I have a problem....

[BakerJohn]

It's a woodchuck. I saw him today - fat son of a b!tch... He's got two holes on the other side to that don't bother the track at all, but he dug these today and they are gonna cause some problems. I was thinking either a rock edging or short, sturdy fence (not just for show) to protect the right of way. Thoughts?

 

[Zerogee]

Immediate thought was a .22 rifle.... solves both the railway vandalism AND tomorrow's supper question in one go.....

Jon (slightly tongue-in-cheek, before anyone has a sense of humour failure!)

 

[kim]

Had to look up woodchuck to find it's a groundhog! Mains voltage through the track at night time

 

[BakerJohn]

Immediate thought was a .22 rifle.... solves both the railway vandalism AND tomorrow's supper question in one go.....

Jon (slightly tongue-in-cheek, before anyone has a sense of humour failure!)

I grabbed my bb gun... that's the best I can do personally. Of course, once I had it, i couldn't find the damn thing...

Had to look up woodchuck to find it's a groundhog! Mains voltage through the track at night time

That would probably work... might work on the dogs too though...

 

[Ralphmp]

Looks like we almost have a real life version of the old question

"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

I know - hat, coat, door but it is my birthday tomorrow so please don't be too harsh.

 

[Rhinochugger]

Looks like we almost have a real life version of the old question

"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

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Why, as much wood as woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood

 

[stockers]

Wire mesh, dug in the ground and clipped to the shed.

 

[BakerJohn]

Wire mesh, dug in the ground and clipped to the shed.

I thought of that, Alan. I think I'll do that on this side but leave the other open. Hopefully that will prevent further damages.

 

[stockers]

On our chicken run, to keep the fox out, we bent the mesh in to an L shape, with several inches projecting away from the building just a few inches down in the soil. Limits their ability to dig under it.

 

[Fred Mills]

You DON"T have a "Problem"...you have a challenge...!!
Some times, the liberal use of "MOTH BALLS" will dissuade critters from inhabiting such places.
Fr.Fred

 

[Zerogee]

You DON"T have a "Problem"...you have a challenge...!!
Some times, the liberal use of "MOTH BALLS" will dissuade critters from inhabiting such places.
Fr.Fred

What, chucking them at the little b*ggers.....?

Jon.

 

[BakerJohn]

What, chucking them at the little b*ggers.....?

Jon.

A brick might be more useful for that particular task...

 

[Madman]

Here, in Pennsylvania, the litter bast**d shows his face or not, in February.
Punxsutawney Phil Check him out on Wikipedia.

 

[Zerogee]

Here, in Pennsylvania, the litter bast**d shows his face or not, in February.
Punxsutawney Phil Check him out on Wikipedia.
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That's one ugly lookin' critter...... and the Woodchuck is no oil painting either......

Jon.

 

[ntpntpntp]

A brick or concrete block should be too heavy for it to excavate?

 

[PhilP]

A brick or concrete block should be too heavy for it to excavate?

They are furry diggers..
I don't think a brick would stop it.. It might also go through the shed, as a path of least resistance??

 

[BakerJohn]

They are furry diggers..
I don't think a brick would stop it.. It might also go through the shed, as a path of least resistance??

That's why I'm thinking I'll leave as many holes alone as I can and try to erect some kind of fence that would actually keep the right of way clear. I was thinking fence boards screwed to a 2x2 post that's stuck a few feet (~ a metre) into the ground.

 

[Zerogee]

A brick or concrete block should be too heavy for it to excavate?

I thought for a moment this was a reference back to post 12.......

Jon.

 

[BakerJohn]

I thought for a moment this was a reference back to post 12.......

Jon.

Ah! Two difference uses for the brick to the same end: bye bye Mr. Phil. haha!!

 

[PhilP]

bye bye Mr. Phil. haha!!

I nearly took a-fence there!
Not to mention a Wicket-Gate, and a small Potting-Shed!
(All of which, will mean nothing to our American audience!)