Is it worth wearing camo pesting on a dairy?

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Blackpaw

Blackpaw

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Just curious who wears camo on a dairy or similar, i.e. stock yard when they are pesting.

When I head back to Idaho in a few weeks I should be able to get out a day or two for pesting. 

I thought maybe it would be worth buying a cheap camo jacket, etc to blend in a little vs walking around in a black jacket. Yes, I have several different colors, but they are that solid colors.
 
I've been clearing a couple of barns recently for a farmer and have come to the conclusion that, with pigeons at least, most of them are dumb as bricks and you could wear a clown suit and they'll just sit there and let you wack 'em. I've literally shot a couple of hundred of them over the last couple of weekends - there is a small "flock" of "survivors left that I'm guessing are "the smart" ones from this farm. ( lol ) They've become increasingly twitchy and flighty when I show up and much more challenging to shoot - they do not stick around . . . initially they used to just fly from one end of a given barn to the other end. The survivors that are left now fly out of the barn and head off elsewhere . . .

The starlings on the other hand - I'm still working out a means to take them out - I may have to just wait for the weather to break so I can sit and just pick them off outdoors where I can use a bigger gun ( not the 7 ft/lb one I use in the barns ). The farmer won't let me turn off the lights as he's running his operation 24x7 - ie; use night vision against the starlings.
 
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Well, I walked around the dairy vs driving. Upon reflection maybe sound of the Taipan, because day at the dairy seemed to have the birds more spooked than the first day when the Taipan went off.

Maybe mixing up the guns during the day, conditions allowing, will help and a change of clothing. 

@robe no problem no offense taken and thought it was humorous. Downside dressing up like a cow is you might wind up in a milking stall, and this would not be a way to go.
 
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Pigeons are NOT dumb. At least the ones that live at the farms I shoot at are not. Starlings and crows have a few more IQ points but pigeons learn and remember. Pigeons don’t seem to fly in the dark. Perhaps that’s the difference. 


I tell the story of my first permission. About 30 pigeons sitting on top of a silo. I got into the equipment shed and shot one or two. About 65 yards a At about the forth shot they flew off and cycled the silo and landed. Shot again they flew and made a wider circle This went on for about a half hour with the circle getting bigger. At about 45 minutes they flew off and did not return. I killed maybe 15. I left to return about 10 days later. At this point the population had been reduced by about 50%. Got set up and made a first shot. No circle and landing back down. They took off and flew off for at least a half hour. Starlings you typically only get one shot . Some times there are more then one flock of starlings (and pigeons too) then you might get more shots.
I’m convinced that they look for you as well . I’ve seen them fly over the equipment shed and flutter as they spy me . They also will land on the back side of the silo were I can’t get a shot at them. Some times I can trick one or two by pinging a pellet off of the silo and getting them to fly and land unprotected . They are smarter then what you think. 
 
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