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Re: [usdfregion4] pigeons

 
I too have a 16 foot high arena.  You can buy rifle shells for .22 rifles that are loaded with shot rather than a single projectile.  This shot will not penetrate the building or even the insulation.  What I have is Winchester NO. 12 shot.  It is made for this and similar purposes.  We ended up shooting a bunch of them and then the rest just left and none ever came back.  I don't like doing it but it was the only way we could find to rid ourselves of them .  They will reproduce worse than rabbits if you don't get rid of them.
I read your next e-mail about steel spikes to put on cross beams and that would certainly be a preferable method if it works.  Good luck, please let us know how you handle the problem.
Dave Richie
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Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [usdfregion4] pigeons

thanks dave.  i have heard that also.  the problem is my arena ridge line is 16 feet tall so how would one manage that? 


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I was reading about pigeons and people are suggesting hanging fake owls in the barn...??? Might work. Here is a chat thread of people talking about Pigeons....
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i purchased two fake owls and the pigeons built lovely nest quite close to the fake owls....
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You won't like it but the only way I know of is to kill them. Once you do this it seems as though others will not reinhabit the barn. Dave Richie ... From:...
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I thought I heard that sometimes falconers will come hunt them in the barn to give rehab birds the experience too, but I wouldn't know how to find someone that...
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Nov 3, 2006
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thanks dave. i have heard that also. the problem is my arena ridge line is 16 feet tall so how would one manage that?...
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thanks. i have found a product on line that seems like it should work. they are steel spikes which can be attached to trusses and or cross beams and seem...
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I too have a 16 foot high arena. You can buy rifle shells for .22 rifles that are loaded with shot rather than a single projectile. This shot will not...
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great suggestions we got a little lucky in that my husband found a hawk one morning who had hurt its wing. He was able to catch it by throwing a towel over it...
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thanks again dave - i will let you know...
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thanks for your suggestions. i especially like the fly strip idea as it seems very humane. i have pursued the roosting spike method and will see how that...
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