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Will this type of fence out woodchuckS?

Rich

That's why the lower strand is at 6 inches - to keep the smaller
critters out. Haven't found anything to keep the squirrels out of the
corn though.

Bob S.

Havahart traps? And/or: In James Crockett's book, he suggests covering the
ears with paper bags after the silks have begun to brown. He says this will
keep out crows. No idea if perhaps some variation on this might work with
squirrels. Perhaps paper bags smeared with Elmer's glue and sprinkled with
cayenne pepper?

When they have their goal set on fresh corn it's almost impossible to
get them in a trap. Also, I average about 1000 corn stalks and that'll
take a *lot* of bags. You would think that many would be enough to
share with the squirrels, but the little hogs ruin much more than they
actually eat. Coons used to be a problem but the electric fence has
deterred them.

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Will this type of fence out woodchuckS?

Rich

That's why the lower strand is at 6 inches - to keep the smaller
critters out. Haven't found anything to keep the squirrels out of the
corn though.

Bob S.

Havahart traps? And/or: In James Crockett's book, he suggests covering
the
ears with paper bags after the silks have begun to brown. He says this
will
keep out crows. No idea if perhaps some variation on this might work
with
squirrels. Perhaps paper bags smeared with Elmer's glue and sprinkled
with
cayenne pepper?

When they have their goal set on fresh corn it's almost impossible to
get them in a trap. Also, I average about 1000 corn stalks and that'll
take a *lot* of bags. You would think that many would be enough to
share with the squirrels, but the little hogs ruin much more than they
actually eat. Coons used to be a problem but the electric fence has
deterred them.

In that case, you need a stupid cat. Mine used to chase any squirrel that
entered the yard, even though she once got ripped up pretty badly by one of
the lawn rats. :-) She never wrestled one again, just chased them.

Doug Kanter said:

he suggests covering the
ears with paper bags after the silks have begun to brown. He says this will
keep out crows. No idea if perhaps some variation on this might work with
squirrels

But you have to catch the little buggers before you can cover their ears
with paper bags.


Dave
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