CbarJ in MO
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My barn is full of them, How can I get rid of them. I have fake snakes hanging, and fake owls. Neither of them are working. Please help!! I am tired of them crapping everywhere.
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Anonymous-0
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neighborhood kid and a bb gun. Give him 5 cents a pigeon and tell him to go to town.
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We used to take them down with my Daisy BB gun whenever they were still long enough to aim accurately. The regular old BB pellets would hit them hard enough to knock them down, but the regular BB guns didn't have enough power to make a hole in the roof if you missed. I am afraid a more adult type air rifle might hit too hard and put holes where you didn't want them.
The barn cats sure liked it when I would shoot pigeons or sparrows for them! My Dad also encouraged me to get rid of the birds, since they made an awful mess where they roosted.
Later we screened all the places where the birds had been getting in and didn't have much problems with them after that. Only sometimes when a door was left open for a long time.
I still have that BB gun. It doesn't hit as hard as it did when it was new, but it still works. Not bad for over 50 years old.
The barn cats sure liked it when I would shoot pigeons or sparrows for them! My Dad also encouraged me to get rid of the birds, since they made an awful mess where they roosted.
Later we screened all the places where the birds had been getting in and didn't have much problems with them after that. Only sometimes when a door was left open for a long time.
I still have that BB gun. It doesn't hit as hard as it did when it was new, but it still works. Not bad for over 50 years old.
PaGlenn
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I put birdshot cartridges in my 357 handgun. it
worked fine and did not pierce thru the tin roof.
worked fine and did not pierce thru the tin roof.
Gerry....WI
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Sell them.
Any trainer of hunting dogs will pay anywhere from $2.00-$3.50 each.
Contact the bird hunting clubs in your area and they will have guys willing to come and trap them. Pigeon traps are available on the web or at Cabella's. Usually less than $50.00. There are plans for making the traps. If you advertise on Craigs list that you have pigeons in your barn free for the taking, many dog trainers will bring their traps and cages to you. They set up the traps and each day you transfer the trapped birds to a holding cage. After you have a specified number the trainer will carry away the captured birds. It doesn't take long to make an impact on the population.
They're reasonably easy to capture at night off their roosts with a fishing net. Just use a light with a red plastic filter on the lens. If you can get close enough just grab them off the nests.
We have a local fellow that supplements his income by trapping birds from buildings and silos. He's sold as may as 2 thousand to hunt clubs down south at one time.
Any trainer of hunting dogs will pay anywhere from $2.00-$3.50 each.
Contact the bird hunting clubs in your area and they will have guys willing to come and trap them. Pigeon traps are available on the web or at Cabella's. Usually less than $50.00. There are plans for making the traps. If you advertise on Craigs list that you have pigeons in your barn free for the taking, many dog trainers will bring their traps and cages to you. They set up the traps and each day you transfer the trapped birds to a holding cage. After you have a specified number the trainer will carry away the captured birds. It doesn't take long to make an impact on the population.
They're reasonably easy to capture at night off their roosts with a fishing net. Just use a light with a red plastic filter on the lens. If you can get close enough just grab them off the nests.
We have a local fellow that supplements his income by trapping birds from buildings and silos. He's sold as may as 2 thousand to hunt clubs down south at one time.
Bill in IL
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I agree with Glenn, use birdshot. Not in the shot gun but I use it in my .22 and it won't pierce the tin. A heavier load would be better like his .357 cause with a .22 you have to be pretty accurate to kill. Once I killed the ones in my barn they were gone for 2 years before I had to kill the next pair.
Anonymous-0
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Go the trapping route. I'm talking from experience. Trained many dogs over the years using pigeons. Gerry is right. At least this way you put a few bucks in your pocket. I've even seen them up to $5.00 each. Don't get greedy or you might not be able to sell them.
john *.?-!.* cub owner
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you can also get a poison to put out that makes a dew of them go crazy. The rest get so annoyed they leave. May require an animal control license though.
Anonymous-0
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A little modifying on your barn. A hole in the top of the gabel with a shelf inside for a nest will attract pigeon hawks (Kessler Hawk??) If you have a big barn, you could also make it owl friendly without any inconvenience to you and have a pest free home place. Google something like barnyard owl habitat or something. Some of my neighbors keep carrier pigeons and we always had visitors until I got a little falcon family in the barn and an owl nest box up under the overhang.
Dave
Dave
Sean Feeney
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They are nasty and full of disease keep the kids away, and kill them ALL!
Glen D Anderson
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..........an innovative answer from someone with a not so innovative name.............
DH in Carolina
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Hello My brother just got out of the hospital about a month ago. He contracted a fungus at work caused by pigeon droppings in a equipment shed. Do a Goggle search for diease caused by piegons. I had never paid any attention before but now I do. Sean is exactly right that they carry diease. DH
Anonymous-0
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I shot and shot and shot them but more always moved in. The only permenant solution is to close up all the hole they get in through.
Gene Dotson
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I don't have a problem with pigeons, but the sparrows are making a mess on my tractors and airplane. I am planning to try some of the "Tomcat" rat size glue pads nailed on their common roosting spots on the roof trusses. These have been very effective in my shop getting rid of the mice. I would think a couple of pigeons stuck on the glue pads would certainly deter the rest from hanging around... Gene
P.S. Pigeons are great shotgun practice. Get 3 or 4 buddies with shotguns and go inside and throw a rock against the roof and let the guys get their practice when they fly out... GD
P.S. Pigeons are great shotgun practice. Get 3 or 4 buddies with shotguns and go inside and throw a rock against the roof and let the guys get their practice when they fly out... GD
Best money I ever made was an old man up the road had a bunch crap'n on his camper. He told me he'd give me $5 for every one I put on his back porch. He never said they all had to come from his barn.
They have pretty thick feathers. Need at least a phesant load and I had the best luck with 3" turkey loads.
Also, they don't like to fly at night and a .177 pellet gun won't make a hole in a good roof. Take a flash light and tape it to the barrel.
Dave
They have pretty thick feathers. Need at least a phesant load and I had the best luck with 3" turkey loads.
Also, they don't like to fly at night and a .177 pellet gun won't make a hole in a good roof. Take a flash light and tape it to the barrel.
Dave
Anonymous-0
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They taste like chicken....
(actually closer to Quail....)
(actually closer to Quail....)
Anonymous-0
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A bb gun / pellet gun makes it very easy to get them. The most important part of the gun is a add on lazer. Shine a flashlight at night till you spot the bird, then shut the light off and put the lazer red dot on the bird. You don't have to be a good aim as you need not shoulder the bb gun. You can shoot from a ladder, or shoot it off your hip. My sons and I used to do this often for farmers / friends. We always used the pump guns so you could use only as much power as you needed. Often we used a Co.2 cartridge if it was alot of birds. The birds will seldom if ever fly even with the red dot on them.
It seems to work better with two, one on the flashlight to spot the bird.
I would wonder if you purchased a bb gun and lazer for a neighbor kid on the condition it was his after all birds were gone?? Be sure to purchase saftey glasses. We always used saftey glasses and a cutting torch full face mask with a clear lens in it, as eye sight seems rather important in our lives, let alone a small boys. Our rule was any boy without both glasses and a mask on had no turn shooting, rather ended up holding the flashlight all night.
We did notice that the very cold winter nights, the birds were less likley to leave the building, especialy in a snow storm with lots of wind.
They also make a CB round for 22's that have very little powder, but extra expensive.
Never ever look into a lazer.
It seems to work better with two, one on the flashlight to spot the bird.
I would wonder if you purchased a bb gun and lazer for a neighbor kid on the condition it was his after all birds were gone?? Be sure to purchase saftey glasses. We always used saftey glasses and a cutting torch full face mask with a clear lens in it, as eye sight seems rather important in our lives, let alone a small boys. Our rule was any boy without both glasses and a mask on had no turn shooting, rather ended up holding the flashlight all night.
We did notice that the very cold winter nights, the birds were less likley to leave the building, especialy in a snow storm with lots of wind.
They also make a CB round for 22's that have very little powder, but extra expensive.
Never ever look into a lazer.
Dean Barker
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Start up an older diesel tractor in the barn or pipe the exhaust in. Like a 1655 Oliver or 4320 John Deere. Let it run for 30 minutes and the birds will stay out for six months. Then do it again.
Fergienewbee
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I agree with the dog training angle. Are there any animal swap/flea markets in your area? Wolf Lake in Indiana has one every month during the summer. Amish boys use a flashlight and a net to catch them at night. Dog trainers love pigeons. Once acclimated to their loft, they return so they can be used multiple times. And since we don't hunt pigeons, any mistakes won't be carried over to game birds.
Larry in Michigan
Larry in Michigan
buickanddeere
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Think you have problems? We had the "Pigeon King" around here.
Anonymous-0
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Look up recipes for squab (sp)?
Sam from WA
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We"ve always shot the pigeons in the shed to get rid of them. We get scads of starlings and sparrows too, they all get shot. 12 gauge shotgun out in the open with light trap loads works fine for killing most annoying birds. I"ll get a couple buddies to come over and we"ll have an annoying bird shoot.
Anonymous-0
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A neighbor of mine would close the barn when the birds were inside and release some anhydrous ammonia inside. It killed everything in the barn, its very nasty and dangerous. I caught a whiff of an anhydrous leak once - it burns the mucus menbranes and you will stop breathing rather than inhale any of it.
CbarJ in MO
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Thanks for all the answers.looks like I will go hunting..
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