[Bigbadfrankie]

I need some idea's on keeping off the crows. We are going to have a scare crow but they do become accustomed to these. Its a big bit to be netting. And I have just not got the patients to sit there and shoot them all :? though it would be pay back . I have thought about a fencer and running wires along above venerable crops such as peas until the are established. the wires would have to be low and the voltage the same as for rabbits(very high ).

[shaun]

why mate what are they doing ?

[Bigbadfrankie]

well they pull up every thing even if they do not eat it. The ground is sandy so the plants are easily uprooted. Iwatched for tow hours from a hide and they just perched in the trees and took it in turns to devistate on the ground. But my day is coming and soon :twisted: .

[Gwiz]

i would have thought netting would be the best bet.
depending on how cheap you can get it.
if i were nearer i would offer to come and give 'em a tickle myself.
i like shooting crows :twisted:

[WG.]

From your "banker video", you look to have a big area.  Have you costed out one of these gas-powered "guns" for scaring them?  Sounds like a shotgun and is fired at random.

[Bigbadfrankie]

the neighbours would love a random banging :shock:  

[WG.]

the neighbours would love a random banging :shock:  

Unquestionably :!:  

Silent methods would incude the large spinning "box kite" thingies and rotors.

Or a man of your practical know-how could rig up some of these ... http://www.innovationsxtreme.com/SkyGuys.htm

[Lulu]

My scarecrow is my dog! He's brilliant at it.  Horrible birds - good shooting :twisted:

[ziggywigs]

I'm having probs with crows too...keep dropping chips in my birdbath (i kid you not!). Took me ages to find out where they were coming from.

Black cotton does it they can't see it but they feel it on their feet, and it's delicate enough for little birdies to break if they get caught in it.

[Parrot]

I know  that you said you didn`t have time to sit and wait to shoot them but if you can borrow a big polecat/ferret hob for a day or two it will help.

How?   Put the hob on a harness and attach it to a swivel and lead.   Put a peg in the ground at a point where you can hide with an air rifle (obviously within range.)  Attach the hob`s lead/tether to the peg.

Corvids of all kinds cannot resist mobbing the predatory ferret, just as they do with birds of prey.  I have shot countless crows and magpies with this method.   The birds see their brethren shot, even devoured if they fall within range of the tethered ferret,  but they still come to mob the ferret.

[mkhenry]

A much milder solution for birds of all kinds is a potato bird.Take two large potatoes and stick feathers in simulating a bird. Tie on either end of a wire coat hanger.Suspend the coat hanger on a string and tie that to a stake so that it swings round in the wind,like a mobile.You can add some old CDs And some carrier bag plastic torn into stips.Provided you move it around it works for most birds.Three or four of them will even worry the crows,plus it gives a smile to all the other lottie owners

[noshed]

Get an eagle?

[mkhenry]

Get an eagle?

     

[Bigbadfrankie]

I like Parrots idea I don't know what i would do with an eagle when all the crows are gone.

[Aunt Sally]

Take two large potatoes and stick feathers in simulating a bird. Tie on either end of a wire coat hanger.Suspend the coat hanger on a string and tie that to a stake so that it swings round in the wind,like a mobile.

 :shock: Photo please MkH