CROWS

Sam McGoo said:
Yep.....That'll be me.....


Just your wing mirrors ? Think yourself lucky :0036:

https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/stone-the-crows-bird-like-nightmare.33636/

They haunted us for months, and once I started garaging my car every night, they moved on to my wife's car. between 5-6am every morning the squawking started followed by the tap tap of whatever they could find a reflection in. They also ruined my neighbours glass and Oak patio doors and would go at it until they were bleeding.
We tried everything to put them off, with no joy but it eventually stopped late summer, I assume when nesting had finished......

......until the following spring. When it started again. Then I got myself a decent air rifle. They are VERY intelligent and if you are anywhere visible to them, they will just tease you and fly off as soon as you take aim. This went on for weeks, until I found somewhere suitable to hide and used my wife's car as bait.

Obviously, due to being illegal, I didn't shoot them. But when one happened to find itself dead on the drive and the the other one saw it, all **** broke loose and I reckon every Corvid in a square mile took to the sky and screamed for about 30mins until I put the dead bird in the wheelie bin and eventually they calmed down.

I am not joking when I say, from that day until about a week ago we haven't had a single crow land on our property for over two years. They've been in the surrounding fields, and have occasionally got as close as our fence, but they do not enter. And when I go out for a walk, if I turn to face one, it immediately takes off! My wife says, they take no notice of her at all, but they seem to know I'm a threat lol. Its mental.

Anyway, good luck!
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The best corvid deterrent is a dead one. It's why you'll often find farmers have hung a corvid corpse in a tree. Obviously, one that died of natural causes, such as flying into some lead that happened to be travelling rapidly towards them.

Find a dead one, hang it up somewhere nearby.

They make charming Christmas Tree decorations.
 
Sam McGoo said:
Yep.....That'll be me.....


Just your wing mirrors ? Think yourself lucky :0036:

https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/stone-the-crows-bird-like-nightmare.33636/

They haunted us for months, and once I started garaging my car every night, they moved on to my wife's car. between 5-6am every morning the squawking started followed by the tap tap of whatever they could find a reflection in. They also ruined my neighbours glass and Oak patio doors and would go at it until they were bleeding.
We tried everything to put them off, with no joy but it eventually stopped late summer, I assume when nesting had finished......

......until the following spring. When it started again. Then I got myself a decent air rifle. They are VERY intelligent and if you are anywhere visible to them, they will just tease you and fly off as soon as you take aim. This went on for weeks, until I found somewhere suitable to hide and used my wife's car as bait.

Obviously, due to being illegal, I didn't shoot them. But when one happened to find itself dead on the drive and the the other one saw it, all **** broke loose and I reckon every Corvid in a square mile took to the sky and screamed for about 30mins until I put the dead bird in the wheelie bin and eventually they calmed down.

I am not joking when I say, from that day until about a week ago we haven't had a single crow land on our property for over two years. They've been in the surrounding fields, and have occasionally got as close as our fence, but they do not enter. And when I go out for a walk, if I turn to face one, it immediately takes off! My wife says, they take no notice of her at all, but they seem to know I'm a threat lol. Its mental.

Anyway, good luck!
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Great. Can I borrow your air rifle to 'scare' some pidgeons?
 
from my experience you need a head shot to kill a crow if using air rifle at distance, feathers are dam thick and wont be a clean kill and then it's mates just go ape hovering overhead as it's flapping about on the ground :rolleyes:
 
What about some kind of scarecrow like a model of a predator bird installed on top of your fence/garage to scare them off?

Edit: or what about this? DRYEN 2 Pack Realistic Hanging Dead Crows Decoy, 32cm Fake Crow Lifesize Extra Large Handmade Black Feathered Crow, Crow Deterrent, Get Rid Of Crows, 2pcs (32cm) https://amzn.eu/d/0158u63h

Might save you from getting your hands dirty after spending a few hundred quid on an air rifle.
 
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Phil H said:
Since when they've been closing high street branches at a record rate. You have a lot to answer for m'lad!
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Yeah, and bloody inflation means that my patio foundations are worth a lot less now than when I first buried them.
 
FIFTY said:
What about some kind of scarecrow like a model of a predator bird installed on top of your fence/garage to scare them off?

Edit: or what about this? DRYEN 2 Pack Realistic Hanging Dead Crows Decoy, 32cm Fake Crow Lifesize Extra Large Handmade Black Feathered Crow, Crow Deterrent, Get Rid Of Crows, 2pcs (32cm) https://amzn.eu/d/0158u63h

Might save you from getting your hands dirty after spending a few hundred quid on an air rifle.
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Crows will see off raptors. They're smart, strong and relentless. I've watched crows outfly even kites without being overly fazed.

The dead crow decoy idea I like a lot.
 
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