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1. Brandon Williams

   

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   11/18/2011 3:11 PM

   Has anybody had any experience with controlling Coots in your fairways? I have a severe problem with them eating my ryegrass in the fairways and they leave quite a mess. Any ideas or suggestions would be helpful. Besides purchasing a dog to roam around, there must be other methods. Thanks
   
   Brandon Williams
   Corte Bella Golf Club/Hillcrest Golf Club
   Sun City West, AZ

   
   
   
   
2. Larry Stowell

   

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   11/19/2011 9:11 AM

   If you have some out-of-play space, you can setup a feeding station. You will need to train the coots by feeding twice per day. This works well if you are consistent with the feeding - the cootc just stay in the area. You will have to have water nearby, but I suspect that there is a water feature near the fairway you are having problems with. There is photo from La Cumbre Country Club in Santa Barbara.
   
   http://www.paceturf.org/photo/showphoto.php?photo=966

   
   
   
   
3. Melvin Waldron

   

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   11/19/2011 9:11 AM

   Thanks Larry for the photo...
   
   I must have different coots in my fairways, they have gray hair and pull golf clubs behind them...plus they get real close to our greens.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
4. Robert Crockett

   

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   11/19/2011 10:11 AM

   BallMark said: Thanks Larry for the photo...
   
   I must have different coots in my fairways, they have gray hair and pull golf clubs behind them...plus they get real close to our greens.
   
   Mel

   
   That's GOOD Mel......The OL kind.....lol

   
   
   
   
5. Gary Carls

   

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   11/21/2011 3:11 PM

   Mel,
   
   I'm a little worried because I was thinking the exact same thing you so boldly posted. Only difference is that ours think it is ok to take the shortcut right over the greens. Municipal golfers at their best!!!!

   
   Gary K. Carls, CGCS, President - Oakland Turfgrass Education Initiative
   
   
6. Kyle Marshall

   

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   11/21/2011 8:11 PM

   paceptri said: If you have some out-of-play space, you can setup a feeding station. You will need to train the coots by feeding twice per day. This works well if you are consistent with the feeding - the cootc just stay in the area. You will have to have water nearby, but I suspect that there is a water feature near the fairway you are having problems with. There is photo from La Cumbre Country Club in Santa Barbara.
   
   http://www.paceturf.org/photo/showphoto.php?photo=966

   
   
   
   Larry,
   do you know what there are feeding the coots
   
   Thanks
   
   Kyle

   
   
   
   
7. Greg Niendorf

   

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   11/22/2011 4:11 PM

   Try Spotrete fungicide. We spray all of our problem areas (holes with water on them) every three to four weeks in the winter months. They don't like the taste and feast on out of play areas instead. Hope this helps.

   
   
   
   
8. Smith Kerry L

   
   11/22/2011 4:11 PM

   Look in to a bird banger gun. Works good for our geese.

   
   
   
   
9. James Schmid

   

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   11/23/2011 11:11 AM

   Kerry38 said: Look in to a bird banger gun. Works good for our geese.

   
   
   
   Don't bother. It does not even faze them.

   
   
   
   
10. Keith Lamb

    

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    11/23/2011 12:11 PM

    schmiddy78 said:

    Kerry38 said: Look in to a bird banger gun. Works good for our geese.

    
    
    
    Don't bother. It does not even faze them.

    
    
    
    Ya, but it works wonders on the grey haired variety!

    
    
    
    
11. Andy Jorgensen

    

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    11/23/2011 6:11 PM

    alohakane said:

    schmiddy78 said:

    Kerry38 said: Look in to a bird banger gun. Works good for our geese.

    
    
    
    Don't bother. It does not even faze them.

    
    
    
    Ya, but it works wonders on the grey haired variety!

    
    
    Keith,
    
    You and I both know that variety heads south for the winter. Hopefully to Steve's and Scott's.

    
    
    
    
12. Keith Lamb

    

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    11/23/2011 7:11 PM

    andyjorg said:

    alohakane said:

    schmiddy78 said:

    Kerry38 said: Look in to a bird banger gun. Works good for our geese.

    
    
    
    Don't bother. It does not even faze them.

    
    
    
    Ya, but it works wonders on the grey haired variety!

    
    
    Keith,
    
    You and I both know that variety heads south for the winter. Hopefully to Steve's and Scott's.

    
    
    
    Screw them, they need to migrate to Riverview.