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From: steve1@pyuxu.UUCP (S Stein)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Sidney the groundhog
Message-ID: <588@pyuxu.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-May-84 12:16:13 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  2 12:16:13 1984
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We acquired a groundhog (Sidney) in our vegetable garden last spring
who lives in our woodpile and feeds on our lettuce plants, bean
plants, pea plants, et. al. Attempts to catch him with a conventional
have-a-heart trap have failed (vis-a-vis Sidney; we have caught
opossums, skunks, and others), since he apparently can get out
by keeping his leg or tail under the door while eating the bait
and flipping it up when he's done. This year he has been around again,
and I have set out a Burpee Have-a-Hart trap that is not openable
from the inside. However, Sidney seems to be getting the bait (apple
slices and lettuce leaves) without triggering the trap. I have put
the bait in a yogurt container to eliminate the possibility that he
is getting the bait without entering the trap, but so far no luck.
Any suggestions? If I don't catch him, my neighbor and I will have
to abandon the idea of planting more vegetables this year.