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Pigeons.........

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  • 02-06-2011 11:18pm
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    Happyman42
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    ....F****rs :(


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    Hal Emmerich
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    Why?

    I see a few of them flying about this year, prrrrr or coo oooo*, cool sound they make.




    *however you spell it.


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    Happyman42
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    Was away for a few days, came back garden decimated! About 40 cabbage, broccoli cauliflower plants destroyed by two of them.
    Gun aqquired, two pigeons won't be going home tonight, lessons learn't by 3 of us ;)


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    Dizzyblonde
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    My brussels sprouts plants were disappearing fast and I could figure out why - there were no caterpillars or slugs around them. Then one day I saw a big fat pigeon feasting on them - b****rds!


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    Corsendonk
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    Happyman42 wrote: »
    Was away for a few days, came back garden decimated! About 40 cabbage, broccoli cauliflower plants destroyed by two of them.
    Gun aqquired, two pigeons won't be going home tonight, lessons learn't by 3 of us ;)

    Yeah they love the brassica family. Best trick is the shotgun. You can put up a scarecrow or use something like a cable between poles that will generate a noise with the slightest wind but nothing beats the gun except if you have a bird of prey in the area.

    I had a problem with pigeons in my glasshouse eating my tomatoes awhile back. They were dining so well they wouldn't leave but then a hawk got in. Pigeon feathers were floating around two days afterwards. I believe pigeon is pretty tasty and yours have dined well.:D


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    wait4me
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    Don't know if the neighbours, each side and behind, would appreciate the sound of gunfire :eek::eek: never mind the holes created by the slugs :D


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    tricky D
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    Get a bird of prey decoy. Something like...

    bspurfalconlist.jpg

    almost as good as the real ting which does this...

    sparrowhawk_kill.jpg


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    Sonnenblumen
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    ^^^^Hope he never lands on the roof, big enough to crush it!:D


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    Kumsheen
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    Flying Rats:D


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    GapingHeadwound
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    Happyman42 wrote: »
    Gun aqquired, two pigeons won't be going home tonight, lessons learn't by 3 of us ;)

    If the measure of a species is how it treats lesser ones, we fail.

    Eat what you kill, people. It's a simple moral code.

    If you have a vegetable garden, do know that it's trivial to keep birds out with sticks and netting. People have been doing that for *millenia*.


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    Hal Emmerich
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    I use a plastic bag with a hole in the bottom (so it doesn't get weighed down by water) tied to a stick.

    Simples.


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    Nonmonotonic
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    You shouldn't put a hole in the bag, it takes longer for them to smother! :D


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