As seen from my window

Get a live animal trap and bait it with cantaloupe.   They can't resist it.  Don't let him stay there, he will do major damage to your foundation. I also had one crawl under the hood of my car and chewed the plug wires in half. Cost me $48.00 for a set for a Ford Escort.    And don't just let him loose somewhere. Kill them, they are a terrible pest. 

The neighbors at the bottom of the hill had traps set up last year and never caught the damn thing.

And I'm reminded of this story from a couple of summers ago.

I've seen cuter versions.

Wait until they start chewing up your lawn.  Or worse, stealing your Riunite.

I have enough moles and armadillos digging around my yard....if I saw a gopher, I'd just get out Paul Bunyan's axe....Gopher's don't know what to do with one of those. 

Except watching a bunch of Badgers carry it around and chop down the Goopher goal posts. 

Chupacabra?

Hate it when the mother in law shows up announced 

Meet the family!

The solution to your problem .................

Listen to Ammo. They can do a lot more damage to buildings than you think. Lucky for us our dog doesn't like them either. Mr. QuietOne saw one the other day, down by our shed. It disappeared before he could get the gun. He jokingly told the dog she was slacking. Two days later she brought the corpse up to the house.

Wait.

Mr. Quiet One has a gun to take care of varmints?

Can he report to the Vikings thread?

Can he at least fire a warning shot?----that said, I'm personally against gun violence.

Can't shoot the woodchuck there anyway.  You want me to shoot into the house?  And if I try opening the window the damn thing runs back under the three-season room.

Unfortunately our dogs have to be kept on a leash lest they go chasing after something and disappear for hours. 

Well, Fedya, by now, if that's a female, you have more than just one under your three-season porch. You may have to get a professional out to take care of those buggers or they will take care of your porch/house!

Hi, BK!  We have more than one "option." Once, when I was home alone, I used a shotgun to "take care" of a raccoon trying to get into the hay barn (during the day*). I like shotguns. My aim doesn't have to be absolutely perfect. A .22 rifle has less kick but a person has to be much more careful because of it's range. Don't want the neighbor's buildings in the background! (Or the neighbor!) Now as for that Vikings thread...

*Raccoons out during the day are most likely sick with something.

As I said before, go to your local hardware store and buy a live cage trap. Bait it with either musk melon or green peas. You will catch him for sure.  him in the trap and go out in the country and dump him out. Looks like was what killed him.  Sure a live trap is about $20.00. A new foundation, $1,000' s.  What is the better option to you?