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Predation On Big Game And Its Management, Samuel L. Beasom Dec 1977

Predation On Big Game And Its Management, Samuel L. Beasom

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This paper summarizes information from the literature and personal observation to present an overview of the effects of predators on big game populations. Specifically it examines control of prey populations, culling of inferior prey, and stimulation of prey productivity. Food habit investigations were omitted because of the impossibility of evaluating the impact of predation by this approach because of a lack of population data.

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Proceedings Of The Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop, F. Robert Henderson Dec 1975

Proceedings Of The Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop, F. Robert Henderson

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Program Planning Committee

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Prairie Dog Control, A. Orville Sandall Dec 1975

Prairie Dog Control, A. Orville Sandall

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Before poisons were taken from the market, I had about fifteen years experience working for the Fish and Wildlife Service doing prairie dog control work. Most of this work was done for private landowners and supervising work crews for the Forest Service and B&A.

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Thoughts About Wildlife Damage Control, Raymond W. Matheny Dec 1975

Thoughts About Wildlife Damage Control, Raymond W. Matheny

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Gentleman, it is my intention today to give you a brief history of EPA and its involvement in predator control, outline basic registration requirements for pesticides, show slides of the use of sodium cyanide capsules in the M-44 ejector mechanism in the experimental use permit programs and comment upon the restrictions set forth in Administrator Train's ORDER of September 16, 1975.

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Ground Squirrels And How To Control Them, Irving J. Mork Dec 1975

Ground Squirrels And How To Control Them, Irving J. Mork

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The Richardson ground squirrel, otherwise known as the flickertail or gray gopher, is common over most of North Dakota north and east of the Missouri River, although they were never common in the immediate Red River Valley.

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Bird Control, Glen Orr Dec 1975

Bird Control, Glen Orr

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We started our program in 1967 primarily because of an economic problem in the downtown area of Wichita. We had about eight square blocks of businesses which were not getting any business because people didn't dare go downtown in the evening unless they wore their rain hats and rain gear, and I mean this literally.

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Raccoon Damage Control, W. Alan Wentz Dec 1975

Raccoon Damage Control, W. Alan Wentz

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Raccoons are found throughout the United States, and in most cases they are expanding their range into previously unoccupied habitats. Raccoons are often water-associated, but in the Great Plains they often occur a considerable distance from the water. In the Great Plains states, the expansion of agriculture has apparently allowed raccoons to move westward and northward. It is possible that the availability of old homesteads, buildings, haystacks, dumps, and towns has been instrumental in allowing raccoons to survive the winter.

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Beaver Damage Control, James E. Miller Dec 1975

Beaver Damage Control, James E. Miller

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The beaver (Castor canadensis), our largest North American rodent, is praised by many as being a natural conservationist; however, to others he is a destructive nuisance and pest. In many chronicles, the beaver is lauded to be one of the resources that speeded up the settling of our Great Northwest Territory. Certainly, such explorers as Lewis and Clark depended greatly upon the beaver hide for revenue as well as varter.

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An Overview Of Problem Bird Management - Rural And Urban, Joseph L. Guarino Dec 1975

An Overview Of Problem Bird Management - Rural And Urban, Joseph L. Guarino

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The economic impact of birds on agricultural crops in the U.S. is quite substantial -- perhaps as much as $100 million dollars. Methods for reducing this damage can be categorized as biological, mechanical, and chemical. The chemical approach appears to have the most potential. An avian repellent, methiocarb, has proven to be effective for reducing damage by a variety of species of birds to many sprouting and ripening crops and fruit. An avian chemical frightening agent, 4-aminopyridine (Avitrol), if federall registered for use for protecting ripening field corn and sweet corn and was shown to be effective for reducing damage …

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Bird Control, George C. Halazon Dec 1975

Bird Control, George C. Halazon

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We did a little work with pigeon sterilants six years ago. We didn't really have too much luck on bird control on pigeons because of the life of the pigeon. In other words we couldn't do it fast enough to satisfy the public because of the relatively large numbers of years required before the bird dies.

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A Live Trap For Birds Attending A Feeding Station, J.L. Hart, L.L. Todd Dec 1975

A Live Trap For Birds Attending A Feeding Station, J.L. Hart, L.L. Todd

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An effective live trap for capturing nuthatches, titmice, and woodpeckers was constucted from hail screen and modified mouse traps. Over 88 percent of active sets resulted in captures.

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Controlling Mole Damage, F. Robert Henderson Dec 1975

Controlling Mole Damage, F. Robert Henderson

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The kind of mole found in Kansas is the eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus. Moles are small, mouse-sized mammals adapted to living underground. They are characterized by enlarged forefeet with long claws, stout necks and powerful shoulders which make them capable burrowers. Unlike those of mice and shrews, the noses and forefeet of moles are pink and hairless.

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The Coyote As A Game Animal, Edward L. Kozicky Dec 1975

The Coyote As A Game Animal, Edward L. Kozicky

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Coyote hunting is a very special challenge. Even though coyotes may be abundant in an area, that doesn't mean that they're easy to bag with a rifle. However, I happen to enjoy coyote calling to the point where the shooting is almost anti-climax. Others like to hunt coyotes with either sight or trail hounds, to pursue coyotes with all-terrain vehicles, and to spot coyotes while driving through the country.

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Progress In Coyote Hunting Depredations Research, Samuel B. Linhart Dec 1975

Progress In Coyote Hunting Depredations Research, Samuel B. Linhart

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Coyote depredations control research from the end of World War II to about 1960 was characterized by low levels of funding, a minimum of research facilities, an emphasis on lethal agents, few legislative restrictions, a lack of public interest, and little concern for the environment. Establishment of the Leopold Committee (1964) and Cain Committee (1971) were evidence of a growing public concern and awareness of the coyote-livestock problem.

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Control Of White-Tailed Deer In Field And Orchard, Forrest D. Loomis, Ronald Ogden Dec 1975

Control Of White-Tailed Deer In Field And Orchard, Forrest D. Loomis, Ronald Ogden

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As deer populations increase in most areas of the mid-west, and deer habitat is constantly shrinking because of man's activities, damage done to crops, orchards, and other plantings is increasing. No new or revolutionary control or repellent has been perfected to alleviate this complex problem. Annual hunting still offers the best and cheapest method of control.

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Montana Golden Eagle Removal And Translocation Project, Norton R. Miner Dec 1975

Montana Golden Eagle Removal And Translocation Project, Norton R. Miner

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History of Depredations
History of Sheep Industry
Trapping Program
Eagle Population
Techniques for Capture
Care of a Captive Eagle
Methods of Transport
Release Sites
Results

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Cultural And Physical Methods For Managing Problem Birds, Donald F. Mott Dec 1975

Cultural And Physical Methods For Managing Problem Birds, Donald F. Mott

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Although chemicals now available (or that soon should be) appear to be the answer to many bird problems in agricultural crops, it is appropriate to also review some of the cultural and physical methods currently in use.

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Training Needs For Future Extension Wildlife Programs, R.J. Robel Dec 1975

Training Needs For Future Extension Wildlife Programs, R.J. Robel

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I want to discuss the need for additional educational opportunities for people who will be trying to reduce wildlife damage in the future.

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Pest Control Operator Involvement In Wildlife Control, Robert R. Schendel Dec 1975

Pest Control Operator Involvement In Wildlife Control, Robert R. Schendel

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Pest Control

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Fish Population Manipulation, Robert E. Schoonover Dec 1975

Fish Population Manipulation, Robert E. Schoonover

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Fish population manipulation or control, as the term implies, may be defined as an operation or activity which results in the total removal of fish from a water area, the partial elimination of a fish population, or the selective removal of a species from a water area.

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Waterfowl Damage Control, Marvin D. Schwilling Dec 1975

Waterfowl Damage Control, Marvin D. Schwilling

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Waterfowl damage is primarily grain crop depredation that occurs on various agricultural crops, particularly in fall and winter. Field feeding begins as birds flock up on staging areas in preparation for their move along migration routes to the wintering areas.

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Woodchucks And Their Control, Robert H. Smith Dec 1975

Woodchucks And Their Control, Robert H. Smith

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Woodchucks, or groundhogs, (Marmota monax) aer found in the eastern edge of the Great Plains. The first part of the scientific name, Marmota, is the Latin word for "marmot," the name given to the European marmot or the North American marmot which are close relatives of the woodchuck. The last part, monax, is an American Indian name for this rodent and means "the digger"; it alludes to the woodchuck's habit of excavating burrows.

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Committee Proposals For Development Of A Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Handbook Dec 1975

Committee Proposals For Development Of A Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Handbook

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In 1969, Bob Henderson developed a two-volume Wildlife Damage Control Handbook for use by county extension agents throughout Kansas. The handbook was well received and was felt to be of definite value to the overall wildlife damage control program in Kansas.

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Bats, Biology, And Control, Stephen P. Kincaid Dec 1975

Bats, Biology, And Control, Stephen P. Kincaid

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Although bats are not commonly thought of as major members of the animal kingdom, they are one of the most numerous of land vertebrates. Bats are thought to have originated in the Old Wordl Tropics and are now almost world-wide in distribution. Bats make up the order Chiroptera, and they are closely related to the hedgehog, shrew and mole.

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Roster Dec 1975

Roster

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Roster
Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshops
December 8-11, 1975

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Snake Control, Steve Thompson Dec 1975

Snake Control, Steve Thompson

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Whether wild animals are benificial or injurious depends on the time and the place. It seems that no one likes to have venomous or even harmless snakes in his corral, in his yard, or even on his doorstep; but every spring and fall many people are confronted with this situation. Many requests are recieved each year on how to rid an area of these unwanted reptiles.

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Rabbit Damage Control, Edward K. Boggess Dec 1975

Rabbit Damage Control, Edward K. Boggess

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In discussing the control of damage caused by rabbits in the Great Plains area it is helpful to distinguish between the true rabbits, of the genus Sylvilagus, and the so-called jackrabbits, of the genus Lepus, which are really hares. Laws governing the control of rabbit damage vary between states. In Kansas, no poisons can be used for controlling rabbits. This leaves basically three approaches to solving a rabbit damage problem. These are: removal, exclusion and the use of repellents.

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Commensal Rodent Damage Control, Robert L. Carlton Dec 1975

Commensal Rodent Damage Control, Robert L. Carlton

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Commensal rats and mice are among the only animals about which no good can be said. Each year rats and mice are estimated to cost the American public over $1 billion. This loss is due to contamination of food stuff, structural damage, etc. To give an idea how these rodents can effect the economic picture, assume a rat will eat 25 pounds of chicken feed per year and foul another 25 pounds to such extent it cannot be used as feed (some estimates are as much as ten times greater). The house mouse will consume about 5 pounds per year. …

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Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Summary, Philip S. Gipson Dec 1975

Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Summary, Philip S. Gipson

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The second Wildlife Damage Control Workshop was a success. Damage control authorities and conservationists shared knowledge and philosophies regarding control objectives, technology and laws. This workshop differed from the first Damage Control Workshop (Henderson 1973) by treating a variety of wildlife damage including problems with nuisance birds and commensal rodents to feral animals, coyotes, and cougars. The first workshop focused on damage caused by coyotes.

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How To Handle Problem Skunks, F. Robert Henderson Dec 1975

How To Handle Problem Skunks, F. Robert Henderson

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There are two species of skunks in Kansas. The striped skunk is about the size of a large house cat, generally black in color with two white stripes running from the base of the skull to the large bushy tail. Solid black indivduals are known to occur, but only rarely. The spotted skunk is a smaller mammal about the size of a half-grown house cat. The spotted skunk is a more active, agile animal and a good tree climber.

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