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The damned marmot has eaten ALL of my lettuce. The marmot also appears to have three offspring, who are doubtless not guiltless in the disappearance of my lettuce.

There will be inhumane relocation procedures as soon as I can figure out how to do it. Tomorrow

moonandtree and I will be netting the rest of the garden.

Did I mention that ALL THE LETTUCE IS GONE?

ARGH!

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you gotta talk to my dad the next time you're over. he's got a long-standing vendetta against the marmot clans that inhabit our block. them, and the skunks.

We'll form a support group. The marmot has officially outstayed its welcome.

one year, when we were still upstairs, he stuck his shotgun down the hole and tried to BLAM it into oblivion while my mother was yelling at him from the kitchen window. He's not allowed to do that anymore.

There are marmots in Canada? OH, ok, I googled, those are groundhogs. Still, marmots? Bonus points for use of that word. Alas, I am unable to ship any lettuce to you at this point in time.

Groundhogs are smaller, as I've had it explained to me.

We will plant more lettuce, net the garden, and then get rid of the little bugger.

I'm thinking the netting won't work, they'll just mangle it...you may want to try chicken wire and making like a removable top to cover the lettuce they are quite adaptable they ate my cucumbers and herbs last year I'm setting the trap tomorrow...good luck

No, marmots are different. You and I have groundhogs.

Canada and Washington State have marmots.

And they eat the rubber out of car engines, probably for the road salt on it.

Marmots are good eating if you skim the fat off first, and I wonder what the marmot equivalent of veal is called? A .22 would be ideal were it not for your licensing status and location, but maybe a crossbow?

The first thing I said after reading this was that she need to give you a call, because groundhogs are good eating!

So you could hear me LOL all through the school when I read the comments.

Good hunting!

HRH.

What would be even funnier would be the sight of me in full cammies with a bow getting arrested by hordes of police called in by an alarmed neighbour.

Maybe Phnee should get an air rifle.

Are those even legal to use within city limits?

I dunno. I certainly can think of at least one person involved in this thread who uses them for exactly that, but I'm thinking you'd want to get a prety hot one, maybe even a .22-cal, for groundhogs based on his advice [caveat caveat disclaimer disclaimer].

Air rifle won't work...it will penetrate the skin but won't kill the darn things...and forget about head shots it won't pierce the cranium...it will only slow them down...trust me I know I had to beat one to death after discovering the pellet gun won't kill...I know inhuman but live and learn... to catch and release you can purchase a "Havahart" trap at reno but it's going to set you back 100$ and then you will have to drive the bugger a ways away so he doesn't come back....last summers total catch was 9 and I already have lost a tomatoe plant to one of the rodents....I wish I could borrow your gun and shoot the little Bastards....

Just because you've trapped it humanely doesn't mean that you can't kill and eat it humanely, you know. There are all sorts of recipes on the internet.

Are you familiar with the legalities of a cross bow in the city? I mean for the humanly disposal aspect once trapped...

I really have no idea. It'd probably be best to have a friend call the City from a payphone on your behalf...

Okay...might you know where a crossbow can be purchased in this fair city???

Baron Sports on Hymus in Pointe Claire has some, as would the Baron Sports up on St-Laurent.

The ones at Baron are pretty high-end; sometimes the surplus stores on St-Laurent haev lower-end ones.

I'll drive it out to the GFHW and watch you kill it humanely, and then we can have stew. :P

Deal!

OM NOM NOM NOM NOM

Ohhh, and if you do trap one place newspaper in the bottom of any trunk you put it in they will urinate and poop like crazy when scared...again learned through experience....

Good to know.

On second thought, I have seen the marmot up close, and it looks... sketchy. Like it might have mange. Dunno if that affects the quality of the eatin'...

Dunno. We can always try; I'd think that the skin condition wouldn't affect the underlying meat.

Or you could build a marmot catapult...

Any suggestions on how to kill them humanly while they are in a cage without the use of a crossbow or firearm? I've decided this year I will hang the pelts in warning to other Gofers....

It looked like that early in the year last year, too. Then later in the summer it looked all sleek & fat. It might be a "surviving the winter and then birthing and feeding the babies" thing; I expect it doesn't leave it's den much until the litter is weaned...

Yeah, as cute as Leroy is, I think the entire family need to be relocated for their own good. There really isn't enough food in our garden for them all to survive, and dagnabbit those are MY vegetables!

I may draw the line at stew, though, no matter how tempting

fearsclave's offer might be. ;)

If you figure out a way to HUMANELY kill voles, tell me.

This means no sticky traps and no warfarin (D-Con).

Nearly killed one of them though...

I've always had good luck putting lettuce in pots. I used to get bunnies eating it when I put it in the ground.

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