12 Lb Sledge
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 Wilton 12 lb BASH Soft Face Sledge Hammer 36 in 41236 NEW  US $114.99
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 Vaughn Double Face Sledge Hammers US $82.99
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 Wilton 12 lb BASH Sledge Hammer with 24 in Unbreakable Handle 21224 NEW US $104.99
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 12 lb Double Faced Sledge Hammer by Truper 373664 US $34.99
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 Ames True Temper 12 lb Double Faced Sledge Hammer NEW US $43.99
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How do I kill these grasshoppers?
I've found only 3 ways to kill these suckers, a 12 Ga with #7 shot, a 9 lb sledge hammer & a base ball bat. I'm not at all worried about the environmental impact... one of us has to go & they are eating everything from pecan trees to grass for the cattle. (Mormon Crickets & the big brown & yellow suckers).
It only hurts when I laugh, but these rascals are eating all the nice green grass & want to feed my cattle on & they number in the 100s of thousands, if not millions.
I have a meeting with some people from Texas A&M Agg Dept. this afternoon, will post the results after they make reccommendations.
I have noticed the wild turkeys here are pigging out big time & so are cattle egrets... reckon they risk health problems from over eating?
In the 1990s there was a natural grasshopper virus marketed in a granular, easy to spread form called NoLo Bait. It was a virus impregnated on ground up corn cob grits which served as a bait. Once the hoppers ate the NoLo Bait, they died of the virus. Since hoppers tend to be cannibalistic, the survivors would eat the dead, diseased hoppers and thus the viral death would spread. The active ingredient is Nosema locustae. I do not know if NoLo bait or any other natural insecticides using Nosema locustae are still marketed (check the web?) but I do know this. The stuff worked in a serious hopper situation on a farm in Southwest Kansas. See if you can get some and try it out. As far as I know, it only affects grasshoppers. Which is a plus, because if birds or other predators such as housecats or whatever eat the dead hoppers, they are in no danger. Let me know if you can still get it and if it works. Two additional items -- this viral disease, like other natural insecticides is not real fast acting and it is better to use it for the younger nymphs rather than waiting to try it on fully mature hoppers.