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We each have our own cross to bare. Ours are armadillos. They tend to dig large holes everywhere. I caught one digging a 1.5 x 1.5 ft hole straight down about 2 ft one day in the front yard. I rolled the tractor tire over it, injected it with lead and filled in the hole. I told he kids it was nice that he dug his own grave.
That all said they are the less destructive than the neighbors pigs who break loose and sneak over at night and root up a whole patches of lawn. I have never had the shot gun handy when I caught them. Certainly better eating then the armadillos.
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I was looking at the sonic chasers on the Delta Air line catalog (Long trip to Silicon Valley this week). They are solar powered and hammer down into the tunnels. They are probably more wild technology than practical solution.
The Armadillo also work at night. The holes are big enough to break a horse's or cow's legs.
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Now Ken is getting creative. I was thinking you should take up falconing. You could take a regal pose in the yard, falcon in hand and impress the neighbors.
The red neck way would be the black footed ferret on a leash. Naturally the neighbors would all be snickering, at least until the ferret dispatches all the rodents. I believe the sent of the ferret delays them re-inhabiting the burrows also.
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I can just picture him now, standing in the front yard with his red long johns on. His colored Fruit of the Loom briefs are pulled over the top. From the back of his closet he has rescued the long forgotten silk disco shirt and delicately rolled the cuffs. In his Stetson he has added a long colored plume. On his left arm he has his welding glove and perched on the glove is a red tailed hawk. Striking the Kingly Falconer's pose he releases the bird to attack the gophers.
The money from the video on the Worlds Funniest, should about pay for the devastation left by the tractor after he tries to dig them up.
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Now we are into Caddy Shack 3 territory. What happens if you get into an extensive network of tunnels, does the ground open up and swallow you up? A large woodchuck tunnel network could crack the foundation on the barn.
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Years ago friends told me of the Alberta government pulling down a grain elevator on the border. They called for people with rat terriers, Jack Russells and another bread I can not recall. Most of the dogs had not seen a rat before. As the elevator came down and was burned the rats started to spread in all directions. The terriers started running, catching the rats, breaking their necks and then attacking the next rat. The owners were shocked. Maybe a Jack Russell would be the answer?
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A good JR will break the necks on a dead run and while looking for the next victim.
How about two dogs and a ferret? When is her birthday?
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Well the lab/border collie cross we have keeps retrieving the horse ShXT balls. I know he is young yet but I hope he will learn like retrieving sticks and frizbees instead.
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