Grackles are back!
- Thread starter Dr. Kralenstein
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I abhor Grackles as much as Starlings.
Same scenario in Ohio on Grackles, blast them if they are depredating or causing a nuisance. Any black bird falls under that except for Crows.
Pooping on your car qualifies as a nuisance according to ODNR District 5 HQ.
Same scenario in Ohio on Grackles, blast them if they are depredating or causing a nuisance. Any black bird falls under that except for Crows.
Pooping on your car qualifies as a nuisance according to ODNR District 5 HQ.
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I have some Karens across the road but they are not a problem, I think they are afraid of me. You know, crazy guy always leaving the house with gun cases. I have learned shots from the front are best for DRT.
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@Boostcreep, my neighbors know I shoot on “my” property. I make sure that they know it, I don’t hide it. Pellets do not leave my home range. That said, I am a good, helpful neighbor in all regards which helps immensely.
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Grackles the finest airgun target God ever invented. BTW, when are they NOT a nuisance bird? Which brings us to the greatest airgun story you'll ever read if you have a sense of humor.
I was managing a bicycle store in the Dallas area in the 1980s surrounded by trees that were apparently fantastic for grackle roosting, loitering and partying. Suffice to say the shop sidewalks were their toilets. I decided to do something about it.
At the time, I had a fantastic Japanese-made Sharp U-FP .177 Co2 pistol with a simple (detachable) shoulder-stock. It shot medium weight pellets 550 FPS with match-grade accuracy.
I also had a very "unique" employee named Paul that was a fantastic salesman, and considered himself a Buddhist. Yet he (eventually) got into fist-fights with customers on two different occasions.
Reminder- 1980s, DALLAS!
I showed up to work about a half-hour early one day to put a dent in the grackle population with the fantastic little Sharp rig. I'd dropped about three grackles from the driver's window of my truck when I see Paul stand up from where dead grackles had been raining down.
Paul walked over and said, "What the hell are you shooting?" I'd dropped those grackles almost on Paul's head while he was sitting cross-legged outside the back door of the shop doing his morning Buddhist chanting!
Of course he and I became fast friends.
I was managing a bicycle store in the Dallas area in the 1980s surrounded by trees that were apparently fantastic for grackle roosting, loitering and partying. Suffice to say the shop sidewalks were their toilets. I decided to do something about it.
At the time, I had a fantastic Japanese-made Sharp U-FP .177 Co2 pistol with a simple (detachable) shoulder-stock. It shot medium weight pellets 550 FPS with match-grade accuracy.
I also had a very "unique" employee named Paul that was a fantastic salesman, and considered himself a Buddhist. Yet he (eventually) got into fist-fights with customers on two different occasions.
Reminder- 1980s, DALLAS!I showed up to work about a half-hour early one day to put a dent in the grackle population with the fantastic little Sharp rig. I'd dropped about three grackles from the driver's window of my truck when I see Paul stand up from where dead grackles had been raining down.
Paul walked over and said, "What the hell are you shooting?" I'd dropped those grackles almost on Paul's head while he was sitting cross-legged outside the back door of the shop doing his morning Buddhist chanting!
Of course he and I became fast friends.
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I had a big problem with them the first Spring after I got my extended bulk fill QB22 from Mac1. Oh my, what a grackle blaster it was. They must have put the word out because I haven't seen more than a handful in the last 15 years or more.
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I haven’t encountered any grackles yet this year but I’m set or killing as many sparrows and starlings as possible this year. I’ve got my daughter painting some craft store birds to mimic starlings so I can set a decoy spread in the yard on days that I can watch out the window and pick off a few extra of the pests.
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Don't they also kick out the eggs in other types of birds nests and lay theirs there for the other bird to raise?
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Probably raised no questions from any residents in the area either. Just another night in Chicago. Lol
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I'm not aware that grackles do this. However, brown-headed cowbirds do, and frequently travel with grackles.
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I feed song birds and have alot that visit my feeders. The Starlings are already here and I was out today and saw flock after flocks of high flying Grackles. Probably coming in from Missouri! I don't shoot Cowbirds or Redwing Blackbirds, FWIW.
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I give the redwings a pass as well, I enjoy them and their calls.
Cow birds get smacked though, I have yet to find any redeeming qualities in them.
Cow birds get smacked though, I have yet to find any redeeming qualities in them.
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