 Re: Kill the bird?
[Re: Michael_Wise ]
#201713 - 07/14/2008 12:34 PM |
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Problems?
If it's defending its nest, then it is doing what it should be doing.
Ever felt an electric fly swatter? It's meant to kill insects. It's a pretty weak shock. When the batteries run low, it's more of a tingle. To maybe discourage the bird, instead of killing it.
To kill it, I second the pellet gun.
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Re: Kill the bird?
[Re: Alexandra Neufeld ]
#201715 - 07/14/2008 12:47 PM |
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I'd carry on with the tennis racket for a little while. If you don't get the bird at least maybe your backhand will improve!
If your going to protect your territory, I'd opt for a nice little 20 guage or a .410 shotgun. Make it short and sweet.
Randy
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Re: Kill the bird?
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#201719 - 07/14/2008 01:07 PM |
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Gotta say you must be a heckuva shot if you are going to hit a diving, swooping, jet propelled bird with nothing more than a pellet gun. Be like quail hunting with a .22. Randy is right on with the shotgun.
I like the umbrella idea. It works with geese to suddenly open an umbrella, it's a startle factor. If nothing else, maybe the bird will attack the umbrella instead of your dog.
Good luck! 
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Re: Kill the bird?
[Re: Janice Jarman ]
#201720 - 07/14/2008 01:10 PM |
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Shotgun is a good idea...
Except for the whole discharging a firearm within city limits thing.
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Re: Kill the bird?
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#201723 - 07/14/2008 01:57 PM |
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Hmmmmm,
City limits huh?
Well I don't know about Richard but my backhand needs some serious work!
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Re: Kill the bird?
[Re: randy allen ]
#201724 - 07/14/2008 01:58 PM |
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I'd carry on with the tennis racket for a little while. If you don't get the bird at least maybe your backhand will improve!
And at the very least, you'll provide some comic relief for all those joggers out there at 6:00 in the morning... 
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Re: Kill the bird?
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#201748 - 07/14/2008 06:44 PM |
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Kill the bird? NO!
Walk down another street? Yes!
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Re: Kill the bird?
[Re: Katie O'Connor ]
#201810 - 07/15/2008 01:10 PM |
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Hi Richard! How's that Ruy boy doing? Lear is doing great.
I'd choose another route for a while if you can. I wouldn't try shooting the bird cause you might only wound it and that's a bad way to die. Besides it's probably taking care of chicks, and if wounded or shot, that may leave the chicks on their own, another bad way to die. 
That bird sounds similar to a mockingbird, who has no problems swooping down on cats to chase them away from its nest. Intimidates the heck out of a cat and funny to see a bird chasing a cat
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Re: Kill the bird?
[Re: Michael_Wise ]
#202057 - 07/17/2008 01:38 AM |
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2.) Feed it to Ruy if you have to kill it. Waste not, want not. 
Careful, a lot of wildlife carry fleas, or disease that you wouldn't want your dog to get.
I just capped a rabbit in my garden tonight, but brought it down to the lake for the coyotes to chow on instead. I would have let mine chaw on it, but most them have fleas
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Re: Kill the bird?
[Re: John Stopps ]
#202137 - 07/17/2008 06:20 PM |
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Careful, a lot of wildlife carry fleas, or disease that you wouldn't want your dog to get.
I just capped a rabbit in my garden tonight, but brought it down to the lake for the coyotes to chow on instead. I would have let mine chaw on it, but most them have fleas
Good for folks to remember.
Parasites and diseases *can* be a risk when feeding wild game. These parasites and diseases could also be picked up by a dog eating a flea off itself, bites from an infected tick, drinking from standing water, bites from wildlife.....
Well over 50% of my dogs diet is wild game. Its free, and I feel even closer to replicating the diet of a gray wolf. I'm an "all in" kind of guy. :wink:
If tapeworms ever become a problem, which they haven't so far, a wormer will take care of it. I like to think that by feeding my dog a raw diet that he has a head start against any of the nasties he can get from the world.
Definately a warning that one should heed before feeding wild game. Weigh your risk accordingly.
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