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Originally Posted by clkeiper
terrible creatures! I know no one wants to hear... "Shoot them" but they are a seriously destructive pest. not only the damage to the garden the burrowing and homes they make are detrimental to large animals ( falling in and breaking a leg) farm equipment can break hitting a hole and people can step in a hole and hurt themselves if not beak something. they dig under barns and foundations under decks etc... I am not Walt Disney turning any of these pests human with cute little faces and dialog between us and them. Farmers ask people to come shoot them in their fields.
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I have shot mine.
It's either that or have to shoot a horse when it's broken a leg from stepping into a 16" diameter entry hole. And those tunnels run deep.
I have almost done the same and would have broken my femur. Not pretty.
They are truly a menace to life and limb.
Had the excavator come last summer and dig out each burrow with the backhoe.
Literally dug out 20+ burrows in the pastures.
So far, no sign of anyone returning...