Something ate all my apples

[ToddG]

Todd G,

Getting your fruit is not the worst thing they do. They can do a lot of damage to laterals and the top of a central leader. That is what ticks me off the most! I am going to continue to trap and use stovepipe around the trunk about 2 feet off the ground as Appleman suggested in one of my threads. Yes, they are little bears Bill!


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Would you mind posting some photos on how the stove pipe works. If you use stove pipe, do you still need to leave the cage on?

 

[Bill]

Three at once. The mulberrys must really be getting ripe now.

I gotta start getting after them again. My quail numbers are up and I want to keep it that way.

 

[WTNUT]

Todd here it is:


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[WTNUT]

Bill what state are you in? I am a big quail fan as well.


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[ToddG]

Todd here it is: View attachment 13640


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Thanks. Is that pipe 6" x 24"? Also, is it hung by a strap up to that limb above it?

 

[Bill]

Bill what state are you in? I am a big quail fan as well.


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Missouri. When I bought the farm the neighbors were farming or haying every field. Once I killed all the Johnson grass for natives and started leaving beans and promoting ragweed in some spots they started showing up. We even have a few pheasant now but quail are my favorites, they're natives.

 

[WTNUT]

Thanks. Is that pipe 6" x 24"? Also, is it hung by a strap up to that limb above it?

This is a photo Appleman posted so I am not sure. It looks like he hung it from the first row of laterals.


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[Appleman]

I use six or eight inch diameter stove pipe drilling two holes across from each other near the top to fasten a wire to hang the pipe about 2 feet off the ground. I like to use 24 to 30 inch long pipe because critters like raccoons simply can not get a hold to climb a tree. The yield loss by raccoons and porcupines is significant and often underestimated. One can not realize just how much is being robbed from the trees until this protection is in place.

 

[Apple Junkie]

It is interesting to see the rest of you have apple thieves to contend with too. It seems everything loves an apple tree, which is probably why so many of us plant them. Let me add one more villain to the list… BEAVERS! There is no recovery when a beaver decides to dine on your nicest Ida Red. No matter how big the tree, I now leave cages on all within 100 yards of the creek.

 

[ToddG]

I use six or eight inch diameter stove pipe drilling two holes across from each other near the top to fasten a wire to hang the pipe about 2 feet off the ground. I like to use 24 to 30 inch long pipe because critters like raccoons simply can not get a hold to climb a tree. The yield loss by raccoons and porcupines is significant and often underestimated. One can not realize just how much is being robbed from the trees until this protection is in place.

Thanks Appleman. I'm going to give it a try.