GULLS
Victor E. F. Solman
Wildlife Biologist (retired)
Canadian Wildlife Service
Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2A 2P1
Damage Prevention and Control Methods
Exclusion
Construct complete enclosures of
plastic or wire mesh.
Suspend parallel wire or monofilament
strands over area needing
protection.
Use porcupine wires on roosting sites.
Cultural Methods
Reduce or eliminate sources of food,
water, and nesting or resting sites.
Frightening
Auditory and visual frightening
devices can be effective for limited<
time periods.
Avitrol®.
Repellents
Polybutenes.
Toxicants
DRC-1339.
Trapping
Rocket or cannon netting over bait.
Box trapping over nests and eggs.
Spotlighting and netting by hand at
night.
Shooting
Shooting with rifle or shotgun under
special permit.
Other Methods
Removal of nests, eggs, and young.
Sterilization of eggs.
Editors
Scott E. Hygnstrom;
Robert M. Timm;
Gary E. Larson
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE — 1994
Cooperative Extension Division Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Nebraska -Lincoln
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Damage Control
Great Plains Agricultural Council Wildlife Committee