I had to take a trip yesterday with my new boss.  Nice lady.  I found that she lives on Lake Monkey Business where I do a lot of fishing.  I was telling her about all the black vultures I saw roosted on a house on the lake this past Sunday afternoon.

"That was my house!" she screamed, "They have been roosting on my roof for a couple of months.  They have detroyed the cushions on my deck furniture.  I get up every morning and shoot them with a paintball gun but they keep coming back."

Anyone have any ideas on how to keep them from roosting on a house?

Maybe those big fake owls with the bobbing head (walmart) around her patio might help they work on normal birds at my house

I had to take a trip yesterday with my new boss.  Nice lady.  I found that she lives on Lake Monkey Business where I do a lot of fishing.  I was telling her about all the black vultures I saw roosted on a house on the lake this past Sunday afternoon.

"That was my house!" she screamed, "They have been roosting on my roof for a couple of months.  They have detroyed the cushions on my deck furniture.  I get up every morning and shoot them with a paintball gun but they keep coming back."

Anyone have any ideas on how to keep them from roosting on a house?

If at all possible string some fishing line back and forth over her roof and deck. They wont be able to see it and will avoid the area after hitting the line a few times. This is how some resorts keep predatory birds out of there Koi ponds they string fishing line in the trees zig zagging back and forth. Hope this helps.

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I had to take a trip yesterday with my new boss.  Nice lady.  I found that she lives on Lake Monkey Business where I do a lot of fishing.  I was telling her about all the black vultures I saw roosted on a house on the lake this past Sunday afternoon.

"That was my house!" she screamed, "They have been roosting on my roof for a couple of months.  They have detroyed the cushions on my deck furniture.  I get up every morning and shoot them with a paintball gun but they keep coming back."

Anyone have any ideas on how to keep them from roosting on a house?

If at all possible string some fishing line back and forth over her roof and deck. They wont be able to see it and will avoid the area after hitting the line a few times. This is how some resorts keep predatory birds out of there Koi ponds they string fishing line in the trees zig zagging back and forth. Hope this helps.

I have a Koi pond and I just use the owls I do have a net to catch the leaves.

Maybe shoot them with something more permanent, like a pellet gun, and make an example by displaying one of their fallen comrades on a stick.

They do that on golf courses in Scotland - shoot crows (after getting drunk, of course) with a pellet gun then hang one up on a stick every couple of holes.  It keeps them away.

Of course, with buzzards, dealing with the carcass may be less than pleasant  

I think the dead birds would attract more buzzards maybe some deacon in a dead animal (mouse) let them all eat the poison

Introducing the all new Buzzard Bazooka 5000

Introducing the all new Buzzard Bazooka 5000

This won't hurt a bit....

The best way to keep them off your roof is to put some road kill on your neighbors roof.

shooting one of those thing is not a good thing to do. stories ive heard are none to pleasant

I say kill something big and throw it on the neighbors roof.

I've been doing it for years now at Lake Monkey business where I have a second home.

The ole biddy that lives there has no clue

Funny as helll........

Hey guys, I think it might be illegal to kill a buzzard in some states, though I'm not sure.

I'm with Avid on this one.  At one time I had a terrible elephant problem in my neighborhood.  I used to shoot them and throw them on the roof of the mean old man across the street.  Now that I am under new medication, I have found that my dog chases all the elephants away.  I haven't seen one for over a year.  

I'm with Avid on this one.  At one time I had a terrible elephant problem in my neighborhood.  I used to shoot them and throw them on the roof of the mean old man across the street.  Now that I am under new medication, I have found that my dog chases all the elephants away.  I haven't seen one for over a year.  

bb gun, like a red rider from wally world for 20 bucks lol. it wont kill em at all but will sting enough to where they know that house =pain!

bb gun, like a red rider from wally world for 20 bucks lol. it wont kill em at all but will sting enough to where they know that house =pain!

I'm pretty sure that paintball gun stings like a son of a gun too, but it hasn't discouraged them.

I say kill something big and throw it on the neighbors roof.

I've been doing it for years now at Lake Monkey business where I have a second home.

The ole biddy that lives there has no clue

Funny as helll........

I spit my coffee out on this one Avid ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I say kill something big and throw it on the neighbors roof.

I've been doing it for years now at Lake Monkey business where I have a second home.

The ole biddy that lives there has no clue

Funny as helll........

I'm going to have to find a picture of my boss.  She is definitely NOT an old biddy.  

Illegal to kill or not there tearing up propery and I would contact the local Game warden and get there opinion.   If they seem unwilling to help please refer to my link on this post  problem solved   http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1196381496/20#20  

Illegal to kill or not there tearing up propery and I would contact the local Game warden and get there opinion. If they seem unwilling to help please refer to my link on this post problem solved http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1196381496/20#20

I suggested to her that she needs three things to get rid of the problem:

One twelve year old boy, one day, and one of those Benjamin you-gotta-pump-it-up pellet guns.  No more problem.  I figure she could just throw the carcasses in the lake where the gators, catfish, and turtles would eat them.

But you know how wimmen are.  She accused me of problem solving rather than listening to her problem and empathising with her.   :