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Visual Bird Controls
07/20/08 10:21 AM
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Has anyone used products like these? If so, can you provide a review of their effectiveness?
Sutton Ag- Visual Bird Controls
Best Regards,
Highsmith
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Re: Visual Bird Controls
[re: Highsmith]
07/20/08 11:46 AM
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The plastic owls are common in my part of the country. I don't know whether they produce any results or whether they're just for decoration. And I know at least one commercial pecan orchard (about 800 trees) that uses several of the propane cannons to try to keep the crows out of the pecans. Again, I don't know how effective it is, and I don't recall seeing any of the other things in use.
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Re: Visual Bird Controls
[re: Highsmith]
07/20/08 12:49 PM
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I have used the reflective tape in a peach tree and initially it scares the birds and pretty much keeps them out of the trees at first, but they get braver as more peaches ripen and they discover that the tape will not hurt them, so I wound up putting up a 12'X12'X12' frame and netting. Only one large peach tree and I want my share. I leave the last of them for the birds after I get tired of picking them, and the wife gets tired of putting them up.
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Re: Visual Bird Controls
[re: Highsmith]
07/20/08 02:57 PM
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The plastic owls are a joke. My wife and I were laughing at one in town last week. Someone had it up the roof and birds were sitting on its head. Propane canons seem to work on both birds and deer also people.
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Re: Visual Bird Controls
[re: jimbrown]
07/21/08 01:28 PM
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What kind of loads do you put in your cannon? Bird shot for birds, buck shot for deer i can understand. But what about people? 
No fun, change the rules!!!
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