stealthy1 3,964 Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Or the old mans riddle with a stick and string fed through the letterbox. Couldn't find the riddle one day and used my maws washing basket. She wasnt amused lol Spent hours drop trapping as a kid, with patience you could catch anything. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Aye till you're maw started shouted "leave the bloody birds alone, and they f***ing rolls were for you're dads piece "!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,493 Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Aye i mind shooting and trapping enough to feed the ferrets , then everybody started there dog retrieving with a starling once it would carry one there was never a problem with any other bird 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Dont mind the noise its the shit thats pissin me off lol scrubbing it everyday its a hard life They will have a 2nd clutch in mild weather ?????????????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,248 Posted May 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Lol there be gone before then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Giro 2,648 Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 What's the best way for blocking the holes where they nest ?? I've also got a nest & an waiting for them to leave.. I was thinking expandable foam or will they open that back up?? What's the crack with chicken wire ?? Stuff it in the hole ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,248 Posted May 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 I thought about exspanding foam but might look a mess i blocked the nest last year with wood but the fuckers have moved it , and just caught one the fuckers in my loft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Or the old mans riddle with a stick and string fed through the letterbox. Couldn't find the riddle one day and used my maws washing basket. She wasnt amused lolThat takes me back! My old man was the one who taught me the riddle and stick method! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Haiddheliwr 1,911 Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Or the old mans riddle with a stick and string fed through the letterbox. Couldn't find the riddle one day and used my maws washing basket. She wasnt amused lol Had lot of fun with the old riddle Scot. Good old days ehh lol!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,040 Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Aye i mind shooting and trapping enough to feed the ferrets , then everybody started there dog retrieving with a starling once it would carry one there was never a problem with any other bird I bought a mist net from youngs of misterton I think?Or KPS Nets,strung it across the garden,hoyed some bread down,back then there was loads of stinkers around,got enough to feed 2 litters of ferret kits in an hour Or if I had a tin of slugs snipe them off the tree in the back garden or the roof with my Webley vulan or BSA mercury. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,493 Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Aye i mind shooting and trapping enough to feed the ferrets , then everybody started there dog retrieving with a starling once it would carry one there was never a problem with any other bird I bought a mist net from youngs of misterton I think?Or KPS Nets,strung it across the garden,hoyed some bread down,back then there was loads of stinkers around,got enough to feed 2 litters of ferret kits in an hour Or if I had a tin of slugs snipe them off the tree in the back garden or the roof with my Webley vulan or BSA mercury. We had a piggery over the back used to open the door of the feed shed go away for ten minutes come back nip in slide it shut and shoot all the starlings that nipped in for the free feed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,248 Posted May 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Blocked the fuckers out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,188 Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Blocked the fuckers out ten out of ten then fxckwit... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,817 Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Or the old mans riddle with a stick and string fed through the letterbox. Couldn't find the riddle one day and used my maws washing basket. She wasnt amused lol Spent hours drop trapping as a kid, with patience you could catch anything. shopping basket from the coop a stick and a spool of line even had the odd squirrel in it, I actually made one last year with a figure of four trigger and a bait stick caught a collard dove in it just to see if I still had it, let it go as soon as I caught it and it,s now nesting in the tree so obviously not that stressful for him, happy memory's of a much less complex time of life 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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