My Dad and I used to hunt groundhogs every Saturday in the summer in the mid to late 70s. They were everywhere in Ohio. In the late 80s to early 90s, coyotes starting showing up here. Now that coyotes are everywhere in Ohio there has been a noticeable decline in the groundhog population. They are pretty hard on fawns and turkey poults too.

Ron

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Orwell