Best Airsoft to Scare Away Peacocks

Best Airsoft to Scare Away Peacocks

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qt11

Hey guys,

Just joined up am looking for a little advice and steer.

I'm having a problem with several large Muscovy ducks in my garden, our rear one thousand backs on to a lake and we have a puddle.... The ducks swim on and poop in the pool and poop all around the puddle area.... These are pretty big ducks and leave pretty big evidence of their comings and goings....

I got myself a high powered water pistol to squirt them and try to become them to understand that they are non welcome around the pool area, nonetheless it doesn't seem to work... Possibly they are a little too stupid to sympathise, or possibly it'due south not plenty of a deterrent.

So taking to a neighbor they offered the use of their air rile to scare them away... I declined, withal its at present got to the point that information technology is time to endeavor something new...

What would y'all guys recommend ?

I don't desire to hurt or injure the ducks or to penetrate them with a pellet, just give them a big surprise that they will retrieve the side by side fourth dimension they think virtually coming to visit and using the facilities and having their puddle parties while we are out....

I've been looking at a beretta px4 storm air pistol maybe with high speed pellets... that I can sit on my deck and scare them off.... a rifle is great, however would this exist every bit easy to use given its size when compared to a pistol? I'm looking for something easy to use, that I can fire several shots within a few seconds and something small and easy to handle...

Any advice would exist very much appreciated !!

Cheers,

qt

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Arbico-Organics has natural animal control products. They might have something to deter these birds.

You could e'er purchase an airsoft AEG and Bioval bbs.

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• Kendallville, IN

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If you're not after a kill you don't desire a pellet gun of whatever sort.  Fifty-fifty a not lethal striking will possibly exit a pellet embedded along with a real danger of infection.

That said, I call back airsoft is designed not to penetrate the skin of a homo.  I'thousand pretty sure information technology won't penetrate duck feathers either.  Ducks are sometimes hard to take with a regular shotgun.

You could likewise explore the idea of shooting them with paintballs.  That style you could easily place your "regulars".

Muscovy ducks are  domestic, are they not?  Perhaps a conversation with the owner is in order.

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endeavour putting up a fake owl or hawk or two in obvious view near the pool .

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qt11

Cheers guys,

Nosotros've tried a few things to deter withal cipher has worked, nosotros likewise have many other birds on the lake which are well behaved and don't want to deter the adept ones....

We have the false owls by the pool and the Muscovy's don't even care....

We get all kinds of Herons, Cormorants, several other duck varieties, raptors etc.... these are well behaved and therefore welcome....

The Muscovy's are domestic, nonetheless these are wild... and at that place are lots of them !!

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My get-go call would be to the local DNR role to see what they recommend.  We have issues with Canadian Geese here and the Wild fauna Resources Officers have specific means they desire them to be dealt with.  I would want to make sure every response to the pests was within the police force so in that location were no long term costs in legality.

joe

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Nosotros have the fake owls past the puddle and the Muscovy's don't even care....

I'm sure somewhere in the world there has been a pest/bird etc that has been scared past an owl or hawk decoy but not around our area.

I kinda like the idea of a paintball program because you lot could really spot the rascals if they return.

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Try the 1000&Yard CM M4 with the Bioval bulletin board system. These bbs are 100% biodegradable and so yous don't take to pick them upward.

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• Kendallville, IN

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qt11

My first call would be to the local DNR office to see what they recommend.  We have problems with Canadian Geese here and the Wildlife Resources Officers take specific ways they want them to exist dealt with.  I would want to make certain every response to the pests was within the police then at that place were no long term costs in legality.

joe

Thanks Joe, that'southward great advice and something I hadn't even considered !!

Thanks

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We have the fake owls by the puddle and the Muscovy's don't even intendance....

I'one thousand certain somewhere in the world there has been a pest/bird etc that has been scared past an owl or hawk decoy but not effectually our area.

I kinda similar the idea of a paintball plan because you could actually spot the rascals if they render.

The paint is just a vegetable oil and dye. It would just wash off.

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• Kendallville, IN

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Y'all could as well endeavor a blank firing pistol. or even fireworks but the tend to upset friends and neighbors.

http://world wide web.chiappafirearms.com/kimar

But check with your city Municipal Code & Ordinances.

or just put upwards a owl & a hawk, information technology is what we did on the farm to proceed the birds out and away from the grain bins.

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i utilise the air horn in a tin from my boat.  works great on barking dogs as well.

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Fire crackers .. Air horns .. Sirens .... If that don't piece of work ya always got getting dog and letting it have run of the pool surface area

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The dog would work!!  And if it's a Lab or a Newfoundland Retriever information technology would probably even join the ducks in the water no matter what the temperature.

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I had a similar problem.  So I got a Tippmann TiPX paintball pistol.  The .68 cal balls can be filled with paint, which makes a splat about the size of an orange, or solid but soft reusable, or even pepper spray stuff.  Google the gun, specs and reviews.

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i use the air horn in a tin from my gunkhole.  works great on barking dogs too.

Air horns are groovy for clearing old geezers blocking isles at Wal-Mart.

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• Kendallville, IN

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The dog would work!!  And if information technology's a Lab or a Newfoundland Retriever information technology would probably even join the ducks in the water no matter what the temperature.

He already had a problem with large piles of excrement.  Those dogs would really escalate things.............

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i utilize the air horn in a can from my boat.  works great on barking dogs as well.

Air horns are great for clearing old geezers blocking isles at Wal-Mart.

Now that gave me a good laugh.  Cheers

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