killing pigeons
cm
I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as automotive
anti freeze.
Thanks,
cm
Red Green
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They are stupid and you can get them to commit suicide very easily. Get
some pigeon food. Go out on the ledge where they roost. Show it to them.
Step off the ledge and they will follow you.
z
hungry kitty.
Roemax
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benick
"z" <gzuc...@snail-mail.net> wrote in message
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hungry kitty.
20 gauge Shot gun....
Rudy
>> I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's
>> illegal.
http://www.airgundepot.com/crosman-quest-1000x.html
Nice and quiet
ransley
Best is while they are asleep and cant fly in the dark, soak house
with gasolene and light it up.
Van Chocstraw
HeyBub
It's futile. As some great warrior once said: "The penis is mightier than
the sword," by which he meant that your enemy can breed faster than you can
kill them.
That said, there is a certain satisfaction by stacking up the bodies. To be
effective, you must consider their milieu. For example, one NY taxi driver
worked out a system whereby he would slow down as he approached a pigeon,
then stomp on the accelerator. The pigeon thought the taxi was going to give
him the right-of-way and was lulled into a sense of complacency. As a
result, the taxi got too close for the pigeon to respond to the taxi's
surge. The cab driver giggled like a little girl, removed the pigeon from
the grillwork, and added another silhouette to the front fender.
Obviously the taxi-driver's technique won't work on 34th-story window ledge.
There are several techniques here:
http://www.getridofthings.com/get-rid-of-pigeons.htm
But the list is not exhaustive. It does not include, for example, pet hawks
or even paper-mache owls.
My favorite is a bolt-action .22 rifle with sub-sonic bullets; it's nearly
silent.
ransley
When I was young we were shooing pigeons in my friends barn, after a
big rain his dad nearly shot us, it had a metal roof.
Jon Danniken
Stacey Chuffo
Oren
Oren
wrote:
>rice
>
Debunked.
See:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp
Birds eat rice all the time - at least in rice fields.
Phisherman
What is the need to kill them? Do you have a good recipe?
cm
cm
cm
"Stepfann King" <steffa...@hated.byOT.troll.posters.net> wrote in message
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> Test ways to kill on yourself. Then you won't have to worry about the
> birds anymore.
Tom G
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When I was a kid, my father used to shoot pigeons and was just as likely to
add them to the menu as he was the pheasants, rabbits, etc. My wife
wouldn't have anything to do with cooking them as she grew up on a farm and
thought of them as vermin. One day I was out by the landlords barn and shot
a pigeon. I got the bright idea of cleaning it and taking it in and telling
her that I had just managed to shoot a quail. Well, OK, she'd cook that
for me but wasn't going to eat it, herself. I tell you that was the
nastiest tasting, toughest old bird I'd ever ate. It was some years before
I told her of the joke I played on her...errr, myself.
Tom G.
Michael Dobony
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:32:00 -0400, "Roemax" <roe...@vernal.net>
> wrote:
>
>>rice
>>
>
> Debunked.
>
> See:
>
> http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp
>
> Birds eat rice all the time - at least in rice fields.
>
Rice in rice fields are not dried. Look at the source. In one study 3 out
of 5 people prefer Pepsi. In another, 3 out of 5 people prefer Coke. In
another, 3 out of 5 prefer Dr Pepper. The first was funded by Pepsi. The
second, Coke. The third, Dr Pepper. Carefully study the source of the
"expert" or study. The information presented is of dubious reliability.
Red Green
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His underwear must be a frikkin' mess huh?
JIMMIE
Build a bird house with one way doors. My cousin did this when he got
tired of them pooping on his car. Each hole in the house had a tube of
chicken wire behind it . The pigeons could fly in but they couldnt get
out. He set it on top of the 4 story building he worked in and it only
took a couple of months to get rid of all the pigeons. The city had
tried to get rid of them because they were becoming a health hazard
and ruining the buildings using poisons, fake owls. I think he made
the thing out of paper mache sprayed with enamel paint to water proof
it.
Jimmie
Red Green
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Yes but 5 out of 5 in all surveys fart in grocery stores.
The Daring Dufas
A friend of mine put up a "scare owl" on top of his building.
When he climbed up to look, he found a pigeon screwing the
scare owl.
TDD
SteveB
I know you are a smart reasonable man. It's just that I am smarter and more
reasonable (and experienced with pigeons).
So, here's my take on being a contractor where I was called on for pigeon
control.
First major point is that killing them is not the answer. If you could
miraculously eliminate EVERY SINGLE pigeon there now, more would move back
in by sunset tomorrow.
Three things are necessary.
ONE Remove all nests and nestlings from wherever they are now. Parents
will always come back to babies, and new couples will be attracted to the
scent of nests.
TWO Clean as much as you can the nesting area, using bleach, 409, Soylent
Green, Whatever you can use that will clean somewhat, but not leave big
streaks that are more unsightly then the nests.
THREE Block off the nesting areas. Netting, hardware cloth, sheet metal,
whatever. They really do not want a perch, which only makes them pests for
the day. They want nesting sites that make them pests for weeks. They're
apartment shopping.
I have gotten rid of major infestations of pigeons. If you study pigeon
behavior, it is the nesting part of it that is the lynchpin. Eliminate
that, and you may have some stopping by for a while (and that will diminish
with time), but the nest is the KEY element. Block off the access to the
nests, and the pigeons will go elsewhere. It can be a PITA and a couple of
weeks work, but two years down the line, and you look up there, and there's
no pigeons, you will know you did the right thing. THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR
A PERCH, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN APARTMENT.
MHO from years of dealing with pigeons. YMMV, let me know how it works.
Steve
SteveB
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hungry kitty.
Yeah. You just try to get that fat cat of mine out on a rafter end. This
imitation of a spit bubble will hardly jump from the floor to the couch.
She just sits and meows until you lift her. If she ever got up on a rafter
end, there'd be one dead FAT cat laying on the ground the next day, and I
hope none of the grandkids were underneath.
Steve
SteveB
"Roemax" <roe...@vernal.net> wrote in message news:h4dugs$vsp$1...@aioe.org...
Rice? The stuff commonly available to birds in any state where rice is
readily available? That rice? It is a common food that has no effect on
birds. If so, the EPA in its infinite wisdom would have shut down all rice
farming in the world.
Rice? What have you been smoking? Do yo have any left?
Steve
SteveB
"Rudy" <NoS...@no-onehome.net> wrote in message
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Shoot thousands of rounds, and you haven't eliminated the key ingredient
............
nest sites.
Think about it.
You can think, right? Gunfire solves only SOME problems.
Steve NRA CCF
SteveB
"Stacey Chuffo" <phsd-e...@promisesandiego.com> wrote in message
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Yeah. Have lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of dead pigeons laying
around. And then someone calls the law. Then the law calls the feds. You
want to get hooked up with EPA and State Wildlife?
I didn't think so.
Steve
SteveB
Killing them isn't the answer. It's just like evicting the current
population and then putting up the sign,
HOUSING AVAILABLE
SteveB
SteveB
"The Daring Dufas" <the-dari...@stinky.net> wrote in message
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Most worthless thing there is. Unless you're selling them, that is.
Steve
Kurt Ullman
"SteveB" <old...@deepends.com> wrote:
> Rice? The stuff commonly available to birds in any state where rice is
> readily available? That rice? It is a common food that has no effect on
> birds. If so, the EPA in its infinite wisdom would have shut down all rice
> farming in the world.
>
> Rice? What have you been smoking? Do yo have any left?
>
I think this is an outgrowth of the urban legend or whatever that
lead to weddings using soap bubbles instead of rice throwing because it
allegedly expanded in the birds causing them to explode. I know that
after our wedding we had a bunch of problems with starlings blowing up..
but that was probably more related to my sociopathic best man and his
affinity for M-80s (grin). The Snopes stuff on this is at
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp
--
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought
of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
Jimmy Buffett
HeyBub
>
> Shoot thousands of rounds, and you haven't eliminated the key
> ingredient ............
>
> nest sites.
>
> Think about it.
>
> You can think, right? Gunfire solves only SOME problems.
>
> Steve NRA CCF
I think gunfire - or the threat of gunfire - actually solves most problems.
Stormin Mormon
stomach. However, most people don't have the patience to
raise a pot of water to rolling boil, and spend 9 to 11
minutes boiling the bird.
--
Christopher A. Young
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Stormin Mormon
feeded. He did trap and release. He describes it as trying
ot make a hole in the ocean by bailing from one side of the
boat to another.
Your description is excellent, also.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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Nicole Bischoff
Just tell the EPA and wildlife that Stacey Chuffo spread her legs and
all the pigeons dropped dead.
Oren
<sur...@stopassaultnow.net> wrote:
>On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:03:54 -0700, Oren wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:32:00 -0400, "Roemax" <roe...@vernal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>rice
>>>
>>
>> Debunked.
>>
>> See:
>>
>> http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp
>>
>> Birds eat rice all the time - at least in rice fields.
>>
>
>Rice in rice fields are not dried. Look at the source. In one study 3 out
>of 5 people prefer Pepsi. In another, 3 out of 5 people prefer Coke. In
>another, 3 out of 5 prefer Dr Pepper. The first was funded by Pepsi. The
>second, Coke. The third, Dr Pepper. Carefully study the source of the
>"expert" or study. The information presented is of dubious reliability.
>
Never found a study on exploding birds, but Cornell University (lab of
ornithology) states:
"If birds eat uncooked rice, can it swell up in their throats and
stomachs and kill them?"
"Lots of birds eat uncooked rice in the wild. Bobolinks, sometimes
called rice birds, are a good example. While rice is okay for birds,
many wedding parties now throw bird seed instead."
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/FAQsBirdFeeding.htm
Even bird watchers debunk these myths.
"You should not throw rice at the bride and groom at weddings because
birds eat it and it swells up in their stomach and kills them.
Sometimes the myth goes that it causes them to explode."
"Not true. If it were, there would be exploding bird stories all over
the national press every June. Think about it. Lots of birds feast in
rice fields every year, irritating rice farmers to distraction. If
eating rice caused birds to explode, most rice fields would look like
a popcorn machine in the harvest season, with little puffs and
explosions providing constant entertainment. Quite a vision, and one
that the press would never miss."
"And there is no difference between rice in fields and rice in bags
from the supermarket. Birds have no trouble digesting rice, or any
other "expanding" vegetable. I am all in favor of throwing birdseed at
weddings, which is what proponents of this myth urge as a solution. I
like the symbolism of throwing birdseed. But rice is fine, too."
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyard_birds/myths/myths.aspx
Essentially, those comments support Snopes, ime.
Oren
wrote:
Not true in all surveys. Girls don't fart, they "fluff".
jeff_wisnia
> I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's illegal.
>
> I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as automotive
> anti freeze.
>
> Thanks,
>
> cm
>
>
six years ago we learned that they were aiming at keeping the pigeon
population under control with feeding stations containing food which
didn't kill the pigeons, but made them sterile so they couldn't breed
new generations.
I have no idea if it worked or not.
Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.
Oren
<cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I do believe it's possible for rice to expand in the bird's
>stomach. However, most people don't have the patience to
>raise a pot of water to rolling boil, and spend 9 to 11
>minutes boiling the bird.
>
This is true. Prison officer heard a noise in the cell block clothes
drier. He went to investigate and found that a Cuban prisoners was
tumbling a pigeon in the dryer (cooking). I can imagine it sounded
like tennis shoes tumbling around.
The Frenchastans and Quackastanes like pigeon.
Red Green
4ax.com:
And that's not always true. My ex ripped one once in an Ames (K-Mart type
store) and it rattled the bottles on the shelf. Of course, I immediately
disowned her and bolted elsewhere.
This should have been a sign that things would not go well in the future
:-(
SteveB
"Nicole Bischoff" <pa...@paigedwinter.com> wrote in message
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Probably be a breath of fresh air compared to that pie hole of yours.
SteveB
"jeff_wisnia" <jwisnia...@conversent.net> wrote in message
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> cm wrote:
>> I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's
>> illegal.
>>
>> I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as automotive
>> anti freeze.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> cm
> This may not be germane, but when SWMBO and I were in Quebec City about
> six years ago we learned that they were aiming at keeping the pigeon
> population under control with feeding stations containing food which
> didn't kill the pigeons, but made them sterile so they couldn't breed new
> generations.
>
> I have no idea if it worked or not.
>
> Jeff
It DOES work, but all the pigeons do not ingest the bait. And then new
pigeons are arriving sans green cards every day. So, it does reduce the
number of pigeons, but doesn't do much about their nasty living habits.
Steve
Nicole Bischoff
> Deborah Berryman's cunt.
>
Ain't that the truth.
HeyBub
> I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's
> illegal.
> I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as
> automotive anti freeze.
>
> Thanks,
>
"[GINZA, Japan] At last count, the city has exterminated 105,392 crows, with
an estimated 21,200 still at large. Most were caught in traps baited with
mayonnaise or lard."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/25/AR2009072502170.html?hpid=artslot
larrylaundry
cm wrote:
> I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's illegal.
>
> I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as automotive
> anti freeze.
>
> Thanks,
>
Invite them over to watch Steel Magnolias.
cm
cm
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skpodd
>
> I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's illegal.
> I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as automotive
> anti freeze.
> Thanks,
> cm
below about that. Don't use poison (or anti-freeze) because of the risk to
the environment and other wildlife. If your problem pigeons are in a flock
of about 20 birds, get them to feed in an area of easy access. Then, throw
a net over them. Best way to do that is to 'eject' the net or leverage the
throw because the birds will fly off if you get too close or throw the net
too slowly. There is a device that flings a net over a small area but I
have not seen one around my area. By netting you will definitely get a
few. Next, club them with a stick or 2x4. Collect the bodies in garbage
bag and throw in a dumpster. Or, if the target area is less than 50 yards
from the nearest home then shoot them with a BB gun. My experience is that
if the birds don't hear the 'pop' of the gun, 3 or 4 will lay dead or even
flop a little before the rest get a clue and fly off. The problem with
raptors is that the trainers/falconers are not plentiful or don't live in
your area and are expensive and require multiple visits, and the raptors
don't kill all the pigeons, far from it. Having a owl figurine or two on
your fence post doesn't work. Pigeons get wise to it after a fashion.
Crows ignore it. But, many people use these. It seem pigeons can be both
stupid and dumb - some methods to get rid of them work well and others not
so well or not at all. Try different methods, use your imagination. I once
saw a man reach down and grab a pigeon feeding at his feet. He then stood
up with a windup throw and slammed the pigeon to the ground instantly
killing it. The other pigeons stayed away for days or weeks.
--
RobertMacy
<caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:
>> ...snip...
> once
If a few nuisance, on around your house, destroy the perching places. Use
"hot feet" and paint the areas they stand on/perch on. Burns their feet,
they leave. If can't do that, and the birds are on/around your house, THIS
IS ILLEGAL, get a six foot long STRAIGHT piece of metal conduit and smooth
the inside of each end. Take 8 up to 16 penny nails and wrap a paper cone
around the head, tape with scotch tape. then cut the cones to just fit
inside conduit tube. I found it easier to make the cones, then push the
nail into them. Depending on your ability, you'll quickly learn to use the
blow gun. Killing power is awesome. Will penetrate a metal garbage can.
If you miss a shot, no big deal, retrieve the nail stuck in your house,
better than a bullet hole. And makes much less noise early in the morning.
Oren
<caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:
>Or, if the target area is less than 50 yards
>from the nearest home then shoot them with a BB gun.
- remove any nest and eggs from hiding places along the roof line.
Pegeons are like geese - wanting to nest the same place regularly so
destroy the nesting areas.
- pack/place black landscape fabric cloth in hiding places ('pigeon
holes'), prevents entry and shelter from the elements.
Doug Miller
> If can't do that, and the birds are on/around your house, THIS
> IS ILLEGAL, get a six foot long STRAIGHT piece of metal conduit and smooth
> the inside of each end. Take 8 up to 16 penny nails and wrap a paper cone
> around the head, tape with scotch tape. then cut the cones to just fit
> inside conduit tube. I found it easier to make the cones, then push the
> nail into them. Depending on your ability, you'll quickly learn to use the
> blow gun. Killing power is awesome. Will penetrate a metal garbage can.
perfect fit inside 1" PVC electrical conduit. With a 10d nail pushed through the center of a seal,
even a three-foot length of conduit makes an awesome blow gun -- and you'd be surprised
how quickly you can become quite proficient at hitting a target with it.
Thomas
> Depending on your ability, you'll quickly learn to use the blow gun. Killing power is awesome. Will penetrate a metal garbage can. If you miss a shot, no big deal, retrieve the nail stuck in your house, better than a bullet hole. And makes much less noise early in the morning.
Stormin Mormon
for motive force?
--
.
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
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.
dummym...@gmail.com
> I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's illegal.
>
> I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as automotive
> anti freeze.
>
> Thanks,
>
> cm
Doctor WTF
Talk to an exterminator, mine gave me two bags of cracked corn, 4 days
of the ordinary corn left on the balcony, then the second bag that was
treated with an LSD equivalent (his words). Bird now used to eating the
corned get stoned out of their minds, fly off and can't find their way
home. Never had pigeons again.
--
Dr. WTF
Pavel314
> "z" <gzuc...@snail-mail.net> wrote in message
> news:d8496446-617a-4a80...@i6g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
> > I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's illegal.
> >
> > I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as automotive
> > anti freeze.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > cm
>
>
> 20 gauge Shot gun....
Unless you live in a fairly secluded place, the shot gun might attract too much attention from the neighbors or police. A BB gun takes a little more skill but is quieter.
Jerr...@spamblocked.com
>So fuck all you disease loving nasty assholes.
Kurt Ullman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY
--
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital."
-- Aaron Levenstein
arijei...@gmail.com
Kurt V. Ullman
> Omg...you're so funny!!'
>
But it is not against religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.
flat...@gmail.com
flat...@gmail.com
>
> >I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's illegal.
> >
> >I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as automotive
> >anti freeze.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >cm
> >
>
>
The only source of the pigeons I'm concerned with is one miserable neighbor, who has 40 birds as pets. Lets the go shit on the neighbor once every day or two. I more so wanna punish him...
cl...@snyder.on.ca
Oren
>
>The only source of the pigeons I'm concerned with is one miserable neighbor, who has 40 birds as pets. Lets the go shit on the neighbor once every day or two. I more so wanna punish him...
A guy not far away has homing pigeons. that he keeps caged and lets
out on occasion. One pigeon is the leader so others follow. Pigeons
delivered top secrets during wars.
Worry about wild pigeons that take cover, nest, and live under the
eaves of your home.
glife...@gmail.com
>
> > I need to kill some pigeons. Any ideas. I could care less if it's
> > illegal.
> >
> > I have tried ant poison, and decon rat/mouse killer as well as
> > automotive anti freeze.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > cm
> >
> >
> >
>
> some pigeon food. Go out on the ledge where they roost. Show it to them.
> Step off the ledge and they will follow you.
OK I get the idea and it sounds too good to be true. I bet that if I did that they would just sit there and laugh at me whilst I stepped off the ledge.... What should I do if it doesn't work? Is there a Plan B that can be managed from my hospital bed?
Home Guy
usenet post.
glife...@gmail.com would be the fool in this case.
You live in Queensland, yes?
Ormeau?