How do get rid of groundhogs forever?Tried just about everything.

Shari Bb
by Shari Bb
Can not shoot it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  4 answers
  • Douglas Hunt Douglas Hunt on Apr 13, 2014
    I don't think it's possible. Even if you manage to get rid of the one that is there, how would you prevent others from coming back? It's illegal to trap and relocate groundhogs in Connecticut, and there are no poisons registered for their control. If you have a relatively small area, your best option may be a fence, buried at least a foot in the ground and three to four feet high. See more here: http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu/factsheets/tp_05_woodchucks.html
  • Jeanette S Jeanette S on Apr 13, 2014
    Recently there have been posts on chipmunks...maybe you could try some of those things. One I remember was peppermint on cotton balls dropped down the hole and a rock set over holes...another was pour ammonia down the holes. I have ammonia and rock and I am going to try that first for chipmunks! This is something you would definitely have to keep repeating!
    • Pamela Knott Pamela Knott on Apr 14, 2014
      @Jeanette S I've used moth balls very successfully in getting rid of chipmunks. When you figure out how to get rid of ground hogs, I want to know! Our old golden retriever caught one once. So fat I don't know how he got his mouth open far enough to hang on to it. Came and brought it to me. Dropped it at my feet! It ran into the bushes and I called animal control. They couldn't do anything about it. It's a wild animal. They didn't want to take it with them and they wouldn't shoot it. It hung in my bushes too long, I think my dog may have hurt it. I called them again and told it was sick and wouldn't leave my bushes. They took it away somewhere. Now we've moved and that dog died of old age. We have lots of ground hogs and raccoons. My new dog can catch baby squirrels, that's about it.
  • Laurie Laurie on Apr 14, 2014
    They sell posion pellets you drop down the hole in Missouri. Works like a charm. Check your local Farm Supply Stores.
  • K Arnold K Arnold on Sep 17, 2015
    I had the same problem. A farmer friend told me to lay a hose at a slow trickle at opening of burrow. Let it run for a couple days. The whole area was so wet that groundhog decided to look for another location to build his home. Two years later and no further problems.