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<blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 76918" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>I have a decent sized Red Oak tree that I planted in my front yard soon after my father died. Underneath it, my dad's ashes are mixed in with its roots.</p><p>I have several other young trees in my yard as well, which woodpeckers seem to be trying to kill.</p><p>I've tried various things to scare them off. Even a makeshift scarecrow. Nothing is working.</p><p>I live in the country, on ten acres, and while my nearest neighbors are 200 yds away, It seems like everytime I get my 22 theres a house in the background, behind the birds.</p><p>So I bought a very nice pellet gun, a very pricey German engineered one that I'm already very fond of, haha, and today I couldn't shoot the damned woodpecker. I find the task disgusting. I've watched a pair of roadrunners raise a chick in the lower branches of this tree. I still see all three of them occasionally, though the baby isn't with the pair anymore. My point is, I have a live and let live policy, And I don't want to kill these birds. What can I do? How do I keep woodpeckers away? Are there such things as non lethal bird rounds? I don't want to kill these birds. But they've already killed my biggest shade tree, and theres no way in hell I'll let them kill my dads oak. They keep coming back though, and the tree they killed has a hole right through the center, almost all the way through..any suggestions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MassExodus, post: 76918, member: 4086"] I have a decent sized Red Oak tree that I planted in my front yard soon after my father died. Underneath it, my dad's ashes are mixed in with its roots. I have several other young trees in my yard as well, which woodpeckers seem to be trying to kill. I've tried various things to scare them off. Even a makeshift scarecrow. Nothing is working. I live in the country, on ten acres, and while my nearest neighbors are 200 yds away, It seems like everytime I get my 22 theres a house in the background, behind the birds. So I bought a very nice pellet gun, a very pricey German engineered one that I'm already very fond of, haha, and today I couldn't shoot the damned woodpecker. I find the task disgusting. I've watched a pair of roadrunners raise a chick in the lower branches of this tree. I still see all three of them occasionally, though the baby isn't with the pair anymore. My point is, I have a live and let live policy, And I don't want to kill these birds. What can I do? How do I keep woodpeckers away? Are there such things as non lethal bird rounds? I don't want to kill these birds. But they've already killed my biggest shade tree, and theres no way in hell I'll let them kill my dads oak. They keep coming back though, and the tree they killed has a hole right through the center, almost all the way through..any suggestions? [/QUOTE]
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