Stop Wildlife Damage, Stop Opening Gates

Stop Wildlife Damage Stop Opening Gates FENCING Gates “It’s as portable as a flashlight so you can easily move it from place to place Best of all it costs only a fraction as much as a conventional cattle guard ” say Sid and Barney Zinter Ione Oregon about their electronic “Elk-Out” or “Gatekeeper” that keeps cattle from going through open gates and keeps elk and deer out of hay stacks yards and gardens The self-contained unit is about the size of a small tackle box with a handle on top It’s equipped with a heat-sensitive “eye” that triggers a siren or strobe It’s designed to hang on a gate post with the “eye” facing toward the other post When an animal approaches the alarm is activated and a loud noise scares it away from the opening “It lets go with the most awful siren sound you’ve ever heard - no animal can ever get used to it ” says Sid “The alarm plays a series of six different noises in sequence from a siren-like sound to a loud beeping The wildlife version also employs a blinding but harmless strobe light The alarm goes off as long as it senses the animal After a few exposures animals will avoid the gate “It takes only about a minute to set up and there’s nothing on it to adjust - just turn it on and forget about it When you want to bring cows through the gate you simply switch it off It works better than permanently-installed cattle guards and sells for $349 to $450 depending on the model plus shipping and handling ” A 12-volt DC charger included or a small solar panel is used to recharge the unit A charge lasts about 2 months Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Agritronics 57701 Gooseberry Road Ione Oregon 97843 ph 541 422-7441; www ElkOut com

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