Magpies

[Redneck]

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Of course there is method to my vindiction, and that is to teach the parent Magpies that bringing their young in to my camp area is a bad idea.

Twit!

[Outlaw Yogi]

Oct16#62 - Got 'im (cut @ 60%).jpg

Of course there is method to my vindiction, and that is to teach the parent Magpies that bringing their young in to my camp area is a bad idea.

Twit!

You wouldn't know shit from clay if you used it for tooth paste, Drop-kick!

Several year back I had some other troublesome Magpies, so I shot them with a .22
First one I killed with 1 shot. The other I pumped 5 rounds in to it and the fucken thing still wouldn't die. So I got a thick piece of bamboo top club it , but it kept running away. I had to get my dog to catch it for me, then I clubbed it.

When I told a woman I knew in Bundy about it, she said "Oh that's terrible, do you know they mate for life?" ... I replied "That's OK, I killed the pair of them".

When this current pair started getting troublesome I taught them manners with my sling shot.
One I got in the head and knocked unconscious. When I lifted its head with a machete it woke and bolted. The other I got under the wing in the ribs at close range. It couldn't fly for a week, and knew I could have killed it on many occasions. For several years they've had some respect. But seem to have forgotten they're guests on at my place and are starting to act like they own it, and they don't, I do.

[Aussie]

I don't know about this, but I thought there was some legislation about killing birds etc?

[Outlaw Yogi]

I don't know about this, but I thought there was some legislation about killing birds etc?

I do know. All birds, even feral ones (eg Crows) are protected in Kweensland.

But then so too are cane toads these days. That's right, it's now illegal to kill cane toads.
(meaning I break the law on average 3 times a night)

The world's gone mad!

And the Vegan fundamentalists want feral pigs protected as well.
Fucking insane!

[Aussie]

That's right, it's now illegal to kill cane toads.

No, it is not. If you kill a cane toad, the RSPCA Legislation requires that you do it 'humanely.'

A seven iron is humane.

[IQS.RLOW]

That's right, it's now illegal to kill cane toads.

No, it is not. If you kill a cane toad, the RSPCA Legislation requires that you do it 'humanely.'

A seven iron is humane.

No, it isn't.

[mantra]

Several year back I had some other troublesome Magpies, so I shot them with a .22
First one I killed with 1 shot. The other I pumped 5 rounds in to it and the fucken thing still wouldn't die. So I got a thick piece of bamboo top club it , but it kept running away. I had to get my dog to catch it for me, then I clubbed it.

When I told a woman I knew in Bundy about it, she said "Oh that's terrible, do you know they mate for life?" ... I replied "That's OK, I killed the pair of them".

When this current pair started getting troublesome I taught them manners with my sling shot.
One I got in the head and knocked unconscious. When I lifted its head with a machete it woke and bolted. The other I got under the wing in the ribs at close range. It couldn't fly for a week, and knew I could have killed it on many occasions. For several years they've had some respect. But seem to have forgotten they're guests on at my place and are starting to act like they own it, and they don't, I do.

Have you thought about using a scarecrow instead?

Magpies are protected and even though they are a nuisance to you and you can do what you like as long as no-one sees you - there has to be a better way of keeping them away.

Actually that woman was wrong. They don't mate for life. The males get burnt out a lot quicker than the females who appear to work a lot harder. The female magpie that has been coming to my place for years has had 4 mates - each one younger and stronger than his predecessor is at the end of breeding season. When the new breeding season rolls around - he's replaced.

[Outlaw Yogi]

That's right, it's now illegal to kill cane toads.

No, it is not. If you kill a cane toad, the RSPCA Legislation requires that you do it 'humanely.'

Yes it is! .. The Qld legislation stipulates it has to be done humanely, and RSPCA advises that the toads be collected and placed in a freezer to comatose them first.
Well I don't have a freezer, just a 12 volt fridge which I don't bother to use. And if I did have a freezer I wouldn't be putting filthy bloody toads in it.

Now humans like toads first evolved in tropical climates, while we can adapt to temperate and cold climates we are still basically a tropical animal. Now I'd like to hear/see how humane RSPCA staff consider being put in a freezer til they pass out, once they are revived. Because to my way of thinking, putting a tropical creature in an icy environment would be torture.

Generally I chop their heads off with a machete or spade, but if not carrying an implement, I pick them up by the back legs, smack their head on a tree or rock, knocking them unconscious and then chuck them in the fire. If they wake up, it's too late.

A seven iron is humane.

No, actually that's torture. Because toads are quite hardy/tough creatures, and stamping them with the heel of a boot or hitting with a golf club just injures and knocks them unconscious. Generally they'll wake injured 5-20 minutes later and live with a permanent disability.

A humane method of killing is sticking them at the base of the head with a bayonet/long knife. They stop moving instantly.
Another way is to run them over on the road at night or in the rain. I quite like the sound of hearing them pop/explode if you get them head first. My best record is 57 toads between my place and Gin Gin - aprox 40km.

[Outlaw Yogi]

Have you thought about using a scarecrow instead?

Scarecrows are useless, I've seen bird sit on them, or even take pieces to build nests with.
Rubber snakes work for a while. Took Crows 6 months to work out the snakes were fake, but only took white cockies (Sulphur crested Cockatoos) 2 weeks.
But using rubber snakes to deter Magpies from stealing dog food and cherry tomatoes will just get the rubber snake chewed up by the dogs.

Actually that woman was wrong. They don't mate for life. The males get burnt out a lot quicker than the females ...

Like humans, the male is the real slave.

When the new breeding season rolls around - he's replaced.

Bit like those irresponsible tarts, female Butcher birds. Who leave the male with the young to look after, while she goes out looking for new mates.

[mantra]

Bit like those irresponsible tarts, female Butcher birds. Who leave the male with the young to look after, while she goes out looking for new mates.

Butcher birds don't hang around the way magpies do so it's hard to figure out their habits, but I have noticed that the male seems to look after the babies during nesting and for a short while after they leave the nest. I've seen the same males return for a couple of seasons, but not the females. I'm not sure, but I'd like to believe that the female stays with the babies during their first few weeks of birth while the father finds the food for them. The female possibly might die of exhaustion or moves somewhere because she isn't seen again unlike magpies - where the male disappears a month or so after the babies leave the nest.