tear low lying
limbs
> and apparently climb the trees to get to the fruit (I haven't actually
seen
> them up in the trees, but there have been to many branches broken off and
> torn up to be a coincidence, and one of my 10 year olds said she did see a
> groundhog up in a tree). I have tried have-a-heart traps with relocation
a
> couple miles away, and a BB gun, but they now run at the first sign of
> movement near the house. I have thought about putting D-Con rat poison
out
> but I don't know if it is effective or legal.
> Does anyone have any suggestions about how to get rid of these
pests?
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thanks. Chris Patterson
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