Buehler - 9/13/2024 10:04
CKFarmer96 - 9/12/2024 10:19
What are some of you no-till guys doing to control Coyote and Badger dens in your fields? I have a couple that are ruined by them. Massive holes that are difficult to see. One of these days I am going to break a spindle or something worse. Need some suggestions to fill them in. Tillage is an option, but one I'd like to avoid if possible. If Tillage is the only answer, what is the best way to attack it? Deep rip it? Or just run a VT over it a couple times?
I'd like to find a solution. If I chase a badger down a hole I call my dad and he brings some phos pellets and a hose, down goes the hose and I fill in the hole. Badgers are the root of all evil.
I'm less aggressive towards coyotes because they dig one hole, badgers dig 100,000, and for whatever reason I've found less coyote dens in fields than in years past. I dunno if they're putting them in ditches or what. But we're getting more foxes around, and they dig 2, but they are really hard on the pheasant population. Not that I'm an activist or anything, but the community gets at least some level of boost from hunters coming to town.
Years ago we had a field that had some subsurface drip irrigation on it and critter holes are a problem. Someone suggested we put some rozol out and try to get the ground squirrels. I've contemplated doing that this winter thinking that if there are fewer rodents for a food source there will be fewer badgers digging them out. I may try that this winter. I think the smart answer is a thermal scope on a decently ranged rifle and go to work at night, but you have to be in the same place as they are.
Coyote/ Badger Dens
