deter wild boars
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I think that would just be temporary if it rains but it won't hurt to try if you can get enough of it. An electric fence might work. Keep anything resembling food away from them. Unfortunately that would include a garden. The best defense is a heavy wire fence around the garden perimeter.
I read on Quora that sounds or alarms that could scare away feral hogs including:
I read on Quora that sounds or alarms that could scare away feral hogs including:
- Barking of hunting dogs
- Shotgun shots
- Distress calls from another wild hog
- People talking in loud voices
FWIW, we fought deer traffic and damage for years. To deter them I tried Irish Spring soap bars, wolf, coyote, and human urine, several different deer-off concoctions, etc. All of them, sort of worked, then didn't as the deer got used to them. I also used a water driven scare crow that had a motion detector and shot a stream of water when triggered. Finally, after 10 yrs of hassle and crop loss I fenced in about an acre surrounding the house. That worked.
Thanks for the valuable information, Looks like I have to focus on the fence. I've always heard people complain about wild boars, Now I truly understand.
Any animal will get used to a scent that is in the area. It might make them wary initially, but once they are accustom to it their fear will wane. Their population will increase significantly if you don't address it. Check your game laws. Many states may have extended hunting periods. You might be able to trap them too. Bottom like is you need to reduce the population of the Sows some way some how.
When I was in the Piemonte I loved the wild boar in the trattoria around pinerolo.
Show them your empty freezer and they might understand.
Show them your empty freezer and they might understand.
Rotating a wild boar could be harder still! And it would take a lot of rotations to make it dizzy.
That is not helping much in NL; wolves are back there a decade or so but boar numbers and distribution are not changing measurably.
(Even though wolves predating on board was used as an argument for the benefit of having wolves back, in particular given the large collision rates of boar with cars.)
(Even though wolves predating on board was used as an argument for the benefit of having wolves back, in particular given the large collision rates of boar with cars.)
