Im not sure, did you look up pest control companies? or just NWCOS?

Wyoming is pretty much a wide open market, the only WCO I ever heard of was in Cody and I don't know if he's still active. If you look at NWCOA's member list nobody is listed for WY not to mean you have to be a member but it's a good indication of lack of operators. I tried servicing the northern cities in WY in my early years but the closest WY city is still over 100 miles away and I have plenty to do here at home. I'll bet WY is like MT and that nobody is willing to pay what it takes to make a profit at pigeon trapping, with daily or twice a day trap checks it gets expensive FAST.

I just looked for wildlife control, frankly though I have more relations now with pest controllers, I would expect most of them belong
to the NPMA and therefore can go to WS if they feel this is an issue and show the MOU they have stating they won't compete.

I see more competition from the pest control industry as they are already in the door doing typical pest work. I had two places in the last
month where I went in and dropped a card and said I can resolve this pigeon issue your having, only to see spike show up about 3 weeks
later on both.

Who installed the spike? The folks on contract for their other pest issues (mice, roaches, etc...)

In my market the competition that is most fierce isn't from NWCO's it is from the name brand pest controllers who dabble in wildlife, they all know how to put up spike and it seems to be (along with avicide) to be their go to for every installation.

I'm sure there are a bunch of pest controllers in that city who do bird work and other, I know we are mixed and mingled now with the pest control industry and many folks obviously offer all services, but I'm still thinking in terms of wildlife control industry.

Justin


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Very true Dave! I have helped with referrals for bats there and the closest operator was in Idaho and was several hundred miles away!

Here is USDA's new directive on Urban Wildlife Control.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/directives/2.345_Urban_Rodent.pdf

usdas official policy on Urban Wildlife has been posted on the federal register.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-08-14/pdf/2013-19831.pdf

Of course it was entered into the federal register !!

We were sold out and unfair competition will just get worse from here on out.

Free Advertising?

http://www.timesdispatch.com/powhatantod...19bb30f31a.html

Look what I found.

Do you know if you can merg threads?

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This is one of those deals that so far, I have no argument with. We have a private company that gets paid less to whack a deer and take its body to a butcher, than we get paid to drag a car kill off of a lawn. All I can say is that as cold as it has been this year, I'm glad there wasn't enough money involved to get our company interested.

Looks like WS averages less than one beaver per mile of "protected stream."

I just can't see how a private company could afford to take on a project of that magnitude. You'd think labor alone would put them in the red.

I guess I've just never had an issue with Wisconsin's WS program.

They don't touch skunks, raccoons, snakes, bats, coyotes, squirrels, moles, feral cats, muskrats or opossums. Also, from what I've read, NWOs do almost all the urban white-tail control in the state as well.

They can have their one measly beaver per mile and its funding.

They do touch those animals and they do control deer in your state.

There is No beaver work In northeast
WI, wildlife services suck it all up on our tax
Money. They don't even give everyday trappers
A chance at them! I have done a total of one
Beaver job In. 4 years of business, and I have
Seen countless streams with WS beaver
Control signs!

No they don't. Not in Wisconsin.

WDNR will give you some crappy Hav-A-Heart live traps and tell you to get a trapping license if you call in coon or wood chuck issues or anything like that.

I also had a friend who lost some lambs to coyotes and WS wasn't able to help him. Said he either needed to start shooting them or hire a trapper.



The last city I lived in (Stevens Point) had a private company doing their urban white-tail work.

I've heard much of the same from others.

Mr. Aaron Geistfeld
Absolute Wildlife Control
3711 Haga Drive
Plover, WI 54467

Dear Mr. Geistfeld:
Additional funds have been made available to the City of Stevens Point for deer culling. You may now cull additional antlerless
deer at your quote of $70.00 per deer culled through January 31, 2014.

Your new total
is as follows: 28 deer culled x $70.00 per deer = $1,960.00.

The City’s objective is to cull as many deer as soon as feasible.

The previous instructions remain in place.

This agreement may be terminated upon 24 hours’ notice by the City for reasons deemed sufficient by the
City.

We wish you success in your culling venture.

Sincerely,

Elbert J. Rackow

Chair

Deer Management Committee
715-341-1393

I just can't see how a private company could afford to take on a project of that magnitude. You'd think labor alone would put them in the red.


You do not have a full understanding of a lot of the WCO companies in this country. Our company controls a lot more land then that in three states and make a very good profit. The devil is in the details and that's for others to figure out, but it can and is done by many other companies. As for WS doing a better job..NOT even close.
Don LaFountain CWCP

I never said that...

I really don't have a stake in this fight, I'm not trying to get under anyone's skin.

The two WS employees I've met in Wisconsin were educated, cordial, and accommodating.

My friend said much of the same (despite being [Please excuse my language... I'm an idiot] off they wouldn't take some coyotes off his property).

I just think there is room for both of you in the state of Wisconsin.