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Icon8 I'm going to kill me a bird!

At work this dang bird keeps sitting on my mirrors and crapping down the door.

I'm about this close to killing that ****...

Only problem is its a Cardinal, but I'm to the point where i could care less.


Anyone else have this problem? If so how did u fix it?
 
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Did... BB gun with a scope took care of it....
 
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Pour some cat **** on your truck.....oh wait...that'll make it worse. Cat **** is the worst!
 
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yea legally you can't kill those

have you tried parking in another spot?
 
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Originally Posted by lifted97ranger
yea legally you can't kill those

have you tried parking in another spot?

yeah i know i cant legally.

ive got the best parking spot in the place. i cant move...
 
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get one of the stuffed cats from Cracker Barrel that looks about as real as possible.....and sit it on your hood and see if that works....of course rub the stuffed cat up against another cat so it smells like a cat...
 
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Well, you could always get one of these in your truck........

It'd keep more than birds away from your truck, just keep the windows rolled down with food and water (of course I'd never leave an animal in a car unattended). But can you say owned?















 
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They're called pigeon spikes. May look a little funky, but if you rigged them up with some velcro it would probably work...

http://www.martleyelectronics.co.uk/...#pigeon_spikes
 
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http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2006/10...poopin_bi.html

You can cover your side mirrors with a shower cap until the birdy goes away.
 
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nelz had this problem he just used some bags and put them over the mirrors
 
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He probably just likes looking in the mirror at himself.

Do you have an alarm system with a panic button? If so id turn that on everytime I saw him on there.. Might work.

or just put a scarecrow in the back.
 
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They make plastic hawks for this... we use them a lot in the grass fields to keep bird and geese away. just set one on your roof and they wont come within 50' of your truck
 
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I'm thinking about just shooting him. haha

nah I think ill try covering them up first.
 
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I had a sparrow that did this a lot last summer, but since then I've moved and havent seen the little bugger since LOL.
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
I'm thinking about just shooting him. haha

nah I think ill try covering them up first.
dont miss and break your led mirrors ha...


i thought it was only illegal in ohio to shoot them since theyre our state bird?
 
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how about setting an ex lax capsule on your mirror. hopefully it tries to eat it lol.
 
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Put on a set of thornbirds haha.
 
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i think this is a time for some pics..
 
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zach covering up your mirrors don't work. They finally just left my truck alone. Not sure where they went. Must have went back to your work. They would also try to break in my windows. I don't know what it is with our trucks and cardinals.
 
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why do they like sonic blue???? you think they'd like a big red truck... or their just color blind
 
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bb gun haha i would use my old .22 wichester
 
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Paint ball gun is what I was going to use. I could shoot them off my truck with minor damage to truck and bird. (accually it might kill the bird)
 
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You could always borrow that thing that i think Alon posts a picture of. from the Eastern world.
 
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Originally Posted by 07SPORT
why do they like sonic blue???? you think they'd like a big red truck... or their just color blind
yeah mine is red and sometimes i think its a shiot magnet for bird turds
 
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