JohnC
Member
Hi,
Is shooting them the only way to get truly rid of them? 8)
Discuss.
Best Regards,
John
Is shooting them the only way to get truly rid of them? 8)
Discuss.
Best Regards,
John
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Herons
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JohnC
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chilled84 said:
evil but no, my folks are bird watchers and they would never let me. something more humane is needed.
paul.in.kendal
Member
Recipe: Heron Rosted
PERIOD: England, 15th century
Take a heron; lete him blode as a crane, And serue him in al poyntes as a crane, in scalding, drawing, and kuttyng the bone of the nekke a-wey, And lete the skyn be on, & c.; roste him and sause him as þe Crane; breke awey the bone fro the kne to the fote, And lete the skyn be on.
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PERIOD: England, 15th century
Take a heron; lete him blode as a crane, And serue him in al poyntes as a crane, in scalding, drawing, and kuttyng the bone of the nekke a-wey, And lete the skyn be on, & c.; roste him and sause him as þe Crane; breke awey the bone fro the kne to the fote, And lete the skyn be on.
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Steve Smith
Member
Creepy plastic heron ornament?
Garuf
Member
Nah, Our heron back home soon realised he was plastic, my gran has a picture of it standing on the plastic ones back looking into the pond.
Garuf
Member
You can use clacks which are like a large sprung pair of blocks that snap together and make a huge bang. That's what we ended up using, just waiting till he arrived then "firing" them.
JohnC
Member
They have the plastic heron thing and its sussed it already, even after i told them to keep moving it around. Currently the pond is deadly with loads of mono-filament fishing wire stuff criss crossing it plus netting but its still getting the fish. Looks awful.
Ed Seeley
Member
hijac said:
Shooting herons is not allowed so I trust that was just a joke!
(As much as I would have liked to do the same when one took a 16 year old carp of mine!)Plastic herons will not work. Herons are not territorial. I have seen them fishing side by side along the Trent many times. If anyone put one by their pond and a the heron went away it's either a coincidence or the heron thought the plastic one was dead as a warning!!!
JohnC
Member
Ed Seeley said:hijac said:
Shooting herons is not allowed so I trust that was just a joke!
Plastic herons will not work. Herons are not territorial. I have seen them fishing side by side along the Trent many times. If anyone put one by their pond and a the heron went away it's either a coincidence or the heron thought the plastic one was dead as a warning!!!
Does anyone sell plastic dead herons?
I read a couple of things about raising the wall around the pond (currently one course of rocks) as they need ledges to fish from. Is that true?
Ed Seeley
Member
hijac said:
'Fraid not! They will stand outside a pond and stab at fish. A deep pond with vertical sides and no shelves will reduce their chances to catch fish but it can't guarantee safe fish as they might come up to the top in reach of the heron!
My pond is partly raised with a vertical wall on the side that is open that goes down 6ft and I have still lost fish. The alarm I have on the pond used to be brilliant at scaring the herons away but it is now 10years old and failing and I can't get a replacement as they've stopped making them! A real shame as it's protected my fish superbly. I now have fishing line snaked around over and alongside the pond to prevent access which seems to be working at the moment.
sanj
Member
Um could get a dog? or maybe a Main coone.
JohnC
Member
sanj said:Um could get a dog? or maybe a Main coone.
my folks are a bit old for a dog now. i could possibly suggest some kind of big wild cat that could live in one of the out buildings, might help with the mice issue too.
