Is this a groundhog?

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Hi!

Does anyone know what animal this is? Is it a groundhog?

We were out kayaking on Thursday and this guy was up pretty high in a tree that had fallen. You can see that he was up high.. do groundhogs go up that high?

He was pretty cool - did not get scared or anything when I paddled near him. He would stop eating and look at me and that was it!

Thanks
Jill

 

[aps45819]

If it was in a tree, it's a woodchuck

 

[huntr1]

A wood chuck is a groundhog. That is a groundhog in the pictures.

 

[G1G4]

Looks like an opossum in the second picture

 

[smilin]

That's a groundhog. We have one who adopted us, lives under the deck. UGLY. He makes a possum (no hairy tail) look beautiful.

 

[FireBrand]

It's a rabid flesh eating flying badger
Get out of there quickly and put your property up for sale !

 

[Fubar]

Ditto on the Groundhog ID...can climb trees and are the largest member of the squirrel family; pretty good swimmers too.
Thank you for not shooting it out of the tree.

 

[aps45819]

Looks like an opossum in the second picture

a 'possum is grey with a tail like a rat

 

[Homer J]

El Chupacabra!!!!

 

[glitch]

Looks like an opossum in the second picture

Time for someone to see the optometrist...

 

[Vince]

Hunted a lot of groundhog in my youth, but never saw one climb a tree.

 

[aps45819]

A wood chuck is a groundhog. That is a groundhog in the pictures.

You just had to tell

 

[Larry Gude]

"Bogey, bogey! 12 O'clock high! Too close for missiles, going guns, going guns, guns hot...take the shot Ice, take the damn SHOT!!! Get out of there Ice, Maverick is in!!!"

 

[huntr1]

Hunted a lot of groundhog in my youth, but never saw one climb a tree.

Sorry Vince, groundhogs do climb trees. No on this. Sister had one at her old house that would climb a tree in her backyard every day.

 

[desertrat]

Hunted a lot of groundhog in my youth, but never saw one climb a tree.

So you missed a few, don't feel bad about it.

 

[Vince]

So you missed a few, don't feel bad about it.

Most of the goundhog I've seen were in open fields. That's usually where the hole in the ground was for their home.....hence the name "ground" hog. And I don't miss.

 

[desertrat]

Most of the goundhog I've seen were in open fields. That's usually where the hole in the ground was for their home.....hence the name "ground" hog. And I don't miss.

That's what I meant. You weren't looking in trees. It's where the smart ones hide from hunters.

 

[aps45819]

Most of the goundhog I've seen were in open fields. That's usually where the hole in the ground was for their home.....hence the name "ground" hog. And I don't miss.

Guess where "wood" chuck comes from

 

[Vince]

Guess where "wood" chuck comes from

I was joking around with dr.

 

[Vince]

That's what I meant. You weren't looking in trees. It's where the smart ones hide from hunters.

Never had to look in the trees for them. They would stand up out in the middle of a corn field. Remington 22-250 and he wasn't standing anymore. The old folks in the area I lived knew how to cook up a ground hog. Not bad eating.