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Originally Posted by svandamme
LOL, i did exactly the same thing.
They nested in a huge tree next to our house, all summer, they would keep you awake..
Go out, 3 12 gauge side by side and super posess..
one at a time, blamblam , next blamblam, next blam blam
and then it rained dead birds..
My cat was all depressed after that, sing all them dead starlings..it defied his hunter honor to see such massacre...
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Similar story my Dad told when we lived in Canada. Crows had taken over a neighborhood tree making lots of noise and mess. After a week or so he and his hunting buddy walked over one afternoon with their shotguns and the birds fly off. So they walk back to the house to sit and wait. The birds returned quickly so they walk back out with guns and again the birds fly away. So they leave their shotguns leaned up against the tree and walk back to the house. The birds returned, they again approached the tree w/o guns and the birds stayed. Boom boom boom, it's raining crows.
My home has been under the flight path from a nesting grounds to daytime sites - I'm talking many thousands (if not more) birds. It changes with the season and weather patterns but I have thought about taking some out but also heard stories that they will target you/house if you mess with them.