Our peas are making nice progress but tonight my wife notices that the crows have been pulling them out and eating the seeds. The row is 3'x100'. How would you deal with it?
BeGreen said:Have you already tried a scarecrow?
SolarAndWood said:BeGreen said:Have you already tried a scarecrow?
Pretty intimidating don't you think?
BeGreen said:SolarAndWood said:BeGreen said:Have you already tried a scarecrow?
Pretty intimidating don't you think?
I was thinking something with a bit more huevos.
Backwoods Savage said:You might have to do what we do with fruit. We put netting over the fruit to keep the birds away. On the raspberries and strawberries we can't just throw a net over them like you do with trees so I drove some 8' t-posts and we drape the netting over that and also have it come right down to the ground else the robins especially will just walk under and gorge themselves. After the fruit has been picked we then take the netting down and put it away for another year. The netting is really cheap and is well worth saving the crop.
Highbeam said:crows which are an actual small game species with a real season in WA.
Backwoods Savage said:You might have to do what we do with fruit. We put netting over the fruit to keep the birds away. On the raspberries and strawberries we can't just throw a net over them like you do with trees so I drove some 8' t-posts and we drape the netting over that and also have it come right down to the ground else the robins especially will just walk under and gorge themselves. After the fruit has been picked we then take the netting down and put it away for another year. The netting is really cheap and is well worth saving the crop.
Highbeam said:I have a nice old beeman 20 caliner pellet gun for them, or the 22, or the 12 gauge but usually the quieter and relatively safe air gun.
SolarAndWood said:Backwoods Savage said:You might have to do what we do with fruit. We put netting over the fruit to keep the birds away. On the raspberries and strawberries we can't just throw a net over them like you do with trees so I drove some 8' t-posts and we drape the netting over that and also have it come right down to the ground else the robins especially will just walk under and gorge themselves. After the fruit has been picked we then take the netting down and put it away for another year. The netting is really cheap and is well worth saving the crop.
Thanks Dennis. I was considering doing exactly this as we have the same issue with the fruits. Do you use that lightweight polypro stuff from TSC? The stuff they jokingly call deer net?
SolarAndWood said:Highbeam said:I have a nice old beeman 20 caliner pellet gun for them, or the 22, or the 12 gauge but usually the quieter and relatively safe air gun.
How close can you realistically fire a relatively safe air gun to someone else's property/house without pissing them off?
Highbeam said:This is when good neighbors are a great thing to have. An air rifle is not that loud. It is possible that they won't be able to recognize the sound as a "gunshot" at all. Most of my varmint shots are into the backyard from inside the hosue through a small opening in a sliding glass door.
I've also been known to blast a 12 gauge round into a moving mole hill. Sometimes, on special occasions, I've even been known to shoot a bottle rocket into the air.
For some reason, WA state has classified crows as small game with a bag limit and season. I don't eat them. There is also a season for bullfrogs, coyotes, and racoons but I don't know of anyone that eats those either. Apparently hunting does not necessarily mean eating.
firefighterjake said:Highbeam said:This is when good neighbors are a great thing to have. An air rifle is not that loud. It is possible that they won't be able to recognize the sound as a "gunshot" at all. Most of my varmint shots are into the backyard from inside the hosue through a small opening in a sliding glass door.
I've also been known to blast a 12 gauge round into a moving mole hill. Sometimes, on special occasions, I've even been known to shoot a bottle rocket into the air.
For some reason, WA state has classified crows as small game with a bag limit and season. I don't eat them. There is also a season for bullfrogs, coyotes, and racoons but I don't know of anyone that eats those either. Apparently hunting does not necessarily mean eating.
http://froglegs.org/
As for the racoon or coyotes . . . pest control?
BeGreen said:firefighterjake said:Highbeam said:This is when good neighbors are a great thing to have. An air rifle is not that loud. It is possible that they won't be able to recognize the sound as a "gunshot" at all. Most of my varmint shots are into the backyard from inside the hosue through a small opening in a sliding glass door.
I've also been known to blast a 12 gauge round into a moving mole hill. Sometimes, on special occasions, I've even been known to shoot a bottle rocket into the air.
For some reason, WA state has classified crows as small game with a bag limit and season. I don't eat them. There is also a season for bullfrogs, coyotes, and racoons but I don't know of anyone that eats those either. Apparently hunting does not necessarily mean eating.
http://froglegs.org/
As for the racoon or coyotes . . . pest control?
There are a couple locals that eat raccoon. IIRC, that is what coon hounds are bred to track.
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