Plastic Eagle Owls

[Davey K]

Has anyone used one of those plastic eagle owls that are available with any success against crows?

You can get them on SH**** for about £20 with postage.

Any good?

[Craig_TXHC]

Yeah, I have had mixed results with them but in an area dense with corvids sit it in range of a known feeding area/sitty tree or even better a nesting site and they can get a lot of interest

Got to be worth £20.00 IMO just offers you another tactic to bring quarry in.

Cheers Craig

[Hinksy]

i have a plastic little owl with the flappy wings-once you have the wings working properly it works a treat on corvids

[SNAKEBITE]

Don't they mob it rather than sit still and present a steady target?
I have had mixed results with them, the corvids never sat still!
I have found butchers offal (instead of a dead rabbit) works well.

[Raygun]

Has anyone used one of those plastic eagle owls that are available with any success against crows?

You can get them on SH**** for about £20 with postage.

Any good?

Do you really mean an Eagle Owl, they're big buggers and would frighten me let alone a crow.

I've heard of Little Owl decoy's being used.

ATB
Ray.

[Hinksy]

the bigger the better as far as corvids go matey-they hate em!

[Craig_TXHC]

Don't they mob it rather than sit still and present a steady target?

I have had them mob it and agreed baiting down is another good method.

I have also had them sit on a telephone wire with their backs to it, or sit in a lookout tree cawing loudly

Cheers Craig

[yansica1]

I've had no success with a small fixed wing owl but apparantly really big ones are worth a go.

[Davey K]

Thanks all,

I think I'll get one and give it a go - the 22 inch eagle owl (american) is 13.99 (plus lots of postage costs!) on the website that dare not speak it's name - if you want a look, go to the site and search for 'Owl decoys'

Can you use these types of decoys again in the same place or do you need to keep moving them around??

[hadaka-jimi]

Does it have to be American.

At least make it the European Eagle owl which may have been native or a regular visitor to our shores.

We have standards you know

[Davey K]

Does it have to be American.

At least make it the European Eagle owl which may have been native or a regular visitor to our shores.

We have standards you know

Like most things from the USA, their version is bigger, fatter and meaner!

Hope it works on the crows

[Hooter]

the European eagle owl is bigger than the great horned owl (american one) especially the females i think a male EEO is about the size of a female GHO



the american tons are smaller too, 2000lbs to a US ton..... 2240lbs to a real ton and 2204lbs to a european tonne. (nowt to do with decoy owls i admit but thought you might like to know anyway )

[Scrapbooker]

I use one occasionally and hit the corvids in the nearby sitty trees. It is a huge b*gger to tote around though

Ian Barnett

[Davey K]

the European eagle owl is bigger than the great horned owl (american one) especially the females i think a male EEO is about the size of a female GHO



the american tons are smaller too, 2000lbs to a US ton..... 2240lbs to a real ton and 2204lbs to a european tonne. (nowt to do with decoy owls i admit but thought you might like to know anyway )

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