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Plastic pellet guns
Plastic pellet guns
Does anyone with experience know if any of those guns that shoot plastic pellets are accurate up to 10 meters or so? If so, what type (pistol, rifle, air powered, etc.) and/or brand would you recommend and where did you get it? I just want to discourage some pigeons from crapping on our porch all the time.
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Re: Plastic pellet guns
Failing that, sling shots available everywhere. 10 meters shouldn't be that difficult and lacking proper stones, you could use golf balls which should scare them away permanently and probably give them a heart attack. 
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we have the same problem and I tried the plastic pellet gun idea they simply returned 30 seconds later.
bought a slingshot off the market and packets of wasabi peas from Tesco had exactly the same results but it was more satisfying with the sling shot.
next door put wood with staples through as a deterant and I have photos of the pidgeons sitting on them.
It needs long spikes to work. think I will get some from the UK and try that
bought a slingshot off the market and packets of wasabi peas from Tesco had exactly the same results but it was more satisfying with the sling shot.
next door put wood with staples through as a deterant and I have photos of the pidgeons sitting on them.
It needs long spikes to work. think I will get some from the UK and try that
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HHF
Do as I do, providing you have an enclosed shed or something similar. If not, you can use one of those bamboo cage things the Thais use for keeping their roosters in.
1. Buy a small bag of corn/chicken feed
2. Sprinkle some in a line to where you want the pigeons to go, and then put their main course there
3. They are scavengers, and will go into a feeding frenzy, while you walk up and close the door behind them
4. Capture and kill
5. boil up and feed to the dogs or if you want, eat them yourself
If you trap them, but don't fancy killing them, and nearby workers will almost certainly be grateful for the free meat.
If you use one of the cages, simply tilt one side up off the ground, supported by a stick. Tie a piece of string to the stick, and put the corn inside. Once they're having a feast, pull the stick away so the cage closes them in, and then follow the above mentioned steps. Shooting them will not help unless you kill them. If you leave them be, more will come. We cull, and within days they are everywhere.....as many as 20 or 30, that invite themselves to come and share the chicken food. I wouldn't really mind, but I also don't see why I mus spend 200 baht a week feeding them, just so they can crap on everything.
Now, if you speak to a few Brits, I'm sure there are some who can tell you exactly how to cook them. They can actually taste rather nice, but you need to do it right, and preparing them is a pain in the butt.
Pigeon pie springs to mind......lol.
Do as I do, providing you have an enclosed shed or something similar. If not, you can use one of those bamboo cage things the Thais use for keeping their roosters in.
1. Buy a small bag of corn/chicken feed
2. Sprinkle some in a line to where you want the pigeons to go, and then put their main course there
3. They are scavengers, and will go into a feeding frenzy, while you walk up and close the door behind them
4. Capture and kill
5. boil up and feed to the dogs or if you want, eat them yourself
If you trap them, but don't fancy killing them, and nearby workers will almost certainly be grateful for the free meat.
If you use one of the cages, simply tilt one side up off the ground, supported by a stick. Tie a piece of string to the stick, and put the corn inside. Once they're having a feast, pull the stick away so the cage closes them in, and then follow the above mentioned steps. Shooting them will not help unless you kill them. If you leave them be, more will come. We cull, and within days they are everywhere.....as many as 20 or 30, that invite themselves to come and share the chicken food. I wouldn't really mind, but I also don't see why I mus spend 200 baht a week feeding them, just so they can crap on everything.
Now, if you speak to a few Brits, I'm sure there are some who can tell you exactly how to cook them. They can actually taste rather nice, but you need to do it right, and preparing them is a pain in the butt.
Pigeon pie springs to mind......lol.
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One of our esteemed Mods used to use a pellet rifle on anything that moved on Soi Kanjanomai! Particularly good for scaring cats away. Pretty good range too - the pellets pinged around the bar in a very satisfying manner. Mind you we didn't get pigeons - quite hard to keep staff as well.
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Takiap wrote:HHF
Now, if you speak to a few Brits, I'm sure there are some who can tell you exactly how to cook them. They can actually taste rather nice, but you need to do it right, and preparing them is a pain in the butt.
Pigeon pie springs to mind......lol.
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I had a continuous problem of birds crapping on the car in the car-port. I got rid of the birds by suspending a profile of a hawk from the car-port rafter. I downloaded a hawk picture from the net, made a flipped copy and printed both of them. Then I glued them on a piece of cardboard, cut the profile out and hung it above the car. No more birdies.
I'd hang a hawk profile wherever birds are of bother. On a guano-collecting balcony I'd place a couple of rubber snakes as well. Win The Avian War rather by propaganda than by guns.
I'd hang a hawk profile wherever birds are of bother. On a guano-collecting balcony I'd place a couple of rubber snakes as well. Win The Avian War rather by propaganda than by guns.
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A battery powered M16 style bb gun will do the trick. The used to sell them in maket village upstairs. Recon about 5000 baht. Pretty cool on full auto!
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JW
those things are good for a laugh. Someone brought one in to work and he couldn't shoot a door from ten meters. The pellets were everywhere and the cleaner was not amused.
For what it's worth get a sniper style one and use ceramic pellets. Those plastic pellets don't do anything. Single shot, though. Secondhand about 3,000 baht.
Another thought, as just back from Lopburi (where the monkeys are the pestilence). Was wondering what a tick-tick-tick sound was when at the noodle shop, suddenly realised it was an electric fence rigged up on the roof. No monkeys anywhere to be seen.
Am going to speak to the shop owner sometime in the next couple of weeks when I hope to be able to get back into my (still-flooded) house in Laksi and set up something like this as part of the big clean-up.
those things are good for a laugh. Someone brought one in to work and he couldn't shoot a door from ten meters. The pellets were everywhere and the cleaner was not amused.
For what it's worth get a sniper style one and use ceramic pellets. Those plastic pellets don't do anything. Single shot, though. Secondhand about 3,000 baht.
Another thought, as just back from Lopburi (where the monkeys are the pestilence). Was wondering what a tick-tick-tick sound was when at the noodle shop, suddenly realised it was an electric fence rigged up on the roof. No monkeys anywhere to be seen.
Am going to speak to the shop owner sometime in the next couple of weeks when I hope to be able to get back into my (still-flooded) house in Laksi and set up something like this as part of the big clean-up.
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