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F*^&%$# Pigeons

Cody

Cody

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I've got a 22 cal break barrel pellet slinger complete with laser scope you're welcome to borrow. It seems about every 3 years I have to perform some pigeon genocide. That tells me the smell of death only lasts 3 years.

I started to size up the feral squirrels last year, but decided they were too cute, too abundant, and most likely to die on their own from squirrel diabetes due to their 100% fruit diet
 
glockman

glockman

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Pleasant Grove
Hickey said:
I've been trying to get this to happen at our Distribution Center and some of our stores. It's the most natural solution, and also bad ass.
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The FAA contracted people to take care of pigeons on radar sites. I think they were required to use air guns. Falcons would be a much better/awesomer solution.
 
SoopaHick

SoopaHick

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Eagle Mountain, Utah
Too confirm though I think someone already said it... would an old school lever action red Ryder have enough umph?

I was literally about to start this thread last week because they've become such a problem in my neighborhood. But all the houses are tall and hard to get close up roof angles on them. I hadn't thought of just throwing seed out to lure them down to ground level.
 
jeeper

jeeper

I live my life 1 dumpster at a time
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So Jo, Ut
SoopaHick said:
Too confirm though I think someone already said it... would an old school lever action red Ryder have enough umph?

I was literally about to start this thread last week because they've become such a problem in my neighborhood. But all the houses are tall and hard to get close up roof angles on them. I hadn't thought of just throwing seed out to lure them down to ground level.
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My RR from a 30ft? distance is enough to knock down and disable flight/mobility.. but they don't die right a way. a shovel chop to the head is required for a humane kill. If I were planning on a day of removal, I'd want something a little better for a clean shot/kill.
 
Stephen

Stephen

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Never Far From Nowhere
So it sounds like the falcon is the most "humane" and natural way to eliminate the problem. I'd imagine that the pigeons also would be scared off for some time. Like, they'd talk down at the watering hole.

Pigeon 1: "You hear about Tim?"
Pigeon 2: "Oh yeah... man I heard that a falcon came in and... well you know. POOF. "
Pigeon 1: "Damn... Tim... He was a good bird. Great scrounger. You know where the falcon was?
Pigeon 3: "Over by the Nielson's place. Just came outta nowhere. Got Bernice too."
Pigeon 1: "Bernice! Oh shit... I was gonna do some cooing on her the next time I saw her."
Pigeon 2: "I'm staying the hell away from that place, man!"
Pigeon 1: "Oh yeah, not going within a mile."
Pigeon 3: "Not worth the risk, for sure. Plenty of trash up at the McKendrick place for all of us."
 
jeeper

jeeper

I live my life 1 dumpster at a time
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So Jo, Ut
Stephen said:
So it sounds like the falcon is the most "humane" and natural way to eliminate the problem. I'd imagine that the pigeons also would be scared off for some time. Like, they'd talk down at the watering hole.

Pigeon 1: "You hear about Tim?"
Pigeon 2: "Oh yeah... man I heard that a falcon came in and... well you know. POOF. "
Pigeon 1: "Damn... Tim... He was a good bird. Great scrounger. You know where the falcon was?
Pigeon 3: "Over by the Nielson's place. Just came outta nowhere. Got Bernice too."
Pigeon 1: "Bernice! Oh shit... I was gonna do some cooing on her the next time I saw her."
Pigeon 2: "I'm staying the hell away from that place, man!"
Pigeon 1: "Oh yeah, not going within a mile."
Pigeon 3: "Not worth the risk, for sure. Plenty of trash up at the McKendrick place for all of us."
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I'm so glad you took the time to write that :rofl:
 
SoopaHick

SoopaHick

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Eagle Mountain, Utah
ID Bronco said:
I won't read the entire thread (maybe you addressed this) but poison the SOB's and be done with it.
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I'm not a big fan of poison because of the possibility of it affecting other wildlife. Depending on the poison I know it can stay in their body to affect whatever scavenger (or neighbors dog/cat) that gets ahold of the dead body. When I worked pest control I remember we had to be real careful of this because of owls and hawks killing rats that were in the process of dying from poison, and then said hawk then also dies of the poison.
 
ID Bronco

ID Bronco

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Idaho Falls, ID
SoopaHick said:
I'm not a big fan of poison because of the possibility of it affecting other wildlife. Depending on the poison I know it can stay in their body to affect whatever scavenger (or neighbors dog/cat) that gets ahold of the dead body. When I worked pest control I remember we had to be real careful of this because of owls and hawks killing rats that were in the process of dying from poison, and then said hawk then also dies of the poison.
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I get it, I've worried about that too on my own property, then I poisoned the mice and voles, kept my dog away for a while and life was good. We still have hawks hovering the chicken coop, so I guess it was alright.
 
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