way to keep hawks out temporaly* Please don't read if you protect hawk

[FF]

First of all thank you to each and every single one of your posts. I really do appreciate it. I am out in the coop and I just come in for a minute so i will get more in discussion in a little bit. Not read every ones p[ost yet.

 

[FF]

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Will you please explain what I would have to do and where I would have to go to buy one of those $50 permits. How long is the permit good for? I'm not a hunter in any way, BUT if you're correct about the $50 permit (must be a new policy), I'll buy a high-powered rifle and take out a lot of hawks in seven surrounding counties; most hawk species need to be thinned out severely.

Agreed 100%

http://www.fws.gov/permits/

http://www.fws.gov/forms/3-200-12.pdf+

I THINK this is it. i called my local office and they sent one in the mail to you. Just try that.

 

[bakerjw]

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Not to derail a thread but I am a stickler when it comes to proper and safe use of a firearm. Shooting a rifle into the air is negligent discharge of a firearm. If the hawk is on the ground then good. If it is on a pole or in the air then it is a different matter. You may want to kill a hawk but may end up injuring someone, damaging property, or worse. Use a shotgun instead.

I remember when I was younger I heard about people trapping sparrow and chicken hawks by putting a hardware cloth box with a mouse inside of it on the ground. Nooses of string were arranged around on top of the bow. When the hawk landed on the box and tried to get the contents their feet would get tangled. Not sure if something like that could work on larger hawks.

There are some good designs here http://icwdm.org/handbook/birds/HawksOwls.asp

If it were me, I'd jump the hoops and pay the permit fee rather than take a chance at SSS. Violations of federal game laws aren't taken very lightly from what I've seen in the past.

 

[Prodigal son]

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Love it! This would make an excellent tattoo...

 

[haTHOR]

if the OP is worried about breaking the rules of the forum i am SURE he's a good enough citizen not to want to take up that advice, which would be illegal.

 

[mediazeal]

I have heard that crow decoys and crow sounds will attract more crows
they will help drive the hawks away
there are some good crow decoys at cabellas site

hanging CDs, poulty netting, giving your chickens lots of places to duck under
and knowing that if you free range you are going to lose chickens are all part of it

keeping them in a large enclosure with a wire covering or roof is the only sure protection from hawks
no matter how many you kill, more will follow

good luck with your flock

 

[Stonerowfarm]

Don't know if it would work for you, but I've started leaving out small piles of banty eggs for the crows. They come around and seem to be protecting my chickens from the hawks. I've watched a murder of crows drive off a couple hawks recently and it seems to be working well (so far). I also have roosters in all three coops warning the girls.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

joebryant wrote:
I'll buy a high-powered rifle and take out a lot of hawks in seven surrounding counties

I hope you like Federal Prison​

 

[joebryant]

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I hope you like Federal Prison

Do you know how to read? Don't take something that I say out of context and make a smart alec remark like that.

 

[aprophet]

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Not to derail a thread but I am a stickler when it comes to proper and safe use of a firearm. Shooting a rifle into the air is negligent discharge of a firearm. If the hawk is on the ground then good. If it is on a pole or in the air then it is a different matter. You may want to kill a hawk but may end up injuring someone, damaging property, or worse. Use a shotgun instead.

I remember when I was younger I heard about people trapping sparrow and chicken hawks by putting a hardware cloth box with a mouse inside of it on the ground. Nooses of string were arranged around on top of the bow. When the hawk landed on the box and tried to get the contents their feet would get tangled. Not sure if something like that could work on larger hawks.

There are some good designs here http://icwdm.org/handbook/birds/HawksOwls.asp

If it were me, I'd jump the hoops and pay the permit fee rather than take a chance at SSS. Violations of federal game laws aren't taken very lightly from what I've seen in the past.

It may depend on where you are but here near town before permits are issued the agency issuing them does several thorough inspections of your property and makes sure you are jumping through the hoops properly they may even think up some more hoops depending on the inspector