rochey Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 ....as opposed to decoy them in! My parents' garden is being wrecked by woodies at the moment and as the garden is surrounded by other houses, the use of the shottie or air rifle is out of the question. Question is, what can we put in there to scare them away? Have been thinking along the lines of putting some kind of bird of prey models on the fences or such like......anyone got any advice please oh wise forum?? :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Get a nice big moggie, or get on owl decoy or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochey Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 (edited) Get a nice big moggie, or get on owl decoy or something. Hehe - my Dad hates cats even more...he end up shooting the cat and keeping the woodies! :yp: Edited May 26, 2008 by rochey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Hang a few old CD's (the newspaper give-a-ways) on string from sticks placed around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 As cranfield says CD are good .Play a val doonigan cd ,it will move anything on Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 I could send you some pic's of my ex mother-in-law. After 14 years of being divorced, they still frighten the **** out of me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Having spent the last month chasing them off of the peas locally, CD's work for around four to seven days, as do scarecrows etc, they even get used to gas guns and will feed within 100 yards eventually. The answer that I have found is to change the method of scaring as soon as they start to get used to it and start getting closer. The foil inners from wine boxes will work also, hung from string so that they swing around (with the bonus that you have to empty them first). One local farm has a pink rubber scarecrow that inflates and stands up 3 times, every 15 minutes, it looks like Mr Blobby on crystal meth, but it works as well as anything, it's hilarious when the battery is getting low, it looks as though it is doing press-ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer stalker Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Get some long and short garden canes and some compost bags. 1.Cut the bag in to two pieces down the sides. 2.Get some shotgun cases (empty/fired) cut the bottom brass of them a one cut length ways 2/3 per cane 3.put the bag on the cane and rap it once. 4. put the cases on and rap them around the cane and bag.( you may have to take some the case off to make it smaller) 5.Stapple on to the cases and this will hold it all to gether. (2-4stapple per case) 6.Cut the bag down its length about 2-3inches peices and cut to the end but leave about 5inches nearst the cane so it does not unravel. I hop this help's i have always use this and it works and i've try to make the instructions easy to understand but you'll get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peejay Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 set a hide up and place decoys in an horseshoe pattern and sit in hide for a couple of hours... this worked for me on the last couple of outings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 set a hide up and place decoys in an horseshoe pattern and sit in hide for a couple of hours... this worked for me on the last couple of outings try pictures of davek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbithunter2008 Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 sound like you need some hoodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickb Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I could send you some pic's of my ex mother-in-law. After 14 years of being divorced, they still frighten the **** out of me! Quality.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdeor Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 just shoot em man stop being such a woose man next door will only cry once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salisburykeeper Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 a nice quiet air rifle from an upstairs window down to ground shots and nobody will know the difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 bird table in the garden, either one with a roof or an open flat one. put wild bird feed on it and add some maize and extra wheat. the woodies will come to it. the as aboave side. upstairs windows, there not there just to look out of.hehe, works every time. tree rats come to it as well. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernshooter Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 Broken glass in a dustbin lid & silver paper hangin over the washing line,blowing in the wind. They will not hang about for a day or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steyr 6.5 Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Get a hushpower shotty nobody will hear it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Get a hushpower shotty nobody will hear it sounds like a breed of posh dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Yup, the best solution I have found is a bird-table with peanut hangers, fat-balls and bird seed. The fat-balls attract the blue-tits , robins & chaffinches so the wife can say AAAHH!! and not wonder why you are taking notice of nature and setting up a bird-table The peanuts attract the squirrels and the bird-seed the pigeons so that the XS78 can say "bye-bye" from the bedroom window. It's a quiet gun so the neighbours won't notice, particularly if you are behind the net curtains and only have the tip of the barrel visible - actually you need to be extremely discrete with both pigeon and squirrel otherwise they won't settle. Anyway after a very short time NO MORE PIGEONS. Then you have to find some permissions to justify why you still have a gun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkite Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 :look: try pictures of davek. PeeJay Top Man....****** myself over that one............! redkite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkite Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 set a hide up and place decoys in an horseshoe pattern and sit in hide for a couple of hours... this worked for me on the last couple of outings Sorry .....that one!!!!!! :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staglioni Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 :look: wish they was in my garden stag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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