Bird Poo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Now that I keep my boat on a lift I have a major problem. Birds seem to have "flocked" to my boat. When I checked it last night there were hundreds of brid doo's all over everything. It's really disgusting. I am going to add nails to the wood pilings and pvc caps but how do I keep them off my gunnel? Although a 12 guage pump with #6 shot seems like the best solution I'd hate to "ruffle any feathers" in my neighborhood. Does a plastic owl work?
Any suggestions would be helpful. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Brian, that's simple enough. Just find out where they live and do the same. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Some people put owl statues out. I'm not convinced that's very effective.

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If you have 4 piling posts you could try stringing thick (100 lb test) colored monofilament line crisscrossing above and over the top of your boat. That will keeps seagulls from flying down and landing on the boat. I am not sure this will work with other types of birds but it usually will work with seagulls. The mono spooks them and they will fly away and land on your neighbors boat instead.
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I had aproblem with birds in my apple trees and on my boat. A paint ball gun worked great. I just shot over thier heads a couple of times and they did not come back. Don't shoot the boat because it stains. I actualy hit a couple because they flew up and in to the balls. I don't know if that killed them or stuned them because the dogs caugt them on the ground.

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I have a Plastic owl in my marina that is worthless,I think that they get use to it very quick.I have done the mono thing and it works great!I know for a fact that the paintballs don't kill gulls.I use alot of live ballyhoo here sailfishing and when anchored up on a patch and chumming the hoo's,it seems that just when they are getting thick behind the boat and you are ready to throw the net,here come the sky rats!And there goes the hoos.So,now we stand by with a really cool semi automatic paintball gun and hope the little @%&#$@^ show up.It takes a little practice as they are not real easy to hit,but once your zoned in you can catch all the ballyhoo you want! Really though,it hardly phases the gulls,they turn green or blue or whatever color paintballs you are using,but after hit ,they go sit on the water for a minute or two ,then fly right back in to your slick.Sky Rats,not the most intelligent creatures on earth!

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Briguy, I use an owl on my hard top and it seems to work. They crap on my gunnels now instead. Scotty.

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Sounds like sump'th ol' Spidercrab woul LUV to do ! Maybe the next outing We have We can try this on the JetSkier's!
Tug
(I've got the Dawg!) [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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My brother-in-law had a problem with Canada geese until he bought a Bird Chaser from a farm chain store called Agway. It's an electronic Hawk sounder that goes off every half hour or so. It works great. Try www.birdchaser.com.

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Had this problem with an airplane that was constantly bombarded with poop. Owl works for a while then they figure it out. Best thing is a rubber snake. Most effective if you change positions a lot after using the boat. That solved the problem for me.

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Rig a bare wire with no conduit on it above your boats top, and plug into in to your 110 receptacle. That will teach them a lesson.

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Brian,
A lot of people around here use those colored pennant thingies that you see at a used car lot. They are attached to a line/rope. It seems to work well. The owl is useless, although some guys claim if you move it around it keeps the gulls on their toes and away from the boat.

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hi mr briguy

i lets ole'crapper sleep on da seacraft. he liks dem ladies legs but pepaw call him crapper cuz hiz breath smel like crap. he be chazen thos gull birds all day then he crap to mark his hom. you can git one from da pet farm and giv him a mask to fool em

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Guys ,Guys, Guys, Where is your sensitivity, we must be
polictally correct here. Paint Balls ?, electrocution ?,
string traps ?, Spider's ole pit bull ?, These are mother natures things. just like the sea turtles and the Manatee's. Do what is right. Screw-em!! KILL the damn things. Rat poision works great. God help us if PITA
visits this site.
See ya, Ken
Kill them, kill them all ! [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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I still think you should give'em a taste of their own medicine. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I've seen that too. People here even put them on their roofs. Pie tins are also a popular one.
But the best of all (tough slightly immoral) is feed'em alka seltzer. Now that fun for the whole family. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Spider, now that I think about it. You could pop an alka seltzer up the pie hole of that mut of yours and you can freak your neighbors out by tellin'em she has rabies. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Capt. Ya didn't say What kind of Birds? Robin's , Red Wing Blackbirds,SailTails,Turkeys? You can make one hell-u va gumbo / Stew outta them ! Box & a String or just sprinkle a little salt on their tails ! Come down to the Gathering !
Scream'n reels'
Tug [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Sometimes .... well .... you just scare me with the things you come up with [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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Between Finster and Spidercrab, you still can't find all the face cards from a single deck...

As for electrutin' the birds, won't that just shock the sheet out of them anyway?

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The paint ball gun sounds entertaining. For all those closet PITA / Sailfish Boat lovers - I have seen the mono work well being strung in certain places. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Scares me too Scott.. but you stayed at his house... I do recall a "spooning" inccident....

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Hey d-head, just go back to playing "my pretty pony" and being affaid... [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Besides the spooning incident was the two Scotts. Though neither accually looked as if they'd been eating glazed donuts.... [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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I worked on a little Island down in MeXico a couple of Years & I saw something there that just might work for Ya! On some of the Upper class folks court yards they would place bottles on top of there concrete walls ,cemented on.Then they would break the bottles into pieces. There were jagged bottles on the tops of walls outer edges of stores,fences,walls etc, Stops the unwanted including cats,Iguanas,& likes fo' sho' Just set some of those colorful beer bottles up there set in the 5200 sealent You opened up for a 5 min. job. Using colored beer bottles will give You the eXcuse for dinking all those Strange Beers Your Wife buys for Ya! [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] Shoot em with the ol' pellet gun Make sure Ya hit em the Middle You want that Beautiful Jagged glass to Gleam & sparkle in the Sun. Just imagine if Ya lived in the Key's You'd have Iguanas Poop all over Your boat & Dock! Their taking over. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Scream'n Reels'
Proud Member of PETA [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Tug [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]


People Eating Tasty Animals ! [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Maybe That was to cruel of a way to stop Birds from Seyy'n & Poop'n . Jagged Glass & All. So how bout just using those lil' Glue traps ? The ones that are real Sticky ? [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]