Overview of Damage Prevention and Control Methods

Habitat Modification

• Remove brush and other ground cover  
• Use soil insecticides to reduce damage to grass

Exclusion

• Install a 3-foot-high fence slanted outward at a 40^o angle to prevent climbing 

Frightening

• None effective 

Repellents

• None successful

Toxicants

• None available

Shooting

• Spotlight and shoot at night where legal 

Trapping

• Cage or box traps  
• single-door (10 x 12 x 32 inches) 
• double-door (10 x 12 x 48 inches) 
• Body-gripping traps- No. 220 
• Foothold traps- Nos. 1 to 2.  
• Cable-restraints 

Other Control Methods

• Hand nets