Yupp! That's what they say about the feral pigeons I shoot.
Well,
depending on your kill rate, I think that could be true if the kill rate is low.
But if I keep up the pressure
they won't procreate as quickly as a decimate.
Besides, what would we be shooting at if they'd all be gone?
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Right now I'm having trouble at one of my permissions
: Because someone is paying big bucks for a rent-a-falcon company. Well, it's really a
falcon-chase-pigeons-away service.
I used to be able to get pigeons at pretty much any hour of the day
.
Then they got scarcer as I kept killing them off.
But lately, with the falcon service operating almost every day, I'm lucky if I sight more than a handful during the early morning and late afternoon hours — if I'm lucky (and the pigeons are not).
So, yeah, different methods actually do work — IF they are kept up continuously and rigorously.
Just my 2c....
Matthias