Stray Cast

[DJD]

Hey Grump had the same problem years ago and here's what I did.
Find the specific areas that the furry critter likes laying his load. Go to the hardware store and buy some RAT traps not mouse but rat traps they are alot bigger. Hide them in the mulch and camoflouge them nicely after setting. Once the little tiger steps in that trap a few times I promise they don't come back. I found alot of fur but no cat and Bingo they never came back. 30.06 was my first choice but hey I'm getting softer in my old age at least towards animals, lol.

I called it my feline mine field.

LOL! I love that idea since I cannot stand cats that have a free ticket to piss and poop anywhere they want.

Any remedy for Starlings or black birds? I have way to many that love my trees. I send bottle rockets up in the evening but those little buggers start squawking and call in their friends.......I feel like thay are making fun of me.

[ironhead70]

lol! I love that idea since i cannot stand cats that have a free ticket to piss and poop anywhere they want.

Any remedy for starlings or black birds? I have way to many that love my trees. I send bottle rockets up in the evening but those little buggers start squawking and call in their friends.......i feel like thay are making fun of me.

bird seed and a bb gun or rice

[Tim_T]

Any remedy for Starlings or black birds?

Cats are pretty good for controlling the starling and blackbird population. LOL!

[mhall]

LOL! I love that idea since I cannot stand cats that have a free ticket to piss and poop anywhere they want.

Any remedy for Starlings or black birds? I have way to many that love my trees. I send bottle rockets up in the evening but those little buggers start squawking and call in their friends.......I feel like thay are making fun of me.

Don it really did work. My wife got made at me for doing it but she got over it as she does all the other stuff I do that bugs the daylights out of her, lol.

[DJD]

I was thinking of a plastic snake thrown into the tree tops. My luck will be that they poop on it and pick it to bits. I saw them giving a Squirrel a hard time yesterday...these are some bad birds! They will go after my dog if gets to close to a certain trees.

[mhall]

Hey Don if you get a chance ask Andrew where you need to start walking Max at a certain time of evening, DANG. Ask Andrew he'll tell ya, again ''Dang''.

[DJD]

Hey Don if you get a chance ask Andrew where you need to start walking Max at a certain time of evening, DANG. Ask Andrew he'll tell ya, again ''Dang''.

Well you know I do like walking my puppy dog.... Gonna have to find the best route!

[BanditMan]

I use my Marksman slingshot and peanut M&M'S for ammo. It pizzes them off BAD. It doesn't kill them but they walk around my yard now.

[bassin_bug]

LOL! I love that idea since I cannot stand cats that have a free ticket to piss and poop anywhere they want.

Any remedy for Starlings or black birds? I have way to many that love my trees. I send bottle rockets up in the evening but those little buggers start squawking and call in their friends.......I feel like thay are making fun of me.

Use a pellet gun and kill one or two and leave them lying there. Same for crows. The rest won't be so eager to come around for some reason. LOL Sweetie Pie taught me that. For some reason cats won't eat those things. I've been doing target practice on them for years and it works at my house.

[bassin_bug]

Use a pellet gun and kill one or two and leave them lying there. Same for crows. The rest won't be so eager to come around for some reason. LOL Sweetie Pie taught me that. For some reason cats won't eat those things. I've been doing target practice on them for years and it works at my house.

Let me clarify something before someone faints. I failed to say, "Use a pellet gun to kill one or two BLACKBIRDS." I went back and reread my post and it sounded like I could have been talking about cats. lol

[DJD]

Let me clarify something before someone faints. I failed to say, "Use a pellet gun to kill one or two BLACKBIRDS." I went back and reread my post and it sounded like I could have been talking about cats. lol

These dang blackbirds are leaving a mess on my driveway and cars I'm gonna have to drop a few and hope they die up in the trees.

[bassin_bug]

These dang blackbirds are leaving a mess on my driveway and cars I'm gonna have to drop a few and hope they die up in the trees.

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Don't know whether you have noticed or not but blackbirds seem to have a "scout/leader" of sorts. It's always a big male (I know you're not going to check for his sex); he will be a larger than the rest and appears to be braver and more stubborn than the flock. He squawks louder and they seem to follow him. If you can kill him, you will create a commotion with the flock and they will leave for several days.

Catch a time when the tree is full of them, just before dark, and turn loose a load of squirrel shot and kill about a dozen. lol

When we were children, didn't we sing a song about "Blackbird Pie?" See if you can find your old recipe. lol