Pigeons - I Want To Kill Them
Discussion
Am I imagining it or has the Columbidae population rocketed recently? I have exactly the same problem. Not only that, they are now sitting up on the telegraph wires with their new sprogs, who not only make a similar racket, but will be back next year spawning more of these pointless noisy creatures.
I have a decent .22 air rifle here with a telescope, but you have to be very careful on that front. Any shot must not exit the curtilage of your premises, and it seems to be a bit grey around whether you can or can't dispatch the fkers for the sake of a good night's sleep; I think you're supposed to have tried "reasonable means" to get rid of them humanely first. We are also plagued with magpies, although they don't seem to be such early risers. At the end of our road, it's not unusual for there to be 15-20 of them all congregated on the same patch of grass.
I have a decent .22 air rifle here with a telescope, but you have to be very careful on that front. Any shot must not exit the curtilage of your premises, and it seems to be a bit grey around whether you can or can't dispatch the fkers for the sake of a good night's sleep; I think you're supposed to have tried "reasonable means" to get rid of them humanely first. We are also plagued with magpies, although they don't seem to be such early risers. At the end of our road, it's not unusual for there to be 15-20 of them all congregated on the same patch of grass.
Get an air rifle with a telescopic sight. Shouldn't need to kill more than a couple of them. If you can stand to leave one lying around without its head for a little while, they'll stop coming back in pretty short order.
Plus, once you've invested in a decent rifle, you'll be amazed how satisfying/therapeutic it is to shoot water balloons, small fruit, eggs or better yet, glass bottles, with it in your back garden
The disclaimer is that no pellet or pigeon parts may leave the limits of your property or property in which you have the landowner's permission to shoot. So long as that doesn't happen, they are vermin and you are allowed to shoot them so long as you do so as humanely as you can.
Plus, once you've invested in a decent rifle, you'll be amazed how satisfying/therapeutic it is to shoot water balloons, small fruit, eggs or better yet, glass bottles, with it in your back garden
The disclaimer is that no pellet or pigeon parts may leave the limits of your property or property in which you have the landowner's permission to shoot. So long as that doesn't happen, they are vermin and you are allowed to shoot them so long as you do so as humanely as you can.
It's not against any religion,
To want to dispose of - a pigeon....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=yhuMLpdnO...
To want to dispose of - a pigeon....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=yhuMLpdnO...
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