I trap them and then relocate them. I bought a Havaheart trap. Once you have them they are terrible pests and will eat everything. I feel your pain!
Joann

Thanks for the info. I will get a trap. What did you bait your trap with?

Thanks,

Meow. Bow wow.

I bait the trap with apples and sometimes corn on the cob!

My dog got the ground hog here, chased him for days. One day I let him out and he took off like lightning, right to the groundhog, he caught him and shook him to death and let him go in mid air. Haven't seen the groundhog since. Actually I was surprised he got him, he is a nice dog and a big sissy! I don't know what came over him. He loves chasing a squirrel around the yard, I swear the squirrel thinks it's a game!

Thanks for all the good advice. Unfortunately I don't have a dog to do the job. I'm calling around to some pest control places before I go ahead and buy that trap. It gives me the willies just thinking about having to pickup the trap with a ground hog in it.

Nancy

Relocating him after trapping is probably the best method. Because GH's are very clean animals I was successful driving him out of his own home. I filled his hole with all kinds of yucky stuff, dirty cat litter oil soaked rags, and other smelly things. This worked great for me so if you know where his hole is this method can be an option.

I did lots of things to get rid of mine and am not sure which worked but apparently they don't like the smell of Irish Spring soap, so I made shavings of a bar and scatttered it around. One other thing I did is I went to a dog-grooming place and got some dog hair, filled old pieces of panty hose with hair, and scattered these little bundles around the yard. They are deathly afraid of dogs which hate them and attack them. Additionally, if you have friends who have dogs, you may send fabric scraps/rags over for the dogs to sleep on leaving their scent. Then scatter the scraps around the yard. But best of all is to get a dog. It will chase them away.

Hi All,

Thought I'd post an update. I put the havahart trap out yesterday morning and caught my first groundhog that afternoon. I had my brother come get it and he took it away for me. I was afraid to get near the cage. I reset it this morning cause I think there's probably more than one.

Peaches

Wow! That was quick! Glad you got him.