Tips on "Catching" a Pheasant?
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We have a rather annoying male pheasant in our garden\field. Whilst I'd normally encourage wildlife roaming around, this little bugger make a hell of a racket at 3:30am and now to make things worse, he's taken to eating all my grass seed, no wonder my grass isn't growing!
I'm aware it's illegal to shoot them at this time of year and whilst I could get really close to it last week, he's come wise to me and now runs a mile, so I don't think catching in a box is going to happen.
Heard stories of soaking raisins in alcohol or putting sleeping tablets in raisins, but a little concerned I could cause it distress which is not the aim, I just want to pick it up and drive it 10 miles away
Any suggestions?
I'm aware it's illegal to shoot them at this time of year and whilst I could get really close to it last week, he's come wise to me and now runs a mile, so I don't think catching in a box is going to happen.
Heard stories of soaking raisins in alcohol or putting sleeping tablets in raisins, but a little concerned I could cause it distress which is not the aim, I just want to pick it up and drive it 10 miles away
Any suggestions?
Paper bag with food in the bottom and sticky stuff such as golden syrup round the inside edge. Once the 'hood' is on and he can't see, he'll just stand there till you pick him up.
PS. 1 pheasant is nothing, we've got 18000 in our 'garden' this year. Now that's noisy.
PS. 1 pheasant is nothing, we've got 18000 in our 'garden' this year. Now that's noisy.
Edited by vanordinaire on Thursday 26th May 08:40
vanordinaire said:
Paper bag with food in the bottom and sticky stuff such as golden syrup round the inside edge. Once the 'hood' is on and he can't see, he'll just stand there till you pick him up.
Is that really true? If they're anything like the pheasants I encounter try driving a car at it with the headlights on. Seems to attract them.
StoatInACoat said:
vanordinaire said:
Paper bag with food in the bottom and sticky stuff such as golden syrup round the inside edge. Once the 'hood' is on and he can't see, he'll just stand there till you pick him up.
Is that really true? If they're anything like the pheasants I encounter try driving a car at it with the headlights on. Seems to attract them.
If you have a red car, you are more likely to hit them on the road, especially during breeding season, male pheasants will run towards any thing red, I presume they think it's the red breast of a rival male and they run in to chase it away.
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