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Overview of Damage Prevention and Control Methods

Habitat Modification

• Remove garbage, debris, and lumber piles 

Exclusion

• Close cellar, outside basement, and crawl-space doors 
• Seal and cover all openings  
• Trench-screen decks and porches 
• Install wire mesh fences around poultry yards 
• Elevate beehives and install aluminum guards 
• Secure the base of fences  
• One-way doors 

Frightening

• Limited value 

Repellents

• None are effective 

Toxicants

• Gas cartridges  

Shooting

• Effective, but usually emits odor 

Trapping

• No. 1 foothold 
• No. 160 or 220 Conibear®-style or body-gripping traps 
• 7- x 7- x 24-inch cage or box trap 

Other Control Methods

• Direct capture