[AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?

[toma at risingnet.net]

I had a Qweensland and her pup an Aussie cross that used to follow me when I
was plowing. They would go after gophers. They loved to eat them, they would
eat the first 2 or 3 then they would just kill them because it was their "job"
. About the time I quit farming those fields I realized they were essentially
gopher free. As far as wood chucks we have Badgers here, they run  about 1
colony per 40 acres so they are not a big problem. We have wondered at times
about gassing holes. anhydrus is hard to come by here, I wonder how propane
would work. I think I'd just as soon leave them alone, I saw one out on the
ground a couple of years ago out where I feed cows, kind of an ineresting
crittur.



Quoting "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>:

> I was going to comment about a news item I heard on the radio about a
> PETA protest at a slaughterhouse in Iowa, but I guess I'd better stick
> to tractors.  Today was a good tractor day.  I got a couple set up and
> idling in the shop in anticipation of tonight's snow storm.  The worst
> case scenario says it's possible for up to 13 inches in a curved line
> from Evansville to Fremont, Ohio.  George, Dotson's, Farmer -- better
> batten down the hatches.
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Herbert Metz
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 8:06 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?
>
> Golly, this goes back to early 1940's when I went to a one room grade
> school.   The adjoining property was a farmers pasture, well populated
> by a
> multiplying bunch of ground squirrels (chipmunks).    At recess and
> noonhour
> we would get several buckets of water and ballbats and put the works to
> those ground squirrels.    After a couple weeks the teacher realized we
> were
> not tiring of our latest pasttime, and ruled the pasture as "off
> limits".
> Imagine the ruckus such activity would create today.
> Herb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis" <louis at kellnet.com>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:15 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?
>
>
> > When we had some extra time on the farm; we used to fill up a 500
> gallon
> > tank and flood the holes.  We did it during the heat of the day, since
> > the woodchucks were most likely to be in their holes at that time.  It
> > was like taking candy from a baby.  They would come out of their holes
> > and we would blast them with a 12 gauge.  We also had other methods
> that
> > were very effective, but I won't expand on them, since the item we
> used
> > is no longer available and not labeled for rodent control.
> >
> > Louis
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Goff
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 4:46 PM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?
> >
> >
> > We've got one here in Sask. called the"gophinator". Uses anhydrous
> > ammonia.
> >
> > The Gophinator is Back
> > Three years ago, a farmer invention called the gophinator was kicked
> out
> > of the new inventions area of the Farm Progress Show in Regina. The
> > Regina Humane Society blew the whistle on the device, since anhydrous
> > ammonia fertilizer is not registered as a pest control product. The
> > inventors are the Maze family of Cutknife and they ve been fighting
> red
> > tape ever since. They re still working on getting anhydrous accepted
> for
> > gopher control, but in the meantime, they ve found there s no law
> > preventing them from building, displaying and selling the machine. It
> s
> > just a portable anhydrous tank with a hose and a wand for putting
> > anhydrous down gopher holes. Anhydrous ammonia is a common nitrogen
> > fertilizer. Farmers work with it all the time. Using it down gopher
> > holes is safer and more effective than poisons like strychnine. The
> Maze
> > family says there s a huge demand for their gophinator and they re
> happy
> > to be back at the Farm Progress Show. It s just unfortunate that the
> > Pest Management Regulatory Agency in Ottawa is still bungling along,
> > unwilling to officially accept anhydrous ammonia for gopher control. I
> m
> > Kevin Hursh.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
> > http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <tomehrkam at houston.rr.com>
> > To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?
> >
> >
> >>
> >> http://www.gophernator.com/rodenator_pro
> >>
> >> Blast then out.
> >>
> >>
> >> Original Message:
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> >> From:  ROBBRUT at aol.com
> >> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:00:20 -0500
> >> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com (Antique tractor email discussion
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> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?
> >>
> >>
> >> Carl-
> >>
> >> Dry Ice
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