Woodchuck

[Cajunrider]

How much bonsai wood would a woodchuck chuck? Would it be as much bonsai wood as a woodchuck would chuck?

In any case I am figuring my defense at the moment. That thing is Huuuugge!

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

Funny how those wood twisters became the subject of a tongue twister. Do you suppose you could train it to style your BCs?

Best of luck good Sir!

 

[KateM]

Welcome to PA.
They never bothered my "bonsai" trees yet.
They love mulberry tree leaves and vegetables though...

 

[rockm]

I like their alternate name "whistle pig"

 

[Dav4]

Woodchucks... deal with extreme prejudice if you like your veggie garden. I'd suspect bonsai on the ground may be at risk, as well, but can't verify from actual experience. Fwiw, that one has cousins up here that are built for the cold... bigger and fatter

 

[Russ1]

They do climb. I had one climb up on a picnic table seat and chew on a Pitch Pine trunk I had sitting there, I just happen to walk out in the yard and it ran before it did too much damage.
They are determined once they get a taste for something, almost unstoppable. Mature Zucchini plants can disappear in minutes.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I had one take out the bark completely on one side of a landscape Japanese maple - in a single visit. I thought it had killed the tree, but a little lime sulfur and patience and there was enough bark left on the far side of the tree to continue to fuel growth, and it is slowly healing back over the damage.

 

[stubmle]

In my experience chucks are spiteful bastards that like destruction for its own sake. I've seen them mow down whole vegetables patches and just leave stuff there uneaten.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Just gonna say... they are dumb as rocks. We had one that tried to move into a fox den... while the foxes were still in it. My wife went out and was waving at it "Shoo! Go away!" and all it did was stand up on top of that fox den on its hind legs and give us the stink eye. The next day there were woodchuck parts all over...

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Punxsutawney phil! At least you'll have the scoop on when Spring will start.

I have a big one near me but never had a problem.

 

[Cajunrider]

My coonass question for the locals: are woodchuck good eating?
AI answer is yes but I wanna hear from you. I don’t want to waste time to dress and cook that thing if it isn’t good eating.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

My coonass question for the locals: are woodchuck good eating?
AI answer is yes but I wanna hear from you. I don’t want to waste time to dress and cook that thing if it isn’t good eating.

One way to find out. If it's not in the grocery store it's not good/tasty enough to be profitable, in my mind. @19Mateo83 might know I haven't seen his coonass in awhile.