Comments on: Baby Woodchucks!

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:19:07 +0000

My goodness! This evening there was a baby woodchuck in my backyard. Fortunately I’m not growing anything special in my garden — mostly bulbs that are probably toxic (deer don’t eat them) — so the woodchuck spent time eating dandelion leaves in a gone-wild corner of the yard. Excellent! Mow down that corner! Eat all of it!

By: Joni

Joni — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:17:36 +0000

We have a family on our property–six little ones. Too cute!!

By: jny

jny — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:18:14 +0000

A few years ago, I was travelling a remote wooded dirt road in the spring that was teeming with wildlife. After dodging dozens of bunnies, flushing a group of turkeys, and following a pheasant that had to run along the road ahead of me, I rounded a corner and there were two baby woodchucks each about the size of my hand. One popped up, looked at the oncoming vehicle, and scampered off the birm of the road to disappear into the grassy field.

The other (tiny, little) one turned toward my approaching car, hunkered downed and I swear it bared it teeth and HISSED at a 3000 pound metal monster.

I travelled that road several more times over the next week, and never saw that behavior again. I think I saw the pair a couple weeks later as larger furry lumps galumphing into the grass. But I’ll never forget the lil’ groundhog who stood his ground.

By: Carol Smith

Carol Smith — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:24:10 +0000

My dad also called these guys whistle pigs. They are very hard on gardens, eating almost everything!