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Eradicating Woodchucks from Horse and Livestock Pastures Eradicating Woodchucks from Horse and Livestock Pastures If a cow or horse steps into a woodchuck hole, it can break a leg. For this reason, people who keep horses and cattle have a strong interest in woodchuck eradication. Complete eradication is not possible, because new woodchucks will move in; but if one is dealing with a large area, it’s reasonably easy to keep the woodchuck population down. One can of course trap woodchucks, especially in areas surrounding pastures, in live traps baited with cut up apples or cantaloupe melon. But an easier method in the pasture itself is to gas their burrows, after first creating enough noise and commotion to send most woodchucks home, thereby ensuring that they are in their burrows. After gassing each burrow, fill it in, mark it with a stake visible at a distance, and revisit the site in a few days to make sure the burrow hasn’t been dug out and reoccupied. Vegetable Gardens and Woodchucks Woodchucks, also referred to as groundhogs, are the vegetable gardener’s nemesis. One can of course gas, trap, or shoot them; but by then a good deal of damage has been done, and more may happen before the offending varmint or varmints are dispatched. Here the best answer is Mr. McGregor’s Fence®. This economical and efficient device puts a low barrier fence just behind two pet-safe, child-safe charged wires–ensuring that any ground hog or other small animal seeking to go over or under the barrier will come into good contact with the charged wires, get zapped, and go home. Since animals are frightened by electricity much more than by repellants, this answer is 100% effective all of the time–and it works not only against woodchucks but also against squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, skunks, opossums, raccoons and deer. Flower Gardens and Ground Hogs People don’t usually want to put fences, even low ones, around flower gardens, so a Mr. McGregor’s Fence® might not be an option. However, there are other ways to discourage woodchucks in addition to the traditional trapping and bombing methods. Motion activated water sprayers that work by emitting a short, sharp burst of water directed at the offending animal are extremely effective in driving them off. Specific repellents either sprayed on or sprinkled around plants can do a good job of keeping woodchucks out. Ro-pel®, sprayed onto plants, imparts an extremely bitter taste to foliage and flowers making them unpalatable. Because plants grow fast - and the new shoots will taste just fine - it's necessary to respray at regular intervals. Shake Away, a granulated form of predator urine, can be sprinkled around plantings and works by making groundhogs think there are predators around. This, too, needs to be reapplied at regular intervals. |
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