redkneck Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Had a huge nest of them I just noticed 50' from my carport in the ground. Would have normally deployed the old "wait till dark and pour the gas to them" tactic, but noticed they'd hit the ground and walk into the hole. Thought about adding a little acephate powder I keep for fire ants. In an hour and a half they are all completely dead. Just passing it along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Good to know! Did you dig the nest/hive up and see how big it actually was underground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Ground is hard as a rock, I'll just guess the population at 1,345 insects and call it a day. Seriously I don't know if it was very large nest, but being basically 5 feet from the edge of my driveway meant it needed to go. They've been really bad last couple of years, esp for hay farmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter109 Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 well we still just poor gas down the holes and light it and then dig it up hard or not then burn the rest of the nest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Cool deal, we always use the gas. I ran over a nest on a fourwheeler once..........the outcome wasn't good. I had frozen peas and raw meat all over me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Cool deal, we always use the gas. I ran over a nest on a fourwheeler once..........the outcome wasn't good. I had frozen peas and raw meat all over me. Yeah, the girls did the same thing last year and got stung quite a few times. I'm sure not knocking the old gas method, but this worked great, and if you're working on them around your hunting area, it's a lot less smelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter109 Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 yea i gess that works but it dose kill all of them you dont even have to dig it up but we do to make sure we get all of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 yea i gess that works but it dose kill all of them you dont even have to dig it up but we do to make sure we get all of them Kills every last one. No digging...... No burning..... No kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter109 Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 thats cool might have to try that next time here man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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