1 Groundhog down

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We setup the Have a Heart trap and caught our first groundhog. Jen and I came home and it was just looking at us. Every time we walked away from it, it would scramble and throw itself at te sides of the trap trying to get out. This was our first wild animal caught so we were a little lost about what to do with it; something we should have thought about prior to setting the trap. O-well... After a few minutes we decided on a dump far away from our house and a little away from other people in general. We decided on a heavily wooded ballpark. We are not sure the legality of it, but we had a ground hog in a trap and we were bringing it to a better place. Jen threw down our army tarp in the back of the Rav 4, threw the trap in the back and went for a ride. About 30 seconds into the trip it dropped a pile of scat and pee'd in the back. The smell was horrendous and it immediately filled the truck with it's stench. We hit every light make the trip even more miserable. We finally hit the ball park and let him out on the road. We turned around and headed back down the road passing a city working coming to mow. It was a close call but we made it.
I just sprayed down the trap and tarp and now we just need to set it up for the other two hogs.
On a slightly lamer note, we forgot pictures. We'll make sure we get some next time.

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