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bajabuddha
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Woodpecker repellant
Anyone know of any product that will dissuade a pesky woodpecker from using my house as a beak sharpener? Any kind of spray or goop that works on
sending them elsewhere? Or is it like having morning glory and goatheads.... only way to get rid of them is to MOVE.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If it don't stink, don't stir it....
and if it ain't disgusting, it ain't discussed.
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Maderita
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Some tips here:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/wp_about/control.html
If that fails:
http://www.crosman.com/pumpmaster-760-rifle-177
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bajabuddha
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Great site, Maderita. BTW, already got the bb gun oiled up and a semi-blind set up as well, but they are very spooky and cagy little varmints.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If it don't stink, don't stir it....
and if it ain't disgusting, it ain't discussed.
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bajagrouper
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A plastic Owl works with birds, I remember at my sisters garden birds were eating it alive so I put one of those rubber snakes on top and birds
disappeared pronto.....
I hear the whales song
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chuckie
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Check with your county wildlife folks...They may have an idea.. I had them do almost 12000 dollars damage to the cedar sideing on our chalet...Ended
up shooting them...Once they start they don't leave...
Aint much that cant be fixed with a little cash and a COLT 1911..
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Howard
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12 gauge 
A man's only as old as the woman he feels. Groucho Marx
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chuckie
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OH NO! Hard on the siding..I used .22 Shot cartridges...
Aint much that cant be fixed with a little cash and a COLT 1911..
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bajabuddha
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My Daisy Power Pump is more sporting than shot. You have to actually SHOOT. Not that my shot shoots any better than it used to.... shoot..... never
thought of that...
sh.. oot.... 
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If it don't stink, don't stir it....
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chuckie
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Not a sport...
Aint much that cant be fixed with a little cash and a COLT 1911..
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blackwolfmt
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buddha are you sure its a woodpecker and not a woodc-ck or American Snipe they would raise H e ll on our buildings in MT we
would killem N grillem very tasty birds, just have to have a bird hunting stamp and good to go I prefer the 10.22 they fast and wiley, I would just
snipe them off the side off the cabin no problemo
So understand dont waste your time always searching for those wasted years
face up and make your stand and realize that your living in the golden years
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blackwolfmt
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And yes CHUCK it is a sport
So understand dont waste your time always searching for those wasted years
face up and make your stand and realize that your living in the golden years
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chuckie
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Nah its bird murder...and that stuff you wrote about snipe and woodc-ck is bullchit
Aint much that cant be fixed with a little cash and a COLT 1911..
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soulpatch
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I wonder what would happen if you installed an owl box.
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chuckie
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anything is wortha try..BUt we tried all that stuff..nuttin worked cept killingthem..
Aint much that cant be fixed with a little cash and a COLT 1911..
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Russ
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Yep, quite a troublesome pest. I'd use the BB gun. First go out a site it in at the range you think you'll be at. BB guns are really distance
orientated. Just a few feet will make a big difference. Being it's your gun you probably already know this. If you're going to shoot the pest in the
States you better check with the local cops and maybe the game department. It can get really ugly if you're not allowed to kill or harass birds in
some areas. Down here BLAST away.
[Edited on 5-15-2017 by Russ]
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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rts551
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We were able to deter them by hanging up plastic ribbon where they were working on the side of the house. They need soething to stand on/cling to .
That is where the ribbon was stapled.
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bajabuddha
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Daisy it is. Y'er all right.... it is Burd Mirder... and it can be somewhat sporting, eh old chap? I agree with the owl box idea, I have a rubber
snake on the aluminum rafters of my carport where LBJ's like to hunker in and poop all over everything. Now there's poop on the snake. Da Boid gotta
go... sleep wit' da fiches.
And Wolfie, I did hunt snipe as a youngster. Never got one in the gunny-sack tho... 
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If it don't stink, don't stir it....
and if it ain't disgusting, it ain't discussed.
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vandenberg
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The little buggers hammer on my satellite dish and after a while manage to get it out of alignment.
An owl maybe the answer, but where do I get one.?
[Edited on 5-15-2017 by vandenberg]
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tjsue
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There are lots of them on eBay, take your choice:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Yard-Garden-Outdoor-Living/159912/i....
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soulpatch
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Owl Box
Be kind of cool to have. I have a couple friends in San Diego county that built these and, sho'nuff, owls moved in.
Hmmmmm, THIS says they're easy to get rid of.... sure doesn't sound that way here, though!
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