shortshift
Member
What is the up to date law on shooting crows/jackdaw?Law keeps changing, general licence GL42 last I read.Do you have to apply for this licence and have in your name?They are eating more maize than the cows!!!!!
Crows
- Thread starter shortshift
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wanton dwarf
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Had an old farm worker telling me Crows don't do any crop damage - I was surprised to say the least.
I said, just wait until the Wheat goes milky - they attack the edges, tramlines and anything that goes down.
Currently eating his words mightily.
I said, just wait until the Wheat goes milky - they attack the edges, tramlines and anything that goes down.
Currently eating his words mightily.
Wilksy
Member
- Location
- East Riding
I think rooks are off the license in wales but not in England so you can control Rooks crows and jackdaws to protect your crops
Nobody bothers anymore about licences, folks got other things to worry about. Blast away
Download it and have a copy on file. Job's a good 'un....
Still think a well positioned ladder trap was the best thing I ever saw for corvids!!
Wilksy
Member
- Location
- East Riding
Hanging two or three up usually deters their mates from the field
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Spent a day last week netting in a 265ft long building. Got fed up with the amount of rooks in there.
Shooting at them scatters them briefly but soon return.
The few that do breach the netting are then trapped in the barn, with no quick escape.....
Shooting at them scatters them briefly but soon return.
The few that do breach the netting are then trapped in the barn, with no quick escape.....
shortshift
Member
They are taking the grain out of the face in the clamp as well,take no notice of the gas gun unlike the people in the village, cant beat an early start and late finish 
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Don't envy you feeding maize this time of year.They are taking the grain out of the face in the clamp as well,take no notice of the gas gun unlike the people in the village, cant beat an early start and late finish
Couple more weeks and there'll disappear to the fields
Pieces_of_Eight
Member
Here is GL42, which is current now and only applies to England (expires December 2023).
Flocks of birds will be rooks not crows, but rooks, crows and jackdaws are all treated equally on the licence.
Certainly not a bad idea to print it off and keep a copy in your gunslip or glovebox just in case.
Flocks of birds will be rooks not crows, but rooks, crows and jackdaws are all treated equally on the licence.
Certainly not a bad idea to print it off and keep a copy in your gunslip or glovebox just in case.
- Location
- Westish Suffolk
Genuine q - does that really work?
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Always find when a silage field next to a cereal is cut and cleared it gives them a clear landing pad then they hop through the fences and start on it.
Blast em
- Location
- northumberland
Works just as well as shooting them, as you normally only get a few shots then they’re off, unless you have time to sit all day
- Location
- SW Scotland
I found the hawk kites work best. You have to take it down if it's too windy though, which is a pain.
Don't put one up where there's easy access from a road either, or it'll get stolen. Ba$tards
Don't put one up where there's easy access from a road either, or it'll get stolen. Ba$tards
It does if they are still flapping, but not the done thing these days....
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Definitely but they must see you do it.
Best to cut the wings off and scatter them nearby but again, make sure they see you do it.
Used one 20 years ago but soon got stolen, gave up winter barely because of the damage they did started growing it again about three years ago but this year they seem to have found their taste for it again.I found the hawk kites work best. You have to take it down if it's too windy though, which is a pain.
Don't put one up where there's easy access from a road either, or it'll get stolen. Ba$tards
- Location
- North West
Yes, but best not to do it near a footpath or main road as some folk get offended very very easily these days!