Air Cannon Mud Cut

[Jerkyourcroaker]

My wife's uncle is a wheat farmer up in the panhandle. He had a problem with Canadian Geese a few years ago - eating his wheat down to the ground. They would mow throw acres and acres of wheat overnight. He put an air cannon in one of the fields and it had the same effect - scared the crap out of the neighbors and the birds were nonplussed.

[2112]

I know for a fact if you hang a dead black bird in a fig tree the others won't come back.... I'm jus sayin.

[Swells]

Well if it's just a porch or a boat or something, I like to use old fishing line and a lot of it. Birds hate string and netting, it messes with their head somehow.

[Ibtsoom]

I know for a fact if you hang a dead black bird in a fig tree the others won't come back.... I'm jus sayin.

Unfortunately Bert if you hang up any of the type of birds that are crapping out there -- you'd just be asking for the game warden to write you a big ticket.

[coachlaw]

Tried the fishing line, tried owls. They just poop all over everything.

[TMO]

Hey Sandy, I think we need to try the mylar strips.

[coachlaw]

Yep, nothing to lose in trying. Vic said we could find it at Hobby Lobby. I don't know where one of those is though.

[Muddskipper]

We have been hearing that thing for months .... we assumed it was someong doing sismic testing in X-mas orBastrop like they did back in the 80's .....

If I was a neighbor, I would have been pissed to have that thing going off like that ...

Keep in mind guys, yes the bird poop suxs, but you have you cabin in their wild, and we are guest.... litterally as we rent the land from the GLO .... don't do anything that could get you in trouble with the state TPWD of the GLO ..... you might want to call them and see what is allowed...

[coachlaw]

Speakin' for my place, we've never done anything against the rules. I did think about the cannon, and I'm glad it wasn't me who tried it. Sometimes not having money is a good thing. I'm not going to be shooting or hanging any dead birds or anything like that either. I know it's against the law. Mylar streamers are going to be the last ditch effort. Not having been out there for the last 2 weekends I don't look forward to how deep the poop on the porch is going to be when I get out there next. Never had a problem with bird poop in Louisiana.

[Primer]

Speakin' for my place, we've never done anything against the rules. I did think about the cannon, and I'm glad it wasn't me who tried it. Sometimes not having money is a good thing. I'm not going to be shooting or hanging any dead birds or anything like that either. I know it's against the law. Mylar streamers are going to be the last ditch effort. Not having been out there for the last 2 weekends I don't look forward to how deep the poop on the porch is going to be when I get out there next. Never had a problem with bird poop in Louisiana.

Can't you eat ibis in Louisiana?

[Muddskipper]

I have seen some guys use netting with some results ....

I used to hang CD's with fishing line .... they would spin and creat all kinds of glare and flashes that kept birds away ..

[2112]

I truly hope the hanging birds wasn't token seriously.

[coachlaw]

"Token seriously"? Freudian slip Bert? LMAO!

I just didn't want anyone thinking I would take it seriously. I have a friend in La. that eats ibis. He loves 'em. I know it's illegal to shoot them, so I wouldn't try it. He's one of the swamp people types. Never had a fishin' license, etc. He knows he's not allowed on my boat because he won't buy one. He's not a bad guy, he just believes that he should be able to harvest without paying for it because it's his birthright. I gave up arguing with him. He knows if he's going to break the law, he's got to be away from me. He did cook up a bunch of ibis breasts one day at our old camp there. I didn't know that's what they were until later. After that I told him to take his ill gotten gains home.

If anyone wants to try hanging CD's, I'm up for that. I don't have any I'd want to get rid of though. I had my Dixie Chicks CD steamrolled at a ceremony in Waco.