Kes Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 We are plagued by crows/jackdaws on our shoot. I need a foolproof way to remove large volumes of them - do you remove them and what is your principle reason? Rooks we know seem to be beneficial but the rest just seem to eat the pheasant feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 The gamekeeper on our shoot uses ladder traps, very effective can catch up to 50 at a time, also can release any none target species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 As mentioned in an earlier post rooks are best controled with ladder traps, or shooting branchers as they emerge from the nests in May. I dont know about hoodie crows but carrion crows are a sucker for Larsen traps in the Spring. Once you have call bird and start moving the traps around your ground form one crow's territory to anothers the younger birds especially cannot help themselves but they are down to investigate PDQ. Carrion crows and wild game birds do not mix, every spring along the river bank where I fish not shoot there are always plenty pheasant and duck egg shells which crows have taken from nests. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul041075 Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Ladder trap. Look for an original post by wy111, someone else has unearthed it recently and build a ladder trap the same. The same one is still in use today and is prooving very effective. Rooks, crows etc can seriously take some feed and can be costly to any shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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