AboutDan Jincks Expertise I can help with nocturnal mammal wildlife pest problems. Deer, Coyote, Racccoon, Armadillo, Skunk, Opossum, Beaver, Bobcat.
Experience For over four years I have been providing long term solutions to nocturnal wildlife problems. The solutions are unique and effective without causing harm to the wildlife, requiring fencing, or causing any contamination. Safe for organic culture. Also great for protecting pets, poultry and small livestock. Solutions are inexpensive easy and can protect small or large acreage areas.
Originally educated in fine arts - San Francisco Art Institute 1979: Photography,
Airbrush Painting - realist and abstract, abstract sculpture. Had shows, sold a
bit. Best known for landscape night photography. Still go on an occasional art
photography binge (part Weston / Adams, part Martian landscapes), but not
much other pure art at present.
Moved on to Product Design Engineering, which paid the bills on a regular basis.
Got quite good at product design,especially for having no formal education in
that area. The girls in the sales department used to call me "The Mad Scientist".
I'd go back in my lab concentrating on projects for days or weeks and find
answers that the BS and MS "brains" couldn't master. I have a talent for
understanding complex systems through approximations rather than exact
parameters. In English that might mean that I can see and understand a "big
picture" easier and clearer than most. Have my name on a few noteworthy
Patents and adding more.
go to Patent office at
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
in issued & applications search for "Jincks" That would all be me - I'm one of a
kind.
Went independant after 10 years with a growing company.
Been out here in the Missouri Ozarks so long that I'm almost part of the wildlife
myself. Guess that helps me understand critters better than most. Have created
pest wildlife deterrents to protect crops and such from sneaky thieving and
wrecking: deer, raccoon, coyote, skunk, armadillo, fox, opossum, beaver,
bobcat (I actually do respect and enjoy them). They are harmless to animals.
Fenceless, small area to large acreage protection. Works indefinitely long term.
Four years of testing at hundreds of sites throughout USA. Utilize animal's own
instincts to deter trespassing into areas where they would do damage or be
pests. Discovered, designed, manufacture and sell them myself (I am not a very
good salesman - I suspect that I'm far too honest to do the proper con job
expected and demanded in todays market environment. A good engineer must be
completely honest in all areas of thinking! Physical realities cannot be conned or
"sold" into changing.)
Experienced and knowledgable of electronics and product design in plastics and
metals.
Knowledge of medicinal herbs.
Hardcore gardener (not quite a farmer) with veggies, vines, nuts, berries, herbs,
orchards. Have six acres in cultivation for food, ag experiments and deterrent
testing.
Swore off "'icides" of any kind many years ago and have developed localized
varieties and techniques to make them unnecessary. In the Ozark swill of bugs,
humidity, heat and drought - my crops flourish better every year.
Expert: Dan Jincks Date: 7/28/2008 Subject: ripe tomatoes being eaten
Question My husband has about 350 tomato plants, and something has been taking a bite out of some of the ripe tomatoes, generally the low hanging ones. What do you think this pest could be? A rabbit?
Answer Hi Helen,
Rabbits are likely, but it could be birds or turtles... or squirrels or chipmunks. Tomato horn worms can chew out spots as well. Rats and groundhogs usually steal the whole tomato... but maybe not. I'm sure I forgot more possibilities... like possums and skunks. The teeth marks should give a clue and watch for footprints.
