Redlg155
Member
Fellow shooters,
A co worker of mine has a problem with pesky birds. They keep their dogs outside during the day and the birds eat the dog food before the dogs can get to it. I guess the dogs have just given up trying to defend the food stash or she has some sorry dogs.
Anyway, she asked for suggestions for bird control. I'm led to believe that these are just the garden variety black birds. Either way she wants them gone or very discouraged. This is within city limits so richochet hazards and noise are definitely considerations.
So far some considerations are....
1. .22 "no powder loads". Definitely no noise, but a ricochet hazard is still there.
2. .22 snake shot. Not really noise and slight richochet hazard, but will this effectively kill a bird at 10 feet?
3. Pellet Gun. Low noise and not bad on richochets. Still..I've done a fair amount of shooting and sometimes a pellet gun won't put them down for good. The last thing she wants is a wounded bird flapping all over the neighborhood.
I personally insisted on a non lethal method such as having a bird feeder. Heck..if you can't beat em..join em right?!
Still..she wants em either dead or gone. Any suggestions?
Good Shooting
Red
A co worker of mine has a problem with pesky birds. They keep their dogs outside during the day and the birds eat the dog food before the dogs can get to it. I guess the dogs have just given up trying to defend the food stash or she has some sorry dogs.
Anyway, she asked for suggestions for bird control. I'm led to believe that these are just the garden variety black birds. Either way she wants them gone or very discouraged. This is within city limits so richochet hazards and noise are definitely considerations.
So far some considerations are....
1. .22 "no powder loads". Definitely no noise, but a ricochet hazard is still there.
2. .22 snake shot. Not really noise and slight richochet hazard, but will this effectively kill a bird at 10 feet?
3. Pellet Gun. Low noise and not bad on richochets. Still..I've done a fair amount of shooting and sometimes a pellet gun won't put them down for good. The last thing she wants is a wounded bird flapping all over the neighborhood.
I personally insisted on a non lethal method such as having a bird feeder. Heck..if you can't beat em..join em right?!
Still..she wants em either dead or gone. Any suggestions?
Good Shooting
Red