ugly duckling Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Have been asked to control rooks as they are going to drill 200 acres of beans and expect a problem can decoy crows but never get many rooks is there any advice or help out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Just the same as crows , good hide face mask, gloves and dont move untill you can see the whites of their eyes then give it to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantinos Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Ditto Tides, just hold your nerve and let them come in close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Most of the crows shot on here are rooks. I was always told, "If you see a flock of crows, they are rooks and if you see a single rook, its a crow." Crows have a feathered area at the base of their beaks and on a rook the same area is bald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Most of the crows shot on here are rooks. I was always told, "If you see a flock of crows, they are rooks and if you see a single rook, its a crow." Crows have a feathered area at the base of their beaks and on a rook the same area is bald. Yep and a crows beak is black and narrower than a rooks which is paler, thicker and a little shorter. I have shot on some farms where they do not want rooks shot as they believe they do as much good as damage . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I have dairy farms where the rooks attack the silage in the hundreds and a few others where they decimate sprouting cereal crops and laid down wheat and barley. The certainly eat leather jackets and other bugs, but they do their share of damage on crops as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpentermark Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I have dairy farms where the rooks attack the silage in the hundreds and a few others where they decimate sprouting cereal crops and laid down wheat and barley. The certainly eat leather jackets and other bugs, but they do their share of damage on crops as well. Not to mention the damage they do to new born lambs, song bird chicks, eggs etc. GET EM SHOT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 If it is beans being drilled never mind the rooks, decoy the pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 like cranfield said most of them are rooks, cereals etc crows chicks lambs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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