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Posted by Warren on March 16, 2001 at 09:51:33 from (199.217.149.3):
In Reply to: pests in the sweetcorn posted by nick w on March 15, 2001 at 12:05:20:
Nick, Here in Madison Wisconsin, the city parks guys have an ingenious method to deter geese from landing and crapping in the small ponds on a local golf course. They crisscross heavy monofilament line (fishing line) across the ponds. Apparently they use heavy test stuff like 60 or 90 lb. test line. What I have seen is a checkerboard pattern of this line about 20-30 feet apart. I just wish I could have been there when that first canadian goose decided to set down on that pond and got "clotheslined" by the monofilament. I would think that a field would be easy to do and wouldn't cost much. Up by Waupun, Wisconsin, where they have lots of geese, the farmers have gone away from the LP gas cannons. The geese are used to them and pretty much ignore them. What is currently effective especially for the winter wheat fields is to take a 3X4 sheet of heavy black plastic attached to a "cross" on a post about every 5-10 acres. I imagine the shape of this dark object and the sound of the plastic moving in the breeze makes them nervous. This seems to be pretty effective so far, but the darn geese may someday become accustomed to it. For coons, I have had great luck with an electric fence with 2 wires - one about 3-4 inches off the ground and one about 8 inches off the ground. That keeps them from going under, through, and over the fence. I spray roundup on the weeds under the wires to prevent shorting. Good luck. Let us know what you tried and how it worked.
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