An Aerial Method of Dispensing Ground Squirrel Bait

A need for improving and updating rodent-control methodology prompted this study of the use of aircraft for baiting destructive populations of ground squirrels. Both spot and strip baiting by air were effective when applied in narrow swaths at a rate of 6 lb/swath acre. The aerial technique of dispersing bait gave good control when the ground squirrel population was foraging extensively for seed. The bait need be applied to only a fraction of the ground surface of squirrel-infested rangeland.This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries.The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.Migrated from OJS platform August 202