How to reduce an over population of frogs on a farm pond?
Ok, you’re probably not going to believe me at first, but I’m 100% honest about this. Go frog gigging. Let me explain… You can buy gigs at just about any outdoor sports store. It looks just like a miniature pitch fork with barbs on each tine. Attach the gig to a broom pole. You go out at night (preferably with no moon) with a powerful flashlight (like a maglite), a friend, and your gig. Use the flashlight to scan around the bank of the pond up to 6″ off the bank. Frogs’ eyes reflect a red or green color in the light so you can spot them fairly easy. Give your friend the flashlight and sneak up on the frog while holding the light steady on their eyes – it temporarliy blinds them so they can’t see you getting closer, but you have to be quiet. When you’re within striking distance, slowly move the gig towards the frog until it’s a few inches away and then thrust down as hard and as fast as you can to shove them to the bottom and run the gig through them. Pull up, kill the frog if it isn’
