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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:55 am |
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| Jr. Squirreler |
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The Summers here and so are all of the Sparrows that come around. We have already found broken Bird eggs (looked to be pecked open) in a nest.
Anyway, I'm planning on getting them with a Crosman Recruit. What should i use for bait? |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:32 pm |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:39 pm |
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| Sparrows are seed eaters(also eat insects) they do not eat bird eggs. |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:40 pm |
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Ya X2
I don't think that sparrows are the culprit for broken eggs.
Crows Jays magpies or house wrens even chipmunks are more likely suspects. It's possible your mistaking a wren for a sparrow |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:24 pm |
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| who cares just shoot them |
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:00 am |
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| domer_pyle |
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| ebear wrote: |
| who cares just shoot them |
I care, but only because I choose not to risk the fine of killing a protected animal and having something come of it.. |
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:13 pm |
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| kanyon |
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Sparrows have a free pass at my place...
Now dam starlings are a diffrent story...
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:09 pm |
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| yeah you are right about the protected birds. i was joking, but i will say that i agree starlings are fair game |
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:43 am |
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| domer_pyle |
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| Starlings, grackles, hell I don't care what time of year it is if a crow gives me a decent shot on my own property. No good flying thugs, all of em. Oddly enough, redwing blackbirds are protected here in Wisconsin |
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:20 pm |
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| here in Elgin Illinois, robins and geese are protected. and guess what i have an abundance of? you guessed it. but i do have allot of starlings too and crows from time to time.so i just shoot into my pellet catcher until one accidentally lands into my yard. |
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:12 am |
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| Starlings are bad in my neighborhood. My neighbors even buy me pellets and CO2 to keep them under control! I have a lot of old people in my neighborhood who feed birds and squirrels and such. Makes it a gold mine for me. I have enough pellets and CO2 to see me through the next 2 years. I just told people I would let them know when I would need more. I am getting a good workout with my Titan too. So far so good with the gas ram! |
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:48 am |
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| SURESHOT |
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| domer_pyle wrote: |
| ebear wrote: |
| who cares just shoot them |
I care, but only because I choose not to risk the fine of killing a protected animal and having something come of it.. |
you're doing it wrong then...
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