QUOTE(tuckfook @ May 29 2013, 02:19 PM)
LOL.... many of us tried chasing the owls away. Some even to the extent of hiding inside the BH and trying to scare the owls. Scarecrows inside and outside. Flash guns fired as the owl attacks, auto lights and lights on all night. In the end the owls get smart and ignore the humans or come when they humans are not there.
Owls can hear and see very very well. A rat at 100m is no problem. It can detect if it is a real live human or just a sound. All it takes is time and they'll have learnt. It also recognises people and vehicles. Nowadays I never get a chance to go near one when I carry a gun. They'll fly when my jeep arrives, but not my other car. They will not take a bait when I have a 'invisible' net above, but take it when the net is not there.
So far electrocution works and it does not kill them. Owls learn very quickly. I have had times when electrocuted owls return but avoid stepping on the wires.
Sifu Tuckfook.
Big problem, I have this owl that keeps coming back now I'm lost on how to deal with it.
First I nailed 2-3 vertical beams over my entrance hole, this prevented it from coming in for 1-2 months.
Now it is coming in again. Omg it probably stayed inside the BH like 2 weeks and ate at least 100 birds... heart so pain.
Any sifus have suggestion what to do with returning owl.
My entrance hole already has high voltage cables to zap them but seems like this owl has learned the trick around it too.
This post has been edited by northface: Jun 10 2013, 11:45 AM