Guy Catches Adorable Groundhog Eating His Veggie Garden

The Dodo ^ | February 2, 2020 | Jeff

[READINABLUESTATE]

“Much too cute to shoot.”

Sorry, just one can destroy a garden in no time.

Live trap $20.0 plus re-location
.22LR $.28 and a shovel

Hmmm

[NFHale]

I guess when you’re hungry enough, anything is “good eatin’”.

[Twotone]

All life is precious.

________

I feel the same way. I can hardly stand to kill bugs in the house anymore. I try very hard to escort them back outside.

[EvilCapitalist]

Agreed. A vegetable garden is much too cute to shoot. Shoot the damn gopher.

[Bell Bouy II]

Thank you, have dairy cow/horse twist a leg i there holes, no thanks, shoot’ed.
They are rodents.aka pests

[cyclotic]

Last time I had a groundhog in my yard, I trapped it, shot it, skinned it, cooked it and ate it.

[redfreedom]

In terms of appearance, yes, very cute.

In terms of what they destroy, I shoot everyone I see. We used to have the garden problem until I realized they burrow under the fence. That problem was solved by digging in a board just below the fence.

The real problem was their nesting in cars where they chew on the wiring harnesses to nest. Three of our vehicles were their victims, one would never run again.

Cute or not, they are on my hit list of varmints.

One such story is of a Dodge pickup that would not turn over to start. Popped the hood and immediately noticed the wires all chewed. Looked further and the critter was hiding down by the wheel well. He was kind enough to stay there until I got a 44 pistol. Took several hours to get the truck running again.

[MissEdie]

Thank you for posting!!

[Trailerpark Badass]

I regret being born after the time when a neighboring farmer would have paid me a bounty for every one I could shoot with my Remmy 510.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

That’s not a cutie, that is a target for a varmint round.

[a fool in paradise]

If I kill all the golfers...

[DNME]

After all the sweat, swearing and supplies that go into my garden, I’ll be dipped in something unpleasant before I’ll hand over my goodies to some uninvited rodent.

I find that a .22 Short makes so little sound that the neighbors hardly notice the pop.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I'm with you brother! I take no pleasure in killing anything! I've got all these japanese beetles in my house. I guess they come in here for shelter in the wintertime. If they get on my bed I just brush them off.
 

[Governor Dinwiddie]

A good pellet gun will do the same.

[Does so]

Celery is the worst food for those harboring kidney stones.

Especially for males in the Southeastern states.

Check “oxalates” in diet.

[Berlin_Freeper]

But still number one for attraction.

[Does so]

“Now.. the question I have is this - are they good to eat???”

Might as well: Their average lifespan is only 18 months.

[NFHale]

“...Their average lifespan is only 18 months....”

Didn’t know that. Awfully short...

Kinda sad, actually. I know they’re a varmint, but... damn.

[Daffynition]

Bear, turkey, squirrel. Decks and screen doors should be outlawed if you have hunting dogs, according to the *Brotherhood of Varmints International*.

[Daffynition]

Don't you mean *emotional support animal*?