02-18-2009, 10:38 PM
beerman wrote:
Is a ground hog similar to a gopher? I recall my grandfather using something that looked like a huge mousetrap to get rid of them. This reminds me of the mousetrap thread which is currently being discussed on the other side of the forum. Maybe you could get a really really big sticky pad...
Ground hogs are also known as wood chucks and are also rodents, but of a different group. They are several times larger than true gophers. Normal sized adults are between 5 and 9 lbs, but have been know to get as large as 30 lbs. They are related to ground squirrels which are sometimes called gophers.