The old-time Shumway's garden catalog I got the other day-- lists coyote,
fox, and bobcat urine @ $13.75/ 8 oz. together with 30-day dispensers @
$1.60 ea. I have not checked to see if Cabela or an outdoor outfitter might
have different prices and quantities. Shumway has been in business in the
midwest since the middle 1800s. If they say something works...it likely
does. Their catalog on line is at http://www.rhshumway.com/ the urines are
listed under the heading of GARDEN SUPPLIES, then under PEST CONTROL , and
then under REPELLENTS.

They also suggest using ricinus (castor bean plants) interplanted with your
favorites to discourage moles, etc.

Personally, I'd put a drop or two about every 15-20 square feet in a garden
bed to see how it worked. And, I'd try coyote and fox urine before that
of other predators, just because our current population of bobcats
nationwide is so scarce that most voles, moles, mice and squirrels are not
likely to have learned about them.

Also, coyotes and foxes have been predators of most small animals for a few
thousand years, now, and the information about avoiding them is likely to be
hard-wired into their brains. I think that any successes would be worth
reporting on. I also note that squirrels and chipmunks here, only dig up
my newly-planted crocus bulbs before they've gotten roots--when they still
smell like stored starch and don't have their other chemistry established as
a result of growing.

Regards to all and happy new year. Adam Fikso in Glenview-- Further
Zone 5a (Chicago area)

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