Chase, capture or kill?

[chickortreat]

So if Bubba says you can shoot a hawk, you can shoot a hawk?

 

[Haunted55]

Just an FYI: http://www.fws.gov/forms/3-200-13.pdf

Exactly!!!!

 

[Haunted55]

So if Bubba says you can shoot a hawk, you can shoot a hawk?

I am assuming that by Bubba you are referring to the govt.. Yes, after due process with the permit requests, you are able to protect what is yours.

 

[Aschenfire]

So if Bubba says you can shoot a hawk, you can shoot a hawk?

No...and I sure hope that people don't take that PDF to mean that they can just go out and start blasting away at hawks. READ the thing, those of you who want to "take care of" hawk problems. You have to PROVE you've done all you can for some time, and then you have to record, document, and write down everything, on top of paying fees. You are not quaranteed a permit either, just because a hawk killed a chicken on your property once. First and foremost, be proactive...secure and protect your animals. It's that simple

 

[ivan3]

The reason I posted the link to the depredation permit wasn't that I was expecting everyone to rush out and pony up their $50.00 fee and jump through all hoops and comply with all the caveats.

I posted owing to the somewhat confusing issue of what constitutes "harassment" One of the questions on the form inquires as to the applicant's attempts to mitigate the problem by non-lethal means (including scaring the raptors away). So, unless the FWS is purposely trolling for `harassers' to bring before the bar, I'd expect bottle rockets fired in the general direction of the offending hawk is probably copacetic and safer/cheaper for all concerned.

Our resident, yearling, Red Tail spends all its time out in the open, stooping like a diving rocket for inattentive Bull Frogs on the edge of the pond. Under the trees, the CD/DVD's are still doing the job (a Kestrel `hit' one of our BSL's, once, but bounced off - big girl).

 

[CAjerseychick]

The reason I posted the link to the depredation permit wasn't that I was expecting everyone to rush out and pony up their $50.00 fee and jump through all hoops and comply with all the caveats.
I posted owing to the somewhat confusing issue of what constitutes "harassment" One of the questions on the form inquires as to the applicant's attempts to mitigate the problem by non-lethal means (including scaring the raptors away). So, unless the FWS is purposely trolling for `harassers' to bring before the bar, I'd expect bottle rockets fired in the general direction of the offending hawk is probably copacetic and safer/cheaper for all concerned.
Our resident, yearling, Red Tail spends all its time out in the open, stooping like a diving rocket for inattentive Bull Frogs on the edge of the pond. Under the trees, the CD/DVD's are still doing the job (a Kestrel `hit' one of our BSL's, once, but bounced off - big girl).

Great so scaring Raptors away is OK! Dont get me wrong we are overrrun with field mice and I need them to eat those, I just need them away from my little 20x20 chicken yard....

 

[Deerhunter1995]

i say if you can kill it without getting in trouble than fire away i know i kill anything thats hurting my girls

 

[Deerhunter1995]

get some geese they are the best aralm system ever if you prefer not to kill it i have some and they work well for letting me know when somthings not right. my pro blem is im at work alot and at night is when i have predator issues

 

[CAjerseychick]

get some geese they are the best aralm system ever if you prefer not to kill it i have some and they work well for letting me know when somthings not right. my pro blem is im at work alot and at night is when i have predator issues

I have been considering geese. (Just am feeling like I have enough poop and mess with this flock of Jersey Giants). My dogs loose at night seem to take care of nighttime predation...And there are plenty of barky dogs at the pound waiting for homes..(hint hint

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[Haunted55]

get some geese they are the best aralm system ever if you prefer not to kill it i have some and they work well for letting me know when somthings not right. my pro blem is im at work alot and at night is when i have predator issues

Turkeys are even better than the geese. The Redtails and Eagles will come in if it's just the ducks, geese and chickens out but as soon as I let the broadbreasted turkeys out, the hawks leave the area.