fortune Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 in relation to the killing or taking of Feral Pigeon(Columba livia)only : i.to use any device for illuminating a target or any sighting device for night shooting; ii.to use any form of artificial lighting or any mirror or other dazzling device. this is the screed from the general license only ferrals can be lamped or dazzled, seems daft but that's the way it is suppose it stops the bad lads lamping phessies etc out of trees at night. Never heard of it. Never seen it. Cant see how it would dazzle any bird. Especially on an overcast day. Not exactly like a Captain Kirk ray gun. If one was used on a field I'm sure no one would have any clue as to what it was. If >>>>If I were using one and I was asked what it was I would say "I dont know, perhaps it is something the farmer is using to mark a different crop. I've seen it where a stake is put in with a bit of bag tied to it to mark where a different type of seed has been sown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Interesting thread, I can't find any info on this though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 I guess if you where challenged you could say you were using it to scare the birds, as required to do before using lethal force. Then you would be entitled to shoot anything on the general license that wasn't scared off and and was still covering the GL conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunda Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 .philmypower. Google ' decoying skylarks '. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 It was one of those perfect secrets, known to just a few..... A gliiter ball in a field, than suddenly thousands of pigeons milling around.....the shooting was astonishing, an average bag exceeding 700 birds in half a day, tractors delivering cases of fresh amunition, farmers begging you to bring your 'Magic Ball' to their fields...... But as usual all good things are spoilt by some one going a step too far...yes, you guessed it, some idiot, not content with several thousand pigeons a week started adding the sound track to Saturday Night Fever. Basically the Bee Gees have a lot to answer for... Margaret Thatcher rushed special legislation through the house of commons, sittings were held late into the night, even the lords held mass protests in Trafalgar square, I am surprised none of you can remember? The coverage was only overshadowed by events in the Falklands. SO now, policemen patrol our leafy lanes in their silent electric cars windows wound down listening intently for the dulsit tones of Barry Gibb and 'Staying Alive' wafting over the hedgerows and the reflection of a trillion glittery lights on the trees overhead...some have attempted to flout the law, but all have ended up in the tower with just a glitter ball for company. Be warned.....not everything that gliiters is good for pigeons. In my head, it is very funny........... and not a mention of john Travolta in that post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim85 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 This is a really interesting thread, I can not find any reference to using a glitter ball being illegal though. Maybe A1 Decoys may know or someone from BASC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippylawkid Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 It was one of those perfect secrets, known to just a few..... A gliiter ball in a field, than suddenly thousands of pigeons milling around.....the shooting was astonishing, an average bag exceeding 700 birds in half a day, tractors delivering cases of fresh amunition, farmers begging you to bring your 'Magic Ball' to their fields...... But as usual all good things are spoilt by some one going a step too far...yes, you guessed it, some idiot, not content with several thousand pigeons a week started adding the sound track to Saturday Night Fever. Basically the Bee Gees have a lot to answer for... Margaret Thatcher rushed special legislation through the house of commons, sittings were held late into the night, even the lords held mass protests in Trafalgar square, I am surprised none of you can remember? The coverage was only overshadowed by events in the Falklands. SO now, policemen patrol our leafy lanes in their silent electric cars windows wound down listening intently for the dulsit tones of Barry Gibb and 'Staying Alive' wafting over the hedgerows and the reflection of a trillion glittery lights on the trees overhead...some have attempted to flout the law, but all have ended up in the tower with just a glitter ball for company. Be warned.....not everything that gliiters is good for pigeons. In my head, it is very funny........... Top draw - made me laugh very loud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I believe the use of gliiter balls derived from a very old method of attracting,of all things,skylarks by which a clockwork arrangement powered a rotating disc coverered in small glass-mirror fragments.The effect was apparently irresistible to skylarks,and perhaps othersof that ilk,drawing them down into range of the Victorian gunner.There are references in old time literature to this practice,probably outlawed at the time of the use of plover nets or springs.Regret I do not have the current legal chapter and verse.Perhaps BASC can ferret this one out. Beat me to it, I think it might be mentioned in the book A Gamekeeper At Home by Richard Jefferies written around the 1870's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Imp Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 getting back to the question, has anybody actually used a 12v rotating glitter ball ?....and i bet someone is desperate to toy with the idea of doing it...knowing it is illegal to buy a cheap 12v home disco ball and try it out...which none of us would dare to do......... I would definitely dare to do it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunda Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Purely in the spirit of scientific enquiry I have experimented with the glitter ball.I have tried it suspended,on a shaft,static and rotating.Rotating slowly and rotating quickly,I have tried it in sunshine, in rain and in the wind.It had the same effect on corvids as has my previous experiments with plastic eagles,owls and foxes ie a complete lack of interest all round.It proved neither attraction nor deterrent. I have not tried it on skylarks as we don't now have any. I do not believe a glitter ball a worthwhile addition to a pest controllers sack of gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Purely in the spirit of scientific enquiry I have experimented with the glitter ball.I have tried it suspended,on a shaft,static and rotating.Rotating slowly and rotating quickly,I have tried it in sunshine, in rain and in the wind.It had the same effect on corvids as has my previous experiments with plastic eagles,owls and foxes ie a complete lack of interest all round.It proved neither attraction nor deterrent. I have not tried it on skylarks as we don't now have any. I do not believe a glitter ball a worthwhile addition to a pest controllers sack of gear. thats interesting ..........i wonder where all the hype came from...come about...you didnt spend a lot of money on that experiment i hope............anybody else having a go ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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