Rabbit control on my property.

[po18guy]

I'm into feeding the birds, have done it for 40 years or more. Around a $60.00 a moth habit I'd say! Those wild birds are pretty sharp. They know when there's cats around. Some of the birds will set up a fuss that can be heard in the house. The crows especially. They're in the tall trees across the road and nothing gets by them. The chickadees are just outside the house and make a constant, quieter rucus.

I put out food that Steller's Jays like. Aside from being colorful, they tend to chase crows away. They make their own racket, but do not seem to linger like crows.

 

[Ben B.]

A friend has a hazelnut farm. A hazelnut farm has a squirrel problem. We've had some good days with scoped PCP .177 & .22 air rifles

 

[Spitpatch]

I put out food that Steller's Jays like. Aside from being colorful, they tend to chase crows away. They make their own racket, but do not seem to linger like crows.
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Steller's Jays are one of the most ruthless songbird nest robbers. They will actually peck the eyes out of nestlings (Robins, Towhees, Quail, etc.) in order that fledging is impossible and they maintain a larder of live, fresh meat they can go back to. Less experienced Jays will just yank the babies out and toss them on the ground, eating what they can before they spoil. Eggs are a frequent target as well.

So, if you feed and enjoy songbirds, best "discourage" Steller's Jays, Scrub Jays too.

I discourage every one I see. Word gets out in their community pretty fast, and soon they are not seen where the discouragement happened to a buddy.

 

[Mikej]

I put out food that Steller's Jays like. Aside from being colorful, they tend to chase crows away. They make their own racket, but do not seem to linger like crows.
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We're so deep in the city Steller's are scarce. None of the big trees the like, I guess. Never even heard one where we are. For the last 5 years we had a pair of scrub jays at our feeders/suet cakes. The one of the pair, we figured the female, for some reason I don't recall, was coming to hand for peanuts. Would sit outside the slider on the wood crib, knocking on it to get our attention, and then take a peanut from our hands. The other one was right there but would not take from the hand. Was a sad day when we found one dead in the yard. The female stayed and we fed her for the hand. Sometime in the last six months she was gone too.

The latest fun is a pair of chickadees that made a nest in a decorative bird house made from a large chunk of birch trunk hanging in a tree near the front window of the living room. You can hear the babies fussing when the adults are making a racket when I'm in the front yard near the bird house.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

We're so deep in the city Steller's are scarce. None of the big trees the like, I guess. Never even heard one where we are. For the last 5 years we had a pair of scrub jays at our feeders/suet cakes. The one of the pair, we figured the female, for some reason I don't recall, was coming to hand for peanuts. Would sit outside the slider on the wood crib, knocking on it to get our attention, and then take a peanut from our hands. The other one was right there but would not take from the hand. Was a sad day when we found one dead in the yard. The female stayed and we fed her for the hand. Sometime in the last six months she was gone too.

The latest fun is a pair of chickadees that made a nest in a decorative bird house made from a large chunk of birch trunk hanging in a tree near the front window of the living room. You can hear the babies fussing when the adults are making a racket when I'm in the front yard near the bird house.

If you have lots of crows you probably won't have many stellar jays. We have then but only after local crow population was significantly reduced. Have lost 5 nests to crows and of course many many more I never saw. They will eat any any birds they can find, including stellars. They locate the nest then wait until they are almost ready to fly and then come and take all the babies in about 30 seconds. We are way overpopulated with crows.

 

[RVTECH]

Just got two more!

I THOUGHT I missed the upper one as when I shot it took off so I reloaded and went around the front of my shop to see if it was still there and when I looked around the corner it was flopped over dead! I couldn't tell where I hit it as I saw no blood but these CB caps are pretty low Foot Lbs so it apparently penetrated it but didn't come out. Plus it was about a 35 ' shot.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Just got two more!

I THOUGHT I missed the upper one as when I shot it took off so I reloaded and went around the front of my shop to see if it was still there and when I looked around the corner it was flopped over dead! I couldn't tell where I hit it as I saw no blood but these CB caps are pretty low Foot Lbs so it apparently penetrated it but didn't come out. Plus it was about a 35 ' shot.
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Suggets trying am eagle suppressor 22lr 45 gr 970 fps. Great for such things.

 

[po18guy]

Just got two more!

I THOUGHT I missed the upper one as when I shot it took off so I reloaded and went around the front of my shop to see if it was still there and when I looked around the corner it was flopped over dead! I couldn't tell where I hit it as I saw no blood but these CB caps are pretty low Foot Lbs so it apparently penetrated it but didn't come out. Plus it was about a 35 ' shot.
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Sadly, rabbits are a sustainable "resource."

 

[RVTECH]

Sadly, rabbits are a sustainable "resource."

Maybe so as long as they are 'sustained' in an enclosure, raised properly and not loose and digging under my house, outbuildings etc. like these are.

These are feral domestics and there are MANY around my area. This is just the first time I have ever had any problems with them.

 

[po18guy]

Maybe so as long as they are 'sustained' in an enclosure, raised properly and not loose and digging under my house, outbuildings etc. like these are.

These are feral domestics and there are MANY around my area. This is just the first time I have ever had any problems with them.

To slow thinkers, pet bunnies are so cute - until you have to care for them.

 

[DirectDrive]

To slow thinkers, pet bunnies are so cute - until you have to care for them.

And they stink !

 

[Ben B.]

And they stink !

But can be tasty.

 

[Tlock]

Maybe so as long as they are 'sustained' in an enclosure, raised properly and not loose and digging under my house, outbuildings etc. like these are.

These are feral domestics and there are MANY around my area. This is just the first time I have ever had any problems with them.

They become destructive pest real fast! Just like a damn Grey digger