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nellieh asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 1 decade ago

How to Get Rid of Woodchucks under the Deck?

Last year I filled in a woodchuck hole under my back deck. They moved away from the house and up into a stone wall behind the house. However, after having babies, some have retunred, and burrowed TWO separate holes under the deck in different places.

Besides mothballs (that stunk so badly we couldn't sit out on the deck! ), is there any other product to get rid of them so they don't live so very close to the house? We can't use a have-a-heart trap, because we have no way to get rid of the animals- no pickup, etc.

Update:

They are literally living within 6 inches of the house....they STINK! Their urine and their poop STINK, and they carry diseases and TICKS.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    About.com has a good site for this. Live trapping is nice, but when you don't have the budget like me...drowning them is an option too. I filled up their hole in my garden with water (hose). left it going full blast for about 15 minutes. I haven't seen any for a couple years now. Also try your local University extension. They usually have very good information about how to get rid of pests. Well, at least they do here in Utah (USU).

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    They usually have more than one entrance tunnels, if you can find these get a couple boxes of moth balls dump them in the entrance tunnels then cover with a big rock.they"ll get gassed.If you just want them to move out from under your deck just do that one entrance under the deck,they"ll come out through the other entrance. good luck. moth balls are like a dollar a box at a dollar store.

  • 1 decade ago

    are woodchucks just groundhogs? if so keep it around, that way every year u'll be able to know how far away spring is!!!!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    are woodchucks just groundhogs? if so keep it around, that way every year u'll be able to know how far away spring is!!!!

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