We’ve got a few dozen pigeons around the farm. I don’t want to spend a ton of money or effort, but it’d be nice to catch some for dog training. Any tips/methods? I’ve heard word of mouth you can stun them with a flashlight but can’t find anything about that online so hesitant to go buy a hundred dollar spotlight.
Lowest investment way to trap pigeons?
- Thread starter birdman86
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- Near Coldwater, Ont
From an old Italian friend of my dad's ; fill a one gallon bucket with oats, pour in a cheap bottle of wine, let it soak over night then dump it out where you usually see the pigeons feeding. When they are to drunk to fly, just go pick them up. I have never tried this myself, if you try it and it works, please take a video and post it. Mig 25's suggestion work as well, if you can reach where they are roosting. EDIT; picking them off the roost at night, a basic handheld flashlight is all you need, not a $100 spotlight.
Jim
Jim
1963beretta
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- Vaughan, Ontario
Very simple.....a 12g and some cheap target loads
barry1974w
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- Central B.C.
That’s what I was going to suggest. I can’t remember what they’re called either. Big enough opening they can drop in easily, but small enough they can’t fly out, so a bit smaller than their wingspan.
I’ve only read about this technique though, I have no personal experience.
Videoing drunk pigeons also sounds very entertaining
for sure, my pop is maltese lol, so i duno what it comes to but basically bird trap.. lol
when the chook feed is out the sparrows come in big numbers an starlings, so he dont like that
an i spose you wont need much imagination to know how to put them down per say...
pm me if you need.
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littlehughey
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- Central Alberta
Piece of bread on a hook and reel 'em in!
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- Near Coldwater, Ont
Another method, if you know where they are nesting, is to remove the chicks from the nest shortly after they hatch and then rear them yourself. I have done this before and it may be easier than trying to catch an adult bird .
Jim
Jim
1963beretta
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- Vaughan, Ontario
Pigeons are excellent table fare! I spend a lot of time hunting them. Great fun during the winter months after the waterfowl season ends.
I dont own dogs, so pardon my ignorance.....why do the birds need to be alive to train dogs? I’ve always seen people using dead birds as training aides.
holzmeister
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- Neumarkt Ontario
What I have done in the past is get a fishing dip net and affix a long pole to it. Find a farmer or livestock owner that has a barn and then go out and catch you some pigeons. Myself and 2 mates took 300 from just 1 barn. The owner will thank you! And there never is a shortage.
Yotarunner
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- Eastern Alberta
No idea if this link will work but I would love to see if this trap works on farm pigeons. http://imgur.com/gallery/pDdh7Ab
blasted_saber
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- A blue part of Ontario
Dead birds dont flush
Rearing them yourself is exactly what you DON'T want to do! Let the parents raise them. Steal them from the nest as they are going through the end of their teenage uglies and growing out their adult plumage, but are not yet flying. That makes it no work at all!
Keerist! Really? You think being at the beck and call of a handful of hungry baby birds for a couple weeks is a great idea? They are not like chickens that will feed themselves from the outset, they just sit there and scream until they get stuffed full of barfed up food by the parent. And crap. They crap and crap and crap.
No, you don't want to raise them from hatchlings!
Screaming hungry chicks do make decent bait for the ladder trap. Once the adult goes in, they are even better bait. Set up a decent source of food and water inside the trap and you could conceivably have a self refilling source as well as a cote for them.
