Theskyfox Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Hi all, recently I thought I had cleared the area of magpies as they had been attacking birds etc as they do. Just when I thought it was all clear, at 7am this morning I heard a "chaka chaka" outside and then Lots of loud maggie noises. I went outside to investigate and had shear horror to see not 1, not 2, not 3 but.......14! yes 14!!!!!!! Maggies outside. There were at least 6 on the aerial, and the rest were on the roof jumping around. There were two adults, and the rest were young. I couldnt do anything but watch in my pyjamas You can see why theyre on the DEFRA licence. Any one else had this kinda thing before? -Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 You wear Jim Jams.......aged 20......in this weather I`d have been out with the wee man in the snow if I`d heard magpies in my garden............`cos they don`t live here(thankfully)just hoodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytie Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Put a larsen trap in your garden, I have! I live on the edge of a town and magpies nest all over the place near me. I try my best but they keep on coming. Do your best to thin them out Ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Magpies are at the very top of my "list". Tricky to shoot. Larsen trap best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Definately get a larsens, i saw 14 around my shoot one day and so far have caught 12 and shot 3 so i should be getting ontop of them for this year atleast. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 kill them all, dont care how just do it, they took all the young blackbirds out there nest the other day here, and this morning the crows took the bluetits out just kill them, try a slit open rabbit or squirrel and a magpie decoy next to it, works well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 (edited) . Edited September 4, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanlee Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 I've seen it a couple of times (large group of Magpies).The first time was last year, when I had put out a decoy, to try and get one down to shoot, 8 or 10 then arrived within half an hour, sat on the house roof over the road, and squawked for 10 minutes before flying off.I couldnt shoot them then, which was rather annoying. Then around 2 weeks ago, there was a lot of squawking, with at least 10 of them around 70 yards away on another roof.This surprised me, as I've done a pretty good job in culling them in the last year - I didnt see one locally between October and February.I did get one of them that time, as they eventually spread out, and one landed on my tree.They all disappeared, apart from one that sat looking down on the body.I couldnt get that as he was on the neighbours roof. Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoBBo Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 i have a very LARGE back yard filled with tree's and there is a nest of magpies there i see them jumping around in the tree's and OMG i did'nt know they eat things from other nests i could of killed loads but i dont know anything about birds or what they eat im a newbie so shall i kill the little ***** ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude9012 Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 yes kill the little ******* and kill them gd they are prolly the worst for that they steal all the eggs and the young chics outa nest such as the song birds just take um out humane or not i honestly couldnt care when it comes to magpies luke :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoBBo Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 lol cool an excuse to blow there heads of i see them ALL the time but never shot 1 because i knew nothing about them there is a nest right at the top of a tall tree at the back of the yard about 25 yards down the garden and i see them jumping around that nest in the tree's so i dont know if its there nest or if the little ***** are taking things from it , anyway they shall be terminated when i get home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude9012 Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 lol nice one if u got a shotgun blow the bluddy nest out and all we dnt wann take any risk lol cheers luke :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 kill them m8, they need to be culled, the number of song birds are going down and we dont need this to happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancs Lad Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Did a blackbirds nest in my garden last year.....********....My litte daughter was gutted..... Need to pull a few down on some splitties....got enough baby wabbits to bag so they will make nice splitties..... Have to go over tomorrow to try and get a couple.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theskyfox Posted May 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Hmmm...Yeah, so far ive managed to get a total of two...which I guess is as good a start as any. The trouble is getting them to land. Im gonna give it a go with some Decoys. I noticed the other day that they like to steal the mealworms that we have put out for the robins and bluetits....maybe this could be rather useful. They do seem to have rather random times of popping out. If I have trouble contolling them, then I may use a larsen trap as a last resort, but I don't think its very sporting lol. Cheers for all input so far :yp: -Andrew p.s. In defense about the pyjamas...I was wearing a T-shirt and pyjama trousers lol. So not a full set of Pj's lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoBBo Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 hi guys , yesterday i put out a full chicken lol in my garden (left overs) but still a full bird and sat 20 yards back in my window it did'nt take long for 1 to come over i aimed and shot it with my .22 gamo cfx and it didnt take it down :yp: i did'nt hit it in a very gd spot though at the bottom of its wing but they did'nt come back then all day but there back so i'l have the little **** , but have any of you guys had trouble putting them down with the 1st shot ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theskyfox Posted May 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Hmmm in terms of Robustness, it doesnt take much to bring a maggie down. It was probably just a badly placed shot, if you aim for the head or chest they should go down first time. I must add that both times Ive taken them down, they went down first time but were still alive and had to be finished off. When hit, they just froze in position on the floor. I would check your sights matey, Im sure you'll get them next time. Also worth noting that theyre not stupid birds, now that you've shot at them you will probably need to hide yourself out of sight before they will come down again (improvise, you can use anything like beanbags, sofas etc to hide behind). -Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P03 Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Guys, Maggies may be at the top of everybodies vermin list but we still need to be humane. When using an air rifle head shots are most definately the preferred option. The last thing the shooting community needs is for the antis to get hold of a winged maggie (remember they don't believe that maggies raid nests) as ammo for their hate campaign. Kill them, as many as you can (maggies NOT antis ).......just do it HUMANELY. P03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude9012 Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 incase u dnt realise not every one such as robbo dosent allways hit were u want it to and we do kill them stragiht away if u have a badly placed shot and it goes down u go after it and finish it off wid eaither a close shot to the head or brake its neck dnt try this if u dnt know what ur doing though so what u just said is a load of **** basically cheers luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ears Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Yes get a larsen trap. its crawling with them where i live, they need thining out. I do shoot a few with my air rifle through the year, but its not enough though there are still to many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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