Thread: Doves – time to go get them

An interesting report below about doves (flying rats) – not the guy in the picture - that is a native Falcon
No plans to regulate ring-necked doves, MPI tells... | Stuff.co.nz
I believe there will be a population boom round here – very quickly - the neighbour started with a handful a couple of years back – must be fifty round here at present – too fast for the hawks – we badly need a Falcon
The Falcon in this picture is living round Richmond and is cleaning up doves and pigeons – my relative's house – the Falcon is waiting on the pigeon house for the pigeons to return – he cleaned them all up real quick – sometimes the cunning buggar would wait inside the pigeon house - they didnt mind - just loved to see the Falcon turn up every day until they were all finished - he is working his way round the neighbourhood - sometimes making himself unpopular - but surviving cause people love him

Anyone got any idea on how to get rid of doves in a residential situation – 1 acre is too close to neighbouring houses for a slug gun
Other reports about Falcons in suburbia – they love pigeons -
Cambridge Edition - news - waikato-times | Stuff.co.nz
Falcon Snapped Feeding On Pigeon In Wellington | Stuff.co.nz
Pigeon turns falcon fodder - taranaki-daily-news | Stuff.co.nz

Atrazine...a cup full mixed with 20 litres of water in a bucket and then filled with maize to soak for three days. Feed that out...kills everything. Seen a maize grower use this mix when pestered by ducks...killed hundreds and every rat, cat, possum, rabbit, hare that gobbled them up.

Use a live capture trap. Take them out into the country, open the cage, bang, problem solved.