Most of those birds and other winged predators have been seen or heard here
and keep the rodents managable. I take care of some squirrels and chipmunks
with .22 shorts in a rifle and a competition grade air rifle.
The white tail rats are everywhere since there are several apple and pear
trees plus a 150 x 150 field of various berries to keep them happy year
around. I clear cut that a few years ago and let the ground clutter under
the trees get some sun...WOW!
We also have coyote, fox and fisher cats, plus a few bears to help with
population control. There are still miles of undeveloped land abutting or
close to me.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Short receiving verticals question
> A possible answer might be here:
>
> http://www.legupenterprises.com/
Doesn't faze the deer around here. They come right up to the house and
the fenced kennels and munch on whatever they like. That stuff may do
something with the small animals but the Eagle, Great Horned Owl, Red
Tail Hawk and other birds of prey generally keep the rodents and small
mammals in check.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 1/30/2014 1:42 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
The biggest problem with the top hat is deer catching
the wire/string and bending the element or some rodent
eating the string.
A possible answer might be here:
http://www.legupenterprises.com/
They sell predator urine which discourages animals from going near
the smell. My YL uses it to keep the squirrels out of her flowers and
it works extremely well. I just had my antenna wires clipped by a
rabbit over last weekend (saw the tracks in the snow) and I put some
coyote urine in a vial the company sells and have that at my radial
plate. I'm sure it'll work as well for keeping them away here as it
does in her garden.
If it would have tried chewing the 160 Inv-L while I was working the
contest I might have had a nice supper.
Gary
KA1J
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