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Title: Birds pecking holes in 3D targets !
Post by: Bible5 on December 27, 2008, 02:22:00 PM
Any tips on how to stop birds pecking holes in 3D targets. They seem to love my Cabelas deer. I filled the holes with spray foam and repainted but they just did it again in different spots!  :confused:
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Post by: mcgroundstalker on December 27, 2008, 02:36:00 PM
I'm gonna guess the birds are looking for insects. You can put a tarp over your target but then you will have some other critter (like mice) wanting to live under there.

... mike ...
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Post by: Coonbait on December 27, 2008, 02:38:00 PM
Pick a spot and shoot straight! Problems solved.
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Post by: ishiwannabe on December 27, 2008, 02:43:00 PM
I had downy woodpeckers destroy my 3 D deer. Five different places. They started about this time last year, and ended up with nests in two of the five holes. Then a bear(or something) came along in the night and removed them from my target. Only thing is, the target was in about ten different pieces, and useless.
I would bring it in until you want to use it, or ya might need a new one by the end of winter.
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Post by: amar911 on December 27, 2008, 02:44:00 PM
Cat pee.    :scared:   Actually, I have no idea, but it sounds reasonable other than you wife not letting you store your arrows in the house.    :knothead:  

Allan
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Post by: Buffalo Two Fletch on December 27, 2008, 04:55:00 PM
We have the same thing happen with the targets at our club during the winter months. The birds peck out a hole in the neck area under the nose. Never had them peck out a hole anywhere else. Sometimes on a cold winter morning when you shoot at the target you can see the bird fly out of the hole. I always thought it was kind of neat and they never really did any damage to the rest of the target.
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Post by: vtmtnman on December 27, 2008, 06:13:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ishiwannabe: I had downy woodpeckers destroy my 3 D deer. Five different places.
I had the same problem.I only know of one method that works.    ;)
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Post by: bmfer on December 27, 2008, 11:41:00 PM
I had a squirrel chewing on mine yesterday; missed him by half an inch!  :banghead:
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Post by: Pat B on December 28, 2008, 12:43:00 AM
I have a 3D deer that chipmunks move into each winter. I guess the foam makes for a cozy abode.    Pat
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Post by: deadpool on December 28, 2008, 12:44:00 AM
looks like your got a new target on your old target you should take a shot at =]
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Post by: killinstuff on December 28, 2008, 06:06:00 AM
I wouldn't mind having the birds peck holes. Got bears that rip them to pieces on the course I shoot at in the U.P. They don't really care about all the human smell either, they just knock the heck out of them and drag parts off into the woods.
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Post by: wapitimike1 on December 28, 2008, 08:40:00 AM
I have wood peckers living in my Elk. Most of my other deer have plenty of new spots to pick also!
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Post by: BigRonHuntAlot on December 28, 2008, 08:53:00 AM
Buy an Owl or Hawk Decoy and put it out near the targets. Should solve the problem.
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Post by: trapperDave on December 28, 2008, 09:26:00 AM
or a fake snake,,,,birds aint smart enough to know they should be hibernating  ;)
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Post by: Barry Wensel on December 28, 2008, 10:44:00 AM
Obviously you guys are not at the top of "the pecking order". (sorry.. I couldn't help myself)bw
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Post by: Barney on December 28, 2008, 12:33:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Barry Wensel:
Obviously you guys are not at the top of "the pecking order". (sorry.. I couldn't help myself)bw
:thumbsup:Now thats funny.   :biglaugh:

Never had a bird problem......grizzly once.....but no birds.