[Velvet]

Originally Posted by NancyEH

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.

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.

[NancyEH]

Originally Posted by Miboater

You probably have a lot of grubs in your lawn and that's what they are feeding on. Putting down a preventative like GrubX would help in the future but now all you can do is scare the cranes off.

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.