Learn archery. That'll be your least-expensive option.

Hello Marge, we have St Augustine, but what did you learn to get rid of Bermuda please? Likely will work on ours. Thank you.

try some Peppermint oil, critters HATE that stuff. mix about 1 gal of h2o to half tsp of oil. pour it around the areas you see them. it hasn't ruined my grass so far, lol, & it even repels snakes. i know WholeFoods has it for sure, but Sprouts may have it as well. i get mine from amazon "Radha Peppermint Oil.' that's the large size for big areas. after it rains, you will need to reapply. best of luck!

We used ammonia for several days and it still did not work. In fact the critters walked right past the containers. Also tried commercial scent product that did not work. Our lawn people have applied anti-grub product twice. Now our latest attempt is placing plastic chicken wire on top of the targeted lawn areas. This seems to be working but the question is will this deter them permanently. Can't use the chicken wire forever.

Pellet gun will do the job. When one goes down the rest will flee. Word will spread fast in the bird kingdom. "Avoid that house, the owner is nuts!"

That is unusual because raccoons use their noses often to smell out food. Maybe they’ve learned to “edit it out”. You have to pick up chicken wire before lawn mowing - I used moth balls but only in a fenced back yard ad it can be dangerous to dogs if ingested.

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It turns out our problem was not sandhill cranes but RACOONS!! We spotted them one night. They also go after grubs. Our lawn guy put down a double application against grubs. We laid green plastic chicken wire down on the affected area for one week and the critters no longer come. Lots of trial and error but this seemed to work.