"geoman" wrote in message
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"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message
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Ross Mac wrote:

"g" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any sure-fire advice on this? Do those electronic
spikes
work?



I have heard that putting up a barn owl house will attract barn owls who
will grub those pesky varmints. Here is a link for one .....
http://www.groworganic.com/a/item_PB...nOwlHouse.html
Good luck getting rid of the "gopher cong" ....Ross

We've had both barn and great horned owls for years...while they do prey
on gophers as the opportunity affords itself, I can assure you they
aren't sufficient in of themselves to eliminate them (or even keep them
in limited numbers)...

At last count I know of roughly 3 or 4 pairs of barn owls and a pair of
great horned (they raised four young last year, but will not tolerate
them in the near area so the young have to find their own range once the
next season approaches which is about now...they're starting to "talk"
to each other at night, now).

Wow, you two must live in remote areas. I haven't seen a real live owl for
over 40 years in our area! Northern Ohio! Can hardly remember what they
look like :-((


Interesting you should mention that....I remember seeing the darn things
sitting on the fence in front of a college campus in San Jose, CA....That
place must have a million people or so. But I did live in a remote area in
the Santa Cruz mountains about 40 miles from SJ,CA (now a Central Florida
resident)....and you could hear the owls at night. Once in awhile we would
get a mole or gopher but nature took it's course and the owls had
dinner!.....take care, Ross