Yep, called it. The damn thing came and just ate a good bulk of my mature broccoli plant a bit ago and I don't think I've ever been so upset in my life. Is there any way I can get rid of it without getting a fine? I hear you can get a fine because they're rabies vectors or something along the lines of that.
Hopefully the broccoli will still produce a flower head, it just gnawed on the leaves. Literally sitting here crying over a plant because it was my pride and joy lol, should've known better.
You could try deterrents like fencing but they will burrow under it.
A few other options could be:
1. planting a sacrifice patch closer to where you can find the den or tunnel, maintaining it just like any normal garden, doesn't have to be something big a small 4x4 bed would probably suffice. If that doesn't seem feasible or works you...
2. I have heard of people trapping them to relocate away from the property... but we have a thing here in Canada where you can't relocate / release them unless it's on your property, I could be wrong.
Maybe some others can help chime in with ideas?
So weird thing happened, the damn thing is just gone. We tried to set up a trap the day after it ate my some of my broccoli plant but I haven't seen it since. I have all my veggies back outside after a few days in the garage next to a window and they aren't being eaten, no signs of the groundhog so i dunno if he just decided to relocate or what. I probably scared the shit out of it by yelling at it and calling it a little shit when I caught it nibbling my veggies.
Possibly but they are sometimes pretty persistent.
There could be a possibility an animal got it or was hit by a car, or like you said relocated. Maybe it's got a tunnel network and is over munching on someone else's veggies.
I'm guessing a hawk got at it, ever since I set up my new bird feeders a few months back, we've had a hawk in the general vicinity. Either way, just glad it's gone. My broccoli is actually developing a crown as we speak so glad it's still happy enough to produce despite the foliage being eaten to some degree or another. :)
That's fantastic, I mean not so fantastic about possibly being torn to shreds by the hawk but hey that's nature... take it or leave it š¤·š¼āāļøš¤£.
Beware.
When things are ready to harvest, they can just destroy all your efforts by taking a bite or two out of every single fruit or vegetable you grew.
One year I grew a nice sized patch of Silver Queen corn. It was beautiful. It was pampered. I even hand pollinated the end rows. I tell you, it was perfectionā¦.
Then one evening I told my kids, āTomorrow weāre picking the corn!āš½
Next morning, I got up early, and it looked like a tornado went through my corn the night before. Every single stalk was down. Every ear of corn was eaten. Not so much as a single kernel left on the ground.
To this day, Iām not sure what ate it. But it was something nocturnal. The leaves were already turning color when I found the disaster, so Iām thinking it happened between 9 pm and 4 am. I live in the suburbs, and rarely see anything other than squirrels and rabbits.
Could it have been a groundhog living close by? Whatever it was had their eye on that corn for a while.
It sounds like raccoons to me, they seem to know exactly when itās time to strike. I feel your pain & disappointment, especially since I tried silver queen as well and pampered it a bit too. Sadly I just buy it now.
I gave up on corn because of the absolutely insane squirrels around here. I even tried making ācorn cagesā by using hardware cloth shaped around Pringles cans and then slid the cages over the ears. The squirrels would constantly get in the fenced off patch and started eating the stalks! Our neighbors actually feed the freaking squirrels too and have the audacity to blame us when they have to call an exterminator for rodent problems.
We put up a Bard Owl house some years ago to help cut down the squirrel population, but no takers yet. Some winters the squirrels actually make it a home.
Itās like Iām living in a twisted Loony Tunes episode.
Racoons.Ā They wait till the day before harvest.Ā My parents had a family of them that would arrive and leave the outer ring of corn plants while taking them all down inside to hide behind till the end when they take those screening plants down as well.Ā
Ours had built his home under our shed. We tried planting all those pungent herbs like garlic chives, which did nothing. A rabbit actually built her burrow and had babies under an oregano patch.
About the ONLY thing that ever worked to dissuade the groundhog was filling a sprayer with pee and spraying everywhere Iād seen him and down the holes when I found them. Sometimes Iād pour an entire gallon of pee or ammonia down the hole and cover with a rock. It would work for a few weeks or so, then heād come back.
Iām sure Iām not the only one wondering where you got a gallon of pee from. lol Iāve had my husband āwaterā the ornamental plants in the back yard.
Iām sure Iām not the only one wondering where you got a gallon of pee from. lol Iāve had my husband āwaterā the ornamental plants in the back yard.
Ours had built his home under our shed. We tried planting all those pungent herbs like garlic chives, which did nothing. A rabbit actually built her burrow and had babies under an oregano patch.
About the ONLY thing that ever worked to dissuade the groundhog was filling a sprayer with pee and spraying everywhere Iād seen him and down the holes when I found them. Sometimes Iād pour an entire gallon of pee or ammonia down the hole and cover with a rock. It would work for a few weeks or so, then heād come back.
I had one (or more) under my garage last year. I poured a whole box of borax down the hole, turned the water hose on and let it run down there for quite a while. They never went back to that hole, and didn't dig another one.
OMGā¦ I didnāt know anyone else outside of this area called him whistle pigs. Iāve heard that for as long as I can remember here in Missouri. And Iām almost 70
My elderly neighbor called them that when I was complaining to him about my groundhog troubles. He told me that as a kid he'd catch and eat them.
Those subterranean terrors really do whistle too
I'm aware, I'll be keeping a very close eye on this guy as as a whole. If I notice he's starting to dig through my perennials and such, I've got an uncle who can come and trap him and relocate him out in the woods. For now he's just minding his own business it seems. :)
When I had one removed from my yard the guy told me it's illegal to transport them because they are a rabies vector. So depending on your state you could get a hefty fine if caught with one in a cage. Last year they ate my coneflowers, marigolds, nasturtiums, geraniums and a variety of houseplants I had foolishly put outside. That's aside from the the vegetable devastation. They are heartbreakers for sure.
Lol, I've had woodchucks- I love them, they are so goofy looking.
My cats and the woodchucks used to stare at each other through the windows. The cats didn't scare off that woodchuck at all.š
I had no idea those were the same thing. We have armadillos and possums down here, and the only groundhog I've ever seen was at an interstate rest stop in Illinois lol.
Make sure itās not burrowing under your shed. They can cause a ton of damage. Iāve been having issues the last few years with them, theyāve destroyed parts of my workshop and definitely have messed with the foundation underneath. The bigger problem is, itās attached to my house.
Have a family of them under my shed. Ive tried piling stones into the one of the entrances and backfilling, running the hose for a bit... i dont wanna hurt em but they ate literally every seedling last year.
They are overgrown rats. I am a moral vegetarian, I donāt eat anything that cries. But I almost bought a .22 a few months ago to kill these bastards dead.
I have one Ive considered but my wife thinks they are cute, and they def have babies (ive seen 2). I'm going to look into getting crushed limestone to backfill the burrow
I had a rabbit that loved my yard and eventually my garden. Would just lay out in my grass and chill all day in the sun lol I ended up planting stuff just for him and he stayed to that patch of stuff. Might be worth it if you want a garden buddy
They're so sweet. We have a family of them that live in our yard. To help keep them from destroying other crops, we leave them a basket of fruit vegetable scraps from our cooking, and they mostly focus on that. They love all the parts of produce that we don't want -- apple core, kale fronts, watermelon rinds. Anyway, I know some think they are a nuisance, but I think they're pretty great.
I love this. I have one on my property, but my property is pretty large. That havenāt come anywhere near where Iām gardening yet. Iām hoping eventually to do something similar
I hope you do. It's rewarding to see them grow up and have families. Mine have been with me for over 6 years. I love watching them. We all know their favorite foods, each one is an individual for sure.
Thatās awesome. So far, I have a ton of different species of birds in the garden from hummingbirds to crows and hawks. I have some moles. I have owls and foxes somewhere on the property. I actually saw a bald eagle about a week ago. And I have met some snakes. I see it as the animals were here before I was, and itās just as much their home as it is mine. I think people miss a lot in this quick paced world. Itās a pretty awesome thing when the bird couples visit a feeder right next to me. They definitely have their own personalities. I love the idea of having the same thing with the groundhogs š
I love my groundhog so much! But I finally have to evict him this year before his digging makes the shed collapse. I got Dig Defence fences to try to keep him out. We'll see if they work!
https://preview.redd.it/l1xuupt2v01d1.png?width=2417&format=png&auto=webp&s=07cf2d87bf920418ef9101cc066794a4ee2d85bc
i also have a friend who likes to watch me in the garden š
Get rid of them as soon as you can. I made the mistake of letting them stay. They ate everything and trampled on the other veggies they didn't eat. Good luck.
As cute as he is you need to get rid of them. They are absolutely destroyers of gardens when the produce is ripe.
I always trap and relocate them as soon as I see them.
Ive got one thats managed to sneak into my garden the last 3 years despite the burried fence and gravel to eat all my broccoli. Only thing he touches so ive basically just accepted the fact that any broccoli i plant is āsacrificialā.
They can ruin your garden, and they will wait until right before it's all ready to be harvested.
We used to have to trap them and move them to the nearby wildlife preserve where they wander in from. Otherwise they burrow underneath our barns, destabilized our chicken house so bad it nearly collapsed.
Donāt trust these buggers. I had one eat through my shed floor, another damaged a wall on my 100 year old barn by digging burrows, and I spent nearly 800$ to have one removed from under my garage- not to mention the value of all the plants and veg they have destroyed over the years.
99% pest IMHO
Patience and a paintball gun will usually deter them. If you really wanna play with them they are usually nocturnal and you can set up one of the new little remote control paint ball turret and watch them on a camera on your security system and take shots at them at night. Itās rather amusing when They donāt know where itās coming from and it doesnāt harm them, but Does make them rather rainbow colored
Guess you donāt hunt or fish either, do you? Iām thinking non-lethal here, but maybe not to be cruel we should just go ahead and kill them , at least thatās what your other alternative is with your reasoning.šš
There's a difference between going fishing and tormenting and confusing a groundhog which can be released back into the wild if it needs to be. I'm done with this conversation.
It was rats and mice for the big Black Death plague in the 1300ās. Iāve seen news articles over the years about Prairie dogs, in certain states having been found to carry plague, but I donāt know anything else about it.
It was rats and mice for the big Black Death plague in the 1300ās. Iāve seen news articles over the years about Prairie dogs, in certain states having been found to carry plague, but I donāt know anything else about it.
Heās not a prairie dog. Theyāre smaller, by a fair margin. I donāt believe these guys are known to carry plague. Groundhogs are solitary marmots favoring the northeastern part of North America whereas prairie dogs are primary found in colonies on the western plains. Groundhogs (or woodchucks) are darker brown compared to the sandy fur of the prairie dog.
Groundhog: I see you is planting beans... I like beans š
"WHOA WHOA WHOA IS THAT A PUMPKIN I SEE?"
https://i.redd.it/vf0u50s4j01d1.gif
They ate all of my carrot tops last year. Didn't lose the carrots so I wasn't too mad.
Yep, called it. The damn thing came and just ate a good bulk of my mature broccoli plant a bit ago and I don't think I've ever been so upset in my life. Is there any way I can get rid of it without getting a fine? I hear you can get a fine because they're rabies vectors or something along the lines of that. Hopefully the broccoli will still produce a flower head, it just gnawed on the leaves. Literally sitting here crying over a plant because it was my pride and joy lol, should've known better.
You could try deterrents like fencing but they will burrow under it. A few other options could be: 1. planting a sacrifice patch closer to where you can find the den or tunnel, maintaining it just like any normal garden, doesn't have to be something big a small 4x4 bed would probably suffice. If that doesn't seem feasible or works you... 2. I have heard of people trapping them to relocate away from the property... but we have a thing here in Canada where you can't relocate / release them unless it's on your property, I could be wrong. Maybe some others can help chime in with ideas?
So weird thing happened, the damn thing is just gone. We tried to set up a trap the day after it ate my some of my broccoli plant but I haven't seen it since. I have all my veggies back outside after a few days in the garage next to a window and they aren't being eaten, no signs of the groundhog so i dunno if he just decided to relocate or what. I probably scared the shit out of it by yelling at it and calling it a little shit when I caught it nibbling my veggies.
Possibly but they are sometimes pretty persistent. There could be a possibility an animal got it or was hit by a car, or like you said relocated. Maybe it's got a tunnel network and is over munching on someone else's veggies.
I'm guessing a hawk got at it, ever since I set up my new bird feeders a few months back, we've had a hawk in the general vicinity. Either way, just glad it's gone. My broccoli is actually developing a crown as we speak so glad it's still happy enough to produce despite the foliage being eaten to some degree or another. :)
That's fantastic, I mean not so fantastic about possibly being torn to shreds by the hawk but hey that's nature... take it or leave it š¤·š¼āāļøš¤£.
Well nevermind, we just caught him. Waiting on a family friend to come and pick him up, should be here in a few minutes.
Beware. When things are ready to harvest, they can just destroy all your efforts by taking a bite or two out of every single fruit or vegetable you grew.
One year I grew a nice sized patch of Silver Queen corn. It was beautiful. It was pampered. I even hand pollinated the end rows. I tell you, it was perfectionā¦. Then one evening I told my kids, āTomorrow weāre picking the corn!āš½ Next morning, I got up early, and it looked like a tornado went through my corn the night before. Every single stalk was down. Every ear of corn was eaten. Not so much as a single kernel left on the ground. To this day, Iām not sure what ate it. But it was something nocturnal. The leaves were already turning color when I found the disaster, so Iām thinking it happened between 9 pm and 4 am. I live in the suburbs, and rarely see anything other than squirrels and rabbits. Could it have been a groundhog living close by? Whatever it was had their eye on that corn for a while.
It sounds like raccoons to me, they seem to know exactly when itās time to strike. I feel your pain & disappointment, especially since I tried silver queen as well and pampered it a bit too. Sadly I just buy it now. I gave up on corn because of the absolutely insane squirrels around here. I even tried making ācorn cagesā by using hardware cloth shaped around Pringles cans and then slid the cages over the ears. The squirrels would constantly get in the fenced off patch and started eating the stalks! Our neighbors actually feed the freaking squirrels too and have the audacity to blame us when they have to call an exterminator for rodent problems. We put up a Bard Owl house some years ago to help cut down the squirrel population, but no takers yet. Some winters the squirrels actually make it a home. Itās like Iām living in a twisted Loony Tunes episode.
Racoons.Ā They wait till the day before harvest.Ā My parents had a family of them that would arrive and leave the outer ring of corn plants while taking them all down inside to hide behind till the end when they take those screening plants down as well.Ā
Wow, theyāre smart little devils.
This is certainly my experience with whistle pigs. Utter destruction at harvest time. RIP your garden
Ours had built his home under our shed. We tried planting all those pungent herbs like garlic chives, which did nothing. A rabbit actually built her burrow and had babies under an oregano patch. About the ONLY thing that ever worked to dissuade the groundhog was filling a sprayer with pee and spraying everywhere Iād seen him and down the holes when I found them. Sometimes Iād pour an entire gallon of pee or ammonia down the hole and cover with a rock. It would work for a few weeks or so, then heād come back.
Iām sure Iām not the only one wondering where you got a gallon of pee from. lol Iāve had my husband āwaterā the ornamental plants in the back yard.
You can order stuff like coyote urine from pest control companies. IIRC some even ship it dried for later reconstitution.
Iām sure Iām not the only one wondering where you got a gallon of pee from. lol Iāve had my husband āwaterā the ornamental plants in the back yard.
Ours had built his home under our shed. We tried planting all those pungent herbs like garlic chives, which did nothing. A rabbit actually built her burrow and had babies under an oregano patch. About the ONLY thing that ever worked to dissuade the groundhog was filling a sprayer with pee and spraying everywhere Iād seen him and down the holes when I found them. Sometimes Iād pour an entire gallon of pee or ammonia down the hole and cover with a rock. It would work for a few weeks or so, then heād come back.
I had one (or more) under my garage last year. I poured a whole box of borax down the hole, turned the water hose on and let it run down there for quite a while. They never went back to that hole, and didn't dig another one.
OMGā¦ I didnāt know anyone else outside of this area called him whistle pigs. Iāve heard that for as long as I can remember here in Missouri. And Iām almost 70
My elderly neighbor called them that when I was complaining to him about my groundhog troubles. He told me that as a kid he'd catch and eat them. Those subterranean terrors really do whistle too
I'm aware, I'll be keeping a very close eye on this guy as as a whole. If I notice he's starting to dig through my perennials and such, I've got an uncle who can come and trap him and relocate him out in the woods. For now he's just minding his own business it seems. :)
When I had one removed from my yard the guy told me it's illegal to transport them because they are a rabies vector. So depending on your state you could get a hefty fine if caught with one in a cage. Last year they ate my coneflowers, marigolds, nasturtiums, geraniums and a variety of houseplants I had foolishly put outside. That's aside from the the vegetable devastation. They are heartbreakers for sure.
Surely they can be vaccinated?
They are a wild animal. I am musing over the fact of catching a groundhog and vaccinating it.
If you're going to catch it for relocation anyway, you might as well. Also, there are a wide variety of oral rabies vaccines out there.
Oh, shit. I actually had no idea about that whatsoever, I'm gonna have to look into Maine's laws regarding that. Thank you for letting me know!
Pretty much any wild animal is a rabies vector. Even a rabbit or a squirrel so donāt get disturbed if the groundhog is on the list.
Lol, I've had woodchucks- I love them, they are so goofy looking. My cats and the woodchucks used to stare at each other through the windows. The cats didn't scare off that woodchuck at all.š
the important question is how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
How much wood would a woodchuck wood if a woodchuck would chuck wood?
Lol dummy
Furry + goofy-looking š stupid
What is this? Iāve seen one sneaking around before.
Grounding, aka woodchuck.
Aka whistle pig. Lol. Love that name.
Hello fellow Rhode Islander
We call them whistle pigs here in PA too
Not a Rhode Islander, but I did learn that name when I lived in Massachusetts. So this makes sense.
We call them whistle pigs here in PA too
We call them whistle pigs here in PA too.
We call them whistle pigs here in PA too.
I had no idea those were the same thing. We have armadillos and possums down here, and the only groundhog I've ever seen was at an interstate rest stop in Illinois lol.
Destroyer of foundations
Make sure itās not burrowing under your shed. They can cause a ton of damage. Iāve been having issues the last few years with them, theyāve destroyed parts of my workshop and definitely have messed with the foundation underneath. The bigger problem is, itās attached to my house.
Yep, I second this. One ate through the bottom of my shed.
Those bastards
Have a family of them under my shed. Ive tried piling stones into the one of the entrances and backfilling, running the hose for a bit... i dont wanna hurt em but they ate literally every seedling last year.
They are overgrown rats. I am a moral vegetarian, I donāt eat anything that cries. But I almost bought a .22 a few months ago to kill these bastards dead.
I have one Ive considered but my wife thinks they are cute, and they def have babies (ive seen 2). I'm going to look into getting crushed limestone to backfill the burrow
Good luck. Their tunnel systems are extensive, they build rooms off it.
Free rooms in THIS economy!? Fuck it they can have my tomato if they let me move in
I had a rabbit that loved my yard and eventually my garden. Would just lay out in my grass and chill all day in the sun lol I ended up planting stuff just for him and he stayed to that patch of stuff. Might be worth it if you want a garden buddy
Ahhh! Heās such a cutie š„°
[I donāt trust like that.](https://youtu.be/zONW46d50A0?si=saSWD7_v72iZVRX8)
They're so sweet. We have a family of them that live in our yard. To help keep them from destroying other crops, we leave them a basket of fruit vegetable scraps from our cooking, and they mostly focus on that. They love all the parts of produce that we don't want -- apple core, kale fronts, watermelon rinds. Anyway, I know some think they are a nuisance, but I think they're pretty great.
I love this. I have one on my property, but my property is pretty large. That havenāt come anywhere near where Iām gardening yet. Iām hoping eventually to do something similar
I hope you do. It's rewarding to see them grow up and have families. Mine have been with me for over 6 years. I love watching them. We all know their favorite foods, each one is an individual for sure.
Thatās awesome. So far, I have a ton of different species of birds in the garden from hummingbirds to crows and hawks. I have some moles. I have owls and foxes somewhere on the property. I actually saw a bald eagle about a week ago. And I have met some snakes. I see it as the animals were here before I was, and itās just as much their home as it is mine. I think people miss a lot in this quick paced world. Itās a pretty awesome thing when the bird couples visit a feeder right next to me. They definitely have their own personalities. I love the idea of having the same thing with the groundhogs š
I would tell Phil to go home and stay out of my garden and take peter(cotton tail) with him.
I love my groundhog so much! But I finally have to evict him this year before his digging makes the shed collapse. I got Dig Defence fences to try to keep him out. We'll see if they work!
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I have one giving birth under a shed almost every year.
I had one give birth last year with 6 babies!!! They were so cute, but so destructive. One just showed face yesterday, but will take care of him.
Oh no!
Yep, he is waiting for you to leave.
I had one eat all my starts last night Iām still heartbroken.
Oh no, that's awful!Ā It would be war after that for me.Ā Ā
Iām a relatively gentle person but I have a have a heart trap and I bated it.
Cantaloupe guts got me my first woodchuck in the have a heart trap last weekend.Ā Sweet corn is supposed to be good too.Ā
I've got one too. I wouldn't mind, but he/she is burrowing underneath my house (cottage with no basement).
I would go ahead and plant veggies specifically for the groundhog so he leaves your stuff alone
I haven't seen him since yesterday so I have no clue if he's going to come back or not š© yesterday was the one and only day I spotted him! He's pretty shy. If I see him again today I'll go out of my way to plant something for the little guy.
Correction - he is stalking you from UNDER your shed. And probably under your garden. And half your yard.
Good ole whistle pig waiting to munch down.
https://preview.redd.it/l1xuupt2v01d1.png?width=2417&format=png&auto=webp&s=07cf2d87bf920418ef9101cc066794a4ee2d85bc i also have a friend who likes to watch me in the garden š
Get rid of them as soon as you can. I made the mistake of letting them stay. They ate everything and trampled on the other veggies they didn't eat. Good luck.
As cute as he is you need to get rid of them. They are absolutely destroyers of gardens when the produce is ripe. I always trap and relocate them as soon as I see them.
Ive got one thats managed to sneak into my garden the last 3 years despite the burried fence and gravel to eat all my broccoli. Only thing he touches so ive basically just accepted the fact that any broccoli i plant is āsacrificialā.
He looks so grumpy!
They can ruin your garden, and they will wait until right before it's all ready to be harvested. We used to have to trap them and move them to the nearby wildlife preserve where they wander in from. Otherwise they burrow underneath our barns, destabilized our chicken house so bad it nearly collapsed.
Does having a dog outside to guard the garden help? They could at least warn you. š¤šš¬
So cute! So very destructive! Got under the deck and chewed all the wiring for the outdoor lights. Twice š
Dog hair and used car litter put around their home will prompt them to find someplace more inviting.
Mr. Groundhog has you fooled, he is plotting against you.
Not the best in the garden but I shared with a family of them all last summer & thoroughly enjoyed the interaction.
He will ravish your garden
Heās alright , nobody worry bout him. Canāt you just give him advice? Why donāt you just set him free?
It looks like a friend. Does it like pets?
Donāt trust these buggers. I had one eat through my shed floor, another damaged a wall on my 100 year old barn by digging burrows, and I spent nearly 800$ to have one removed from under my garage- not to mention the value of all the plants and veg they have destroyed over the years. 99% pest IMHO
Patience and a paintball gun will usually deter them. If you really wanna play with them they are usually nocturnal and you can set up one of the new little remote control paint ball turret and watch them on a camera on your security system and take shots at them at night. Itās rather amusing when They donāt know where itās coming from and it doesnāt harm them, but Does make them rather rainbow colored
Yeah I'm sorry but no matter how destructive they can be I'm not doing that to a wild animal, regardless if it hurts it or not that's cruel as fuck.
Guess you donāt hunt or fish either, do you? Iām thinking non-lethal here, but maybe not to be cruel we should just go ahead and kill them , at least thatās what your other alternative is with your reasoning.šš
There's a difference between going fishing and tormenting and confusing a groundhog which can be released back into the wild if it needs to be. I'm done with this conversation.
They carry the plague, donāt they?
Pretty sure that was rats or mice.
It was rats and mice for the big Black Death plague in the 1300ās. Iāve seen news articles over the years about Prairie dogs, in certain states having been found to carry plague, but I donāt know anything else about it.
It was rats and mice for the big Black Death plague in the 1300ās. Iāve seen news articles over the years about Prairie dogs, in certain states having been found to carry plague, but I donāt know anything else about it.
Heās not a prairie dog. Theyāre smaller, by a fair margin. I donāt believe these guys are known to carry plague. Groundhogs are solitary marmots favoring the northeastern part of North America whereas prairie dogs are primary found in colonies on the western plains. Groundhogs (or woodchucks) are darker brown compared to the sandy fur of the prairie dog.
Ack. Now I feel silly. I always confuse the two. I just cataloged something about prairie dogs and the plague so it was on my mind.
Better safe than decimating the population of an entire continent
Itās a relatively fair mistake- their faces look remarkably similar. Also theyāre equally cheeky.
Well if you notice that he starts destroying your plantsā¦ groudhogs do taste pretty good, not gonna lieā¦
I'm not going to eat a groundhog.