Crows

[Hawkeye]

I unfortunatly live in town and have a couple of crows that seem to have taken up residence in the neighboorhood and ideas for shutting em up at 5 am or deterring them from stayin around here?? and please i ahve already decided that the 3 s's is not an option

 

[sunray]

"...deduring... As in deterring them? Find out what they're feeding on and remove same. Some twit neighbour may be feeding them though. Removing the neighbour would be frowned upon. Don't put up an owl decoy. Crows love harrassing owls. Starlings chase crows. Looks like a flight of Spitfires chasing an He111. A bird house for starlings might help. Too late for this year though.

 

[Hawkeye]

food supply coule be anything from garbage to dog food and removin the dogs some of wich temp me more the the crows falls under the same catagory as neighboors unfortunatly. as for an owl decoy i didn't even think about it the crows around here seem to know the difference i spent hours last summer watching a decoy and using recored crow calls and the local population refused to leave their trees and come to mine. what might the rules be on trapping em in town?

 

[PileBuck]

I think my grandpa killed one and hung it up in his backyard and it kept the crows away, a scare crow if you will....

 

[warrenb]

"...deduring... As in deterring them? Find out what they're feeding on and remove same. Some twit neighbour may be feeding them though. Removing the neighbour would be frowned upon. Don't put up an owl decoy. Crows love harrassing owls. Starlings chase crows. Looks like a flight of Spitfires chasing an He111. A bird house for starlings might help. Too late for this year though.

Iv got 2 pairs of starlings nesting on my property. I have crows nesting in the surrounding bush. The starling don't appear much of a deterrant.

 

[H4831]

Hawkeye, you might just as well get used to the crows. I live on acreage, but sub divisions on two sides, so can't shoot, either. About sixty yards away, across a road, is a large fir tree that has a permanent crow nest high in the branches. Crows have used this nest for generations (crow generations.)
Crows are very smart. I have shot some of them with a pellet gun. Doesn't kill them, but they know who hit them and hate me for it. They never forget, even from one year to the next. I have been half a mile away, when a crow that hates me, spots me and yells her head off. I find it amusing and I enjoy doing something they will hate me for.
Also, crows have quite a variation in their voice. I can distinguish at least three or four individual crows, by their voice.
I've tried trapping them, no chance. I put a connebear type trap, with the trigger baited with meat, on a high pole. It was near one of their favourite trees and they wouldn't even sit in their tree, with the trap forty feet away. But they figured out who set the trap, and two or three more crows got a hate on me for it!
We have a huge walnut tree and every fall the crows gather in flocks to pick up walnuts. They can open a walnut into two perfect halves, and clean it out. The odd crow can't figure out how to open them with their beak, so they drop them on pavement to break them.
As I say, hawkeye, you might just as well get used to them.

 

[Cummins4x4]

I heard a rumor that if you mix baking soda with hamburger they can't burp and succumb to the gas pressure

 

[Hawkeye]

h4831 what about a rat trap they dont have to open it for it to work once again the legality is my question but opions for this idea are very welcome

 

[Hawkeye]

cummins i am likeing that idea i have heard simmilar accounds of lye in bread with seagulls only i've heard that thats kinda like explosive diarea from both ends

 

[nairbg]

A piece of raw beef with a fishing rig and 30# test line. They put up quite a fight so be sure you are clear of power lines.

 

[Hawkeye]

i think i am goin fishing tomorrow

 

[stuckon308]

A piece of raw beef with a fishing rig and 30# test line. They put up quite a fight so be sure you are clear of power lines.

Wear gloves and bring a baseball bat?

 

[canidae]

A piece of raw beef with a fishing rig and 30# test line.

French fries make good bait in town too.

 

[pageophile]

I can deal with the local crow population but the magpies are a real PIA

At my sisters place a crew of crows have taken up residence. Other than some squawking they are playing nice except with her neighbor (a particularly vile & shrill woman).

The crows like to tap on the neighbor's chimney flashing very early in the morning. From what my sister says the crows have a very developed sense of rhythm. I'm sure if it was my house I'd be seeing red by now but she isn't a very nice lady and the story makes me smile.

 

[lone ranger]

nasty crows

I unfortunatly live in town and have a couple of crows that seem to have taken up residence in the neighboorhood and ideas for shutting em up at 5 am or deterring them from stayin around here?? and please i ahve already decided that the 3 s's is not an option

Went to wolesale sports,..bought a buttler creek sling shot, ,,then went to the black powder section and picked up a box of .44 cal balls . They dont fly very far, but man have they got PUNCH. And ,...its fun. Havent hit on directly but it was fun trying to pin them,..unfortunatly they didnt like the game anymore and left.

 

[Levi Garrett]

I don't ####en believe what folks are saying here, you out of your minds with poison , and fish hooks

 

[KDX]

Crow trap instructions from Crow Busters website. Have at them with a golf club or something.

 

[H4831]

I don't f**ken believe what folks are saying here, you out of your minds with poison , and fish hooks

Changed my mind. I had something else.

 

[chris88cl]

I absolutely HATE crows and magpies. A buddy of mine and I had the idea of setting up a car airbag (we have a few we grabbed from the JY for screwing around with) and setting it face up with some bait on top.

All you need to set it off is a bunch of wire and a 9 volt battery. Wait until the little bastard lands to get a meal and blow the airbag. That'll learn'em. Plus blowing up airbags brings out the redneck in me and is a blast (literally).

 

[AKD]

Hawkeye, you might just as well get used to the crows. I live on acreage, but sub divisions on two sides, so can't shoot, either. About sixty yards away, across a road, is a large fir tree that has a permanent crow nest high in the branches. Crows have used this nest for generations (crow generations.)
Crows are very smart. I have shot some of them with a pellet gun. Doesn't kill them, but they know who hit them and hate me for it. They never forget, even from one year to the next. I have been half a mile away, when a crow that hates me, spots me and yells her head off. I find it amusing and I enjoy doing something they will hate me for.
Also, crows have quite a variation in their voice. I can distinguish at least three or four individual crows, by their voice.
I've tried trapping them, no chance. I put a connebear type trap, with the trigger baited with meat, on a high pole. It was near one of their favourite trees and they wouldn't even sit in their tree, with the trap forty feet away. But they figured out who set the trap, and two or three more crows got a hate on me for it!
We have a huge walnut tree and every fall the crows gather in flocks to pick up walnuts. They can open a walnut into two perfect halves, and clean it out. The odd crow can't figure out how to open them with their beak, so they drop them on pavement to break them.
As I say, hawkeye, you might just as well get used to them.

I agree. It is crazy how smart they are. I like crows for that my self. Apparently they live till there like 30 + as well.