How do you deter snakes from entering your yard?
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What we were told by a professional is that\n1. mothballs and snakeaway do diddlysquat for venomous snakes.\n2. Get rid of their prey--mice, voles, etc.\n3. Get rid of their shelter\n4. Lime does seem to help (something about burning out their Jacobsen's organs, which they use for hunting/smell/etc.). We used a mixure of lime and sulphur last year and I haven't seen a copperhead since then. We did have a black snake, which unfortunately I had to kill (he came in the house and the only way we could get him back out was kill him :(\n\nI have also been told that goats will kill snakes, as will guinea hens. Cats probably work because they kill the prey.
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Plant bushes or shrubs in front of it.\nOR\nPut up an attractive fence to hide it.
156642
prank them. i know but if its your last resort go for it. let a couple of rats loose and you'll see results believe me.
813277
Hmmm...not sure if a decoy of an owl perched outside your window would work or those stick-on silouttes of predators, such as hawks. Those work for smaller birds to keep them from banging into the windows...\n\nAre they purposely "attacking" or just hitting it becuz of the reflection they see?\n\nSleep in a different room? (just kidding)
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The best one I've found is Deet, but I've heard good things about Bite Blocker:\n\nhttp://www.bug-spray.org/
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Once they've found food, they'll keep coming back. Make sure they can't get into your trash, etc. and they might go away but it's doubtful. You either have to trap them and move them somewhere else or kill them (I hate to say that). We've had the same issue at our lake property. They come and raid our bird feeders at night. The full time residents down there eventually kill them instead of trapping and moving them.
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My uncle had the same problem with wolves and coyotes and whatnot screwing with his cows, he invest in electric fencing around the area where the cattle were kept. Around the field he set up Wire fencing with lines every 8 1/2 inches or so up to 5 feet tall. He says it works very well and keeps the cattle from trying to knock over the pre-existing fences which were just wooden posts and regular wire fencing. So it's a good investment to protect the cattle, or in your case horses, and it all serves as a good boundary line. Also i have heard of people installing motion sensor lights, to scare away the animals, around different areas of the field perimeter, not very costly as you can just put up a wooden post and run a light from the top. You can use car batteries to power them. Sounds like a good idea, but i don't know of anyone personally that has ever done it, and I'm not sure about the car battery thing. Shouldn't be too hard to find a power source if you really wanted to. in the long run it would be nice anyway. The power line thing may be a little expensive, but as much as horses cost it would be worth it, depending on the size of your pen or field or whatever you keep them in. You could just lock them in a pen at night and do the wires around that. Good luck, hope this helped!!!!
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Try hanging a fake owl...it scares them away....
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try using some bird netting along the outside of the dock.  Excpt for where you need to get through.
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if you know it's an ok sort of snake like a garter snake, just give them ibuprofen and wash it up really well.  if you're not sure what kind of snake, you should probably go to the e.r.
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We used to do it by wetting the ground or waiting until just after a good rain storm.... then a metal rod with a good insulated handle.... attach the negative side of a 12 volt car battery to a ground rod.... and attatch a wire and small rod to the positive wire... made sure you have on some good rubber boots.... and touch the small rod to the ground for just a couple of seconds... three or four.... and let it up.... it used to bring up alot of night crawlers in a hurry
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Sounds like moles, go to the hardware store and get more traps,  It is like a gian pouse trap you put it in their hole it catches and kills them.
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They make stakes you can put into the ground that let out small electric pulses that keep them away.  I'm not sure how far away from the stake it will work but it should work if you put them on the corners and by the net (outside the sand).\nYou can find them at places like Home Depot.
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turn off the lights in your garden....\n\n\n\nor hunt at night near grassy places....\n\n\n\n\nthen bring a black net........use it on them
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Hmmm, could be a new movie idea... "Snakes On A Car!"\n\nBut seriously, it might be fun for you, but I really do not think the snakes would get much out of it.  I'm sure they don't understand the concept of cars or of being moved around by something other than their own slithering.\n\nEither they would get nothing out of it, or it would freak them out....if you want freaked-out snakes, then don't roll that car my way, is all I'm sayin'.\n\nHave fun.
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Use plastic worms and plastic lizards.  I right now am using a spinner and that is working well, I am using white.\nAlso what works well is a thing called a brush hog in green color.  It gets the big fish.  Look at http://bassproshop.com for more ideas
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Early in the year when there are lots of leaves on the trees, you want a choke that is more open (i.e. modified, or improved cylinder)  Later on when all the leaves are gone, use a full choke as your shots will be farther away and the squirrels harder to sneak up on.  Always shoot for the head.  Good luck.