Ireland's Finest! Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Anyone got any ingenious methods of keeping charlie away from pheasants pens. Besides the obvious, shooting and snaring. I was thinking(this will sound disgusting to most) of getting a few old mattress and covering them in urine in the hope Charlie gets a whiff and keeps away. Any suggestions lads, we seem to have a few clver boys around who just wont come into the lamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambone Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) Anyone got any ingenious methods of keeping charlie away from pheasants pens. Besides the obvious, shooting and snaring. I was thinking(this will sound disgusting to most) of getting a few old mattress and covering them in urine in the hope Charlie gets a whiff and keeps away. Any suggestions lads, we seem to have a few clver boys around who just wont come into the lamp. Electric fence . I think that ******* around the perimiter of a pen has got to be a deterant, your idea might make this more efficiant but at some point you may have to remove the matresses Edited August 14, 2011 by hambone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark@mbb Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) Night vison is a good deterant its a shame your not local Edited August 14, 2011 by mark@mbb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Some rags (I use all the odd socks I seem to accumulate!) soaked in diesel and tied at intervals around the pen, about 2 foot off the ground and about 20 foot away from the pen, forming a 'defensive perimeter'. Also put them on all tracks leading to the pen. If you can still get some Renardine that is better, in fact I would guess any very smelly oily substance will work. Saying all that electric fence would be my No 1 choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Electric wire has got to be your first, second and third choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireland's Finest! Posted August 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Sorry lads I should have been a bit more precise in my question, I meant in general vicinity of the pen, we have an electric fence around the actual pen put the unlucky poults who are managing to get a couple of hundred yards from the pen are been picked off. Good idea on the diesel rags might be a bit less messy than urine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) I read of someone having some success by leaving radios tuned to 24 hour talk stations dotted around the pens. This would have been in addition to the usual precautions. Edited August 15, 2011 by john_r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Yes radios work an old keeper mate did this worked for him. There again if you heard the channel he was on you'd stay away to :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Poultry farmers used to use human hair from barbers, hairdressers etc :blink: round chicken pens as it semlls of humans and foxes don't like the smell/associate with predators. As wont semll as bad as urine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy130 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 yup wind up radios, flashing lights, pee in jars, Human hair shoved in tights and hung up, dead foxes left around. Those cat deterrents work too (the ones with reflective eyes) They all work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 the human hair with soap shaveings added to the hair so the moisture in the air keeps the scent a live .hung up in a old pair of nylons .i havent tried it but been told it works you dont know till you try . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 My mate uses rags soaked in creosote, diesel is ment to be better but expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 ive always found snares work well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 ive always found snares work well . Found this has to be the most effective method and we would be lost without it. Failing that them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 the human hair with soap shaveings added to the hair so the moisture in the air keeps the scent a live .hung up in a old pair of nylons .i havent tried it but been told it works you dont know till you try . MY GAL RUNS A SALON HAD AS MUCH HAIR AS I WANTED NOT (FOXES) WE HAD A LOT OF MINK AROUND AND IT WORKED WELL ON THEM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 MY GAL RUNS A SALON HAD AS MUCH HAIR AS I WANTED NOT (FOXES) WE HAD A LOT OF MINK AROUND AND IT WORKED WELL ON THEM remember dettering them is just makeing the problem hungry and it/they will come back later when the birds are out the pen,use the birds as bait and snare/trap the whilst you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 If your birds are getting 200 yards away then they should have been in the pen some weeks so are capable of flying 100 yards or so. All you can do is snare any hedges leading to your pens and lamp hard. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireland's Finest! Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 If your birds are getting 200 yards away then they should have been in the pen some weeks so are capable of flying 100 yards or so. All you can do is snare any hedges leading to your pens and lamp hard. A The birds are heading into their third week in the pen and are well capable of flying but during the day I still feel they can be very stupid and therefor still likely to be got by Mr. Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Peeing all around the perimiter might well work even of it does sound a bit messy mate. Well worth a try though, especially if it is a big perimiter and you have to keep going back to the pub to refill your bladder in order to get round the entire perimiter! And remember to tell the wife that it has to be done regularly - At least once every week! P.S. Might be better to do it in the dark when there are less "prying eyes" about - We don't want you getting arrested for indescent exposure mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvid wings Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 eary mornings be in place before first light,you must know where he ,or they are coming from ,hit them before they enter the wood ,why do you want to frighten them off ?there gonna couse you heartach,double your snares,any local boys with terriers ? if you can't get on top of this get help . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireland's Finest! Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 eary mornings be in place before first light,you must know where he ,or they are coming from ,hit them before they enter the wood ,why do you want to frighten them off ?there gonna couse you heartach,double your snares,any local boys with terriers ? if you can't get on top of this get help . I very much doubt this fox will be about early in the morning, I reckon he/shes living up in the hills about a mile from the pen and I'd imagine is well home before daylight.(but I will give it a try) Our pen is in a bog not a wood. I want to frighten them off because I'm finding it near impossible to get them with the lamp rifle and need some way of just making them think twice about coming near the pen, and I have snares set up. I have a terrier myself but just havent found the time to go out looking for earths yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvid wings Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 yes understand what your saying,,sounds like you need help,your on the right forum mate just ask,would love to be there with you but unfortunatly to far for me ,,,go on do it now ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 you have the electric fence on i guess .have you tried taking a wire from the electric fence out to 12ft away from the pen in a straight line every 20 yrds .we do this to deter foxes and dogs near a footpath it seems to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 if its in a bog their is resh(reeds) take a strimmer and cut some nice paths for him to follow and get him on them, thier is always a way to get em :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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