Annoying Pheasants (1 Viewer)

Earwig

Member

• May 12, 2006

• #1

Hi

A pheasant keeps waking me up every morning at dawn by flapping his wings and squawking. I've tried throwing tennis balls at it but it simply retreats out of range. :stuck:

 

SimonG4ELI

Well-known member

• May 12, 2006

• #2

Earwig said:

Hi

A pheasant keeps waking me up every morning at dawn by flapping his wings and squawking. I've tried throwing tennis balls at it but it simply retreats out of range. :stuck:

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Probably got the missus close by sitting on the eggs. I know how you feel - at my mum's place in the IOM we are surrounded by them.

Some nice-ish pictures http://gallery.ham-radio.ch/main.php?g2_itemId=2023

 

luke

A Welsh birder in Dorset!

• May 12, 2006

• #3

wait until october then he might suddenly dissapear? :gn:

 

Gill Osborne

Well-known member

• May 12, 2006

• #4

Loads of them around here too - you get used to the noises they make! :'D

It's when they jump out in front of the car that bugs me!!!

 

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Sancho

Well-known member

• May 14, 2006

• #5

Earwig said:

Hi

A pheasant keeps waking me up every morning at dawn by flapping his wings and squawking. I've tried throwing tennis balls at it but it simply retreats out of range. :stuck:

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Hang for three days, then cast-iron casserole, swedes, parsnips, potatoes, stock, sage and onion stuffing and you'll never look back

 

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Lee Rogers

Well-known member

• May 14, 2006

• #6

The glorious whatever it is....

I say shoot it and eat it, if it's good enough for the patron of the RSPB it's should be good enough for you!

PS> As it's out of season don't let anyone know

 

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scodger

Well-known member

• May 15, 2006

• #7

Difficult one this...

I've never done it but I reckon you should hide in some long grass until a pheasant just about steps on you, leap up at the last second and shout
' BANG, BANG!! ', that should just about annoy the hell out of it.

Scodger

 

matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• May 15, 2006

• #8

I can deal with pheasants,it's that bloody chicken around here that wakes me up around 05.00 am that does my head in.

for a partial insomniac who struggles to get to sleep by 04.00 it's really irritating to be woken up an hour later by the neighbours chickens!

any chicken recipes welcomed :t:

matt

 

rozinante

Anarchism is order

• May 16, 2006

• #9

I know a pair of lapwings that might deal with it for you.
Watched them driving a pair of pheasants away from their nest the other day. A very coordinated attack. One circled then dived at them, smacking them on the head with a wing before wheeling away. I could not tell if the blows where actualy landing on the pheasants head or not but it was very close. The action was as I say, a definate "smack" from the wing. While one lapwing distracted them with this, the other went away a fair distance away, only to return like a bullet just above ground level. This one was moving too fast to attempt any fancy blows, more like a bowl and skittles aproach. This took a long time as the pheasants, not the brightest bird I think, (no offence intended only moved a yard or so each pass.

I like Scodger's solution, such revenge would be sweet