Our happy family of groundhogs who have been living under the big shed for years are now spreading the family to closer to the house. We have traps, haveaheart, and have relocated previously but are thinking that is NOT fair to the woods where we would drop them. My husvand shot 3 several years ago when they started excavating under the front porch. That has been taken care of, so far, with hardware cloth around the edges and out 12 inches. L shaped. But now we have a few very determined young ones and cannot seem to get them with the 22. Our last resort is to trap, then shoot in the trap. It seems unfair, but maybe more humane. I also looked at kill traps for the big shed to get rid of the family matriarch or patriarch. Any one else have ideas. Thanks.