Wholecrop clamp - bird deterrents

[cowboysupper]

We are being tortured at the minute by large groups crows landing on the face of our wholecrop pit. Amazing how much they manage to tear out of the face of the clamp every day.

Thinking about trying some deterrents to try and keep them away. Unfortunately shooting isn’t really an option due to close proximity of neighbours house so I’d be looking at non lethal deterrents.

How successful are the likes of the hawk kites, the spinning balls with reflectors or even plastic birds of pray?

 

[Bald Rick]

We are being tortured at the minute by large groups crows landing on the face of our wholecrop pit. Amazing how much they manage to tear out of the face of the clamp every day.

Thinking about trying some deterrents to try and keep them away. Unfortunately shooting isn’t really an option due to close proximity of neighbours house so I’d be looking at non lethal deterrents.

How successful are the likes of the hawk kites, the spinning balls with reflectors or even plastic birds of pray?

Most scare devices work for a few days but I would keep your money in your pocket.

Possibly the best thing would be to shoot 6 away from the neighbour and then hang the victims up around the pit. For some reason, this works for crows ..... pity starlings don't give a f**k about each other though

 

[jimmer]

You got a farm dog? put it in clamp?

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Hushpower and/or pcp air rifle if blasting away with a 12 bore is out of the question. Or put a ladder trap with crow sized gaps on the clamp and catch them.

 

[cowboysupper]

You got a farm dog? put it in clamp?

I think my wife would fall out with me if I put the dog in the silo and came home stinking!!

 

[jimmer]

I think my wife would fall out with me if I put the dog in the silo and came home stinking!!

Who said about taking it out of the silo

 

[dinderleat]

Bird net cover the face soon leave when the food stops

 

[Bald Rick]

I think my wife would fall out with me if I put the dog in the silo and came home stinking!!

Put your wife there instead then. Scare the f**k out of any self respecting crow

 

[Estuarybeef]

I'd say net the only option. I have same trouble and thought about a length of steel same width as pit with net hanging from it, that you can lift on and off when needed with loader.

 

[HarryB97]

Shoot a few with the air rifle and hang them up round the pit works for crows but not jackdaws