# That's what I wanted to catch! (woodchuck) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681 "2008-07-08T13:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/1 "2008-07-08T13:22:31Z")
Back in this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=471704), I told of my failed attempt to catch a woodchuck. Well, sometime yesterday, a naive woodchuck was unable to resist the smell of old carrots and broccoli and wandered into my trap. Here’s some [pictures](http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm256/muldoonthief/Woodchuck/) of the beastie. One down, two to go. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/2 "2008-07-08T13:34:19Z")
You killed it? Meanie. StG ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/3 "2008-07-08T14:10:32Z")
You, sir, should be perfectly primed to answer the age old question. How much wood? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/4 "2008-07-08T14:12:13Z")
[QUOTE=IrreverentTone] How much wood? [/QUOTE] He’s got to train it first. That could take weeks. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/5 "2008-07-08T14:22:43Z")
Please tell me you released the little cutie somewhere far, far away. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/6 "2008-07-08T14:31:10Z")
Was the pelt worth anything? What did it taste like? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/7 "2008-07-08T14:41:59Z")
Off it and mount the head on a pike as a warning to others. j/k, mostly. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/8 "2008-07-08T15:27:07Z")
If you are holding a poll, I vote that he be relocated. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/9 "2008-07-08T16:34:20Z")
I vote you don’t give your problem to somebody else. I know none of my neighbors or the local farmers want it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/10 "2008-07-08T17:59:51Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] I vote you don’t give your problem to somebody else. [/QUOTE] “Relocate” as in folks who know what they are about and will release him in a state park where he won’t annoy gardeners or farmers in whatever way woodchucks annoy them. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/11 "2008-07-08T18:02:49Z")
Poor little guy. He’s got that “Any word from the governor?” look on his face. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-wanted-to-catch-woodchuck/455681/12 "2008-07-08T18:03:55Z")
Relocating a problem animal off your own property is illegal in Massachusetts, and I’m not one to break the law. Mr. Chuck met his demise shortly after the photos were taken. I thought about cleaning him for eating and making a hat as well, but there was already a nice plate of spaghetti waiting and a fur hat is kind of uncomfortable this time of year.