Woodpecker control

[Mtnmilsurp]

I've got a woodpecker that keeps waking me up at the crack of dawn boring holes in the side of my house. It works in an inside corner so I can't shoot it off the side of my house because my house would be behind the little pecker from any direction of approach. I'm thinking there's a good scarecrow product out there. Any recommendations?

 

[Mcnasty]

Not sure about a scarecrow options but I have used my sons airsoft for the wood pecker the bangs on our aluminum house vent. Took to pops on different days but has been effective

 

[wapitibob]

pellet gun

 

[flathead#2]

Pellet gun will do less damage to your house than the woodpecker.

 

[LeftyWilbury]

my pellet gun solved a friend's flicker problem. no damage to house. fatal damage to flicker.

 

[mt100gr.]

Pellet gun, bb gun, or even .22 bird shot. I've even used .22 bird shot inside unfinished spaces!

 

[Mtnmilsurp]

Thanks! I didn't think about Airsoft. I might have to raid my boys' armories...

 

[Tjdeerslayer37]

my grandparents hang up CDs on fishing line around the fascias of their house, keeps em away

 

[h2so4]

Pecker Patrol

 

[HuntHarder]

So a big woodpecker hole doesn't bother you, but a .177 pellet hole would? I mean, you gotta send it and don't miss

 

[49ereric]

I've got a woodpecker that keeps waking me up at the crack of dawn boring holes in the side of my house. It works in an inside corner so I can't shoot it off the side of my house because my house would be behind the little pecker from any direction of approach. I'm thinking there's a good scarecrow product out there. Any recommendations?

That is a bad sign-warning in the Native American world.

 

[MallardSX2]

Amazon.com : benjamin marader

 

[browning2480]

I would advise caution as I believe Peckers are covered under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Could be wrong, but if I am right, probably wouldn’t blast this all over the interwebs how you plan to whack that pecker

 

[Tjdeerslayer37]

I would advise caution as I believe Peckers are covered under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Could be wrong, but if I am right, probably wouldn’t blast this all over the interwebs how you plan to whack that pecker

some people pay good money to know how you whack your pecker

 

[BBob]

Mount a Victor rat snap trap vertically on the side of your house with a piece of dog kibble securely attached to the trip. Extremely satisfying experience

 

[pirogue]

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a thread that the internet police didn’t have to pollute?

 

[Agross]

I had the same problem a couple years ago with my new deer blind. Happened to talk to an old lady in a neighborhood we were working in. All the houses had wood siding and a wood pecker problem except her. She said she put a few big fake spiders out and it takes care of it. U may not want to do it but being it was just my deer blind I screwed a six inch fake rubber tarantula to the side of my blind. They didn’t touch it after that.

 

[eightyeight mag]

Maybe we need a thread on which caliber is enough to take down a pecker. How many foot pounds of energy do we need to ethically deflate the offending pecker?
Inevitably someone will refer you to the .223 thread.

 

[Zdub02]

That is a bad sign-warning in the Native American world.

Care to elaborate? Would love to hear the meaning around this.

 

[Mtnmilsurp]

That is a bad sign-warning in the Native American world.

Bad for the woodpecker? As in, pecker wakeum up injun, injun shootum pecker?