PeskyWabbits 464 Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Hello i have some Oxford Game birds that have gone wild They are emptying themselves on a neighbour’s path so I need to contain them. i caught some by cornering them and using a fishing net but the remaining ones are too wise now I have a Larsen trap but I am only getting Jackdaws with that. what other methods can I use before I just shoot them thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wilkes 2,915 Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Can you not find where they are roosting and take them from there. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Spot light them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wilkes 2,915 Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 I’d have thought that in this weather they could have easily been fed into a multi catch trap ( easy to make). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeskyWabbits 464 Posted December 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 Thank you for all the replies. I couldn’t get them from their roosting tree as they go too high up What I did do was to make a small holding pen from pallets and some doors. Then by some miracle, I caught a couple when they wandered into the duck run. Curiousity was the downfall of the remaining birds as they went to see their captive friends and I got them with the fishing net. They are now all together in a proper house 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 Nice one helps keep things friendly with the neighbours , ive heard of oeg roosting quite high up they seem to be good survivalists if I ever had a isolated place or rewilding I would be looking at them for poultry . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gamerooster 1,179 Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 Ive seen birds survive and thrive for over a year without being fed, just left to roam wherever they want and find all there own food,,no matter how far they went theyd still come back to the barn and roost in the rafters, some of the most picturesque birds to look at as well, never seem to do as well as when left to there own devices 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 3 hours ago, gamerooster said: Ive seen birds survive and thrive for over a year without being fed, just left to roam wherever they want and find all there own food,,no matter how far they went theyd still come back to the barn and roost in the rafters, some of the most picturesque birds to look at as well, never seem to do as well as when left to there own devices Survival of the fittest 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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