DaveNTL
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... don't work do they?
Those scary plastic owl things.....
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Tidewaiter2
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Try 1 or 2 gunshop decoy ravens, crows or rooks- small boat; clip on spray hood, tall mast up on burgee halliard, on swivels if you can, so change posn with the wind. Worked for us for 4 years now in two different boats to keep the starlings off.
Saw a boat up Itchenor reach with a falcon- so got one from gun shop catalogue to ring the changes now and then; not used in anger yet; various types, flying or waiting. Sorting out how to mount it as different moulding base to others.
See how that pans out- sprayhood mount as tho' perched first then up mast
2 Ravens/Crows worked so well that pair of hooded crows nesting in trees nearby actually divebombed Hugin & Mugin on our old boat- we wondered where all the sticks and small stones were coming from (blamed kids on hbr wall!) until I was below one day when they attacked. the Corvidaii are very territorial thats why other birds roost clear- vide Rookeries. They work on egrets too, lots round us, swans too fat and lazy to roost- kip on slipway!
Owls nbg as other, even small, birds will mob them in daylight.
Chap near us had a flying owl hoisted- starlings ignored it= sh88ty decks etc.!
Saw a boat up Itchenor reach with a falcon- so got one from gun shop catalogue to ring the changes now and then; not used in anger yet; various types, flying or waiting. Sorting out how to mount it as different moulding base to others.
See how that pans out- sprayhood mount as tho' perched first then up mast
2 Ravens/Crows worked so well that pair of hooded crows nesting in trees nearby actually divebombed Hugin & Mugin on our old boat- we wondered where all the sticks and small stones were coming from (blamed kids on hbr wall!) until I was below one day when they attacked. the Corvidaii are very territorial thats why other birds roost clear- vide Rookeries. They work on egrets too, lots round us, swans too fat and lazy to roost- kip on slipway!
Owls nbg as other, even small, birds will mob them in daylight.
Chap near us had a flying owl hoisted- starlings ignored it= sh88ty decks etc.!
jwilson
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And in Falmouth I've regularly seen seagulls perching on top of the plastic owls. Mind you Falmouth seagulls are seriously macho - walking around the ground they'll face down all cats and most dogs.
boatmike
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Saw a boat once with an inflatable woman (you know what I mean) holding a toy rifle perched on the crosstrees. Gave a new meaning to the word "scarecrow".
Wish I had taken a piccie! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Wish I had taken a piccie! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Tidewaiter2
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And in Falmouth I've regularly seen seagulls perching on top of the plastic owls. Mind you Falmouth seagulls are seriously macho - walking around the ground they'll face down all cats and most dogs.
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Hell, the Fowey ones not only rip up your gash bags, they'll face you down if you try and stop 'em as SWMBO found.
First time we ever had to padlock the gash in the cockpit locker!
And in Falmouth I've regularly seen seagulls perching on top of the plastic owls. Mind you Falmouth seagulls are seriously macho - walking around the ground they'll face down all cats and most dogs.
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Hell, the Fowey ones not only rip up your gash bags, they'll face you down if you try and stop 'em as SWMBO found.
First time we ever had to padlock the gash in the cockpit locker!
Tidewaiter2
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Saw a boat once with an inflatable woman (you know what I mean) holding a toy rifle perched on the crosstrees. Gave a new meaning to the word "scarecrow".
Wish I had taken a piccie! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Trouble with that is one small prick and ........
The owner was never lonely then?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Saw a boat once with an inflatable woman (you know what I mean) holding a toy rifle perched on the crosstrees. Gave a new meaning to the word "scarecrow".
Wish I had taken a piccie! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Trouble with that is one small prick and ........
The owner was never lonely then?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Arrr squire wat yer wants to do is loik farmer Giles an 'ang a few of them ded boogers along yer rails.
Tidewaiter2
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Arrr squire wat yer wants to do is loik farmer Giles an 'ang a few of them ded boogers along yer rails.
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actuaaaly, thats what one's village syndicate 'keeper does with vermin found on the shoot; stoats, crows, feral cats, ramblers, mountain bikers, chavs, etc.
Problem is most marinas run by townies and whinge about 20-30 gulls, starlings, PWC riders etc, hanging from ones taffrail. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Arrr squire wat yer wants to do is loik farmer Giles an 'ang a few of them ded boogers along yer rails.
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actuaaaly, thats what one's village syndicate 'keeper does with vermin found on the shoot; stoats, crows, feral cats, ramblers, mountain bikers, chavs, etc.
Problem is most marinas run by townies and whinge about 20-30 gulls, starlings, PWC riders etc, hanging from ones taffrail. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Rosa
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Aren't seagulls a protected species, or some such, so that it's illegal to kill them? Why? They're vermin surely?
Evadne
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Trouble is, a dead seagull hanging from the taffrail is the seagull equivalent of a plastic tube full of sunflower seeds. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Tidewaiter2
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Trouble is, a dead seagull hanging from the taffrail is the seagull equivalent of a plastic tube full of sunflower seeds. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Ah, Bait d'ye see, down they come, up with the Browning, boom, more bait ( for crab pots as well).
There is a nasty trick with a certain substance inserted in bait told to me by ex-Droggy friend, which causes they to swallow then explode when safely in tum and well downrange. Intend asking him what it was again for next time in Fowey! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Revenge is a dish best eaten cold- old Spanish saying.
Trouble is, a dead seagull hanging from the taffrail is the seagull equivalent of a plastic tube full of sunflower seeds. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Ah, Bait d'ye see, down they come, up with the Browning, boom, more bait ( for crab pots as well).
There is a nasty trick with a certain substance inserted in bait told to me by ex-Droggy friend, which causes they to swallow then explode when safely in tum and well downrange. Intend asking him what it was again for next time in Fowey! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Revenge is a dish best eaten cold- old Spanish saying.
flyingscampi
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This should work:
Bird Scarer
If it's too large to mount on your boat, perhaps it could be used for home defence. Should deter the chavs if they start swarming nearby.
Bird Scarer
If it's too large to mount on your boat, perhaps it could be used for home defence. Should deter the chavs if they start swarming nearby.
Stemar
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[a certain substance inserted in bait told to me by ex-Droggy friend, which causes they to swallow then explode when safely in tum and well downrange.
[/ QUOTE ]Calcium carbide. Reacts with water to make acetylene. Nasty!
I could imagine getting that pissed off with seagulls, but not there yet. OTOH, there's a cetain grey squirrel that visits my bird feeder...
[a certain substance inserted in bait told to me by ex-Droggy friend, which causes they to swallow then explode when safely in tum and well downrange.
[/ QUOTE ]Calcium carbide. Reacts with water to make acetylene. Nasty!
I could imagine getting that pissed off with seagulls, but not there yet. OTOH, there's a cetain grey squirrel that visits my bird feeder...
Tidewaiter2
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This should work:
Bird Scarer
If it's too large to mount on your boat, perhaps it could be used for home defence. Should deter the chavs if they start swarming nearby.
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Oh nasty, why pink though- red lead?
Don't let Aunty B and the boys fron the "economic Catastrophe thread see it though- they are already tooling up big time as it is.
Silly really, there are enough legal shotguns and rifles + ammo in this (very average)village to hold off about 400 chavs at once when meltdown comes. Thats not counting what the village "weekend bikers" have got stashed, plus one of the blacksmiths is an armourer, nice axes, maces, swords, all ornamental, what the chemists come up with for resupply, of course. Is Phosgene still an illegal war gas by the way?
This should work:
Bird Scarer
If it's too large to mount on your boat, perhaps it could be used for home defence. Should deter the chavs if they start swarming nearby.
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Oh nasty, why pink though- red lead?
Don't let Aunty B and the boys fron the "economic Catastrophe thread see it though- they are already tooling up big time as it is.
Silly really, there are enough legal shotguns and rifles + ammo in this (very average)village to hold off about 400 chavs at once when meltdown comes. Thats not counting what the village "weekend bikers" have got stashed, plus one of the blacksmiths is an armourer, nice axes, maces, swords, all ornamental, what the chemists come up with for resupply, of course. Is Phosgene still an illegal war gas by the way?
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