Woodpecker problem ... don't judge me

txcoastal1
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I hate the bass turds ... how do you control this protected invasive species
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    I know the best way shhhhh, but I'm not always around. They are at my deer lease and have put holes in my cabin, plucked out my game cam lens etc
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  • msg
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    Petrify your wood? It accordions woodpecker beaks in the cartoons every time.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    edited March 2022
    msg wrote: »
    Petrify your wood? It accordions woodpecker beaks in the cartoons every time.

    Thanks pal :D:D
    I'll make sure that the peckers watch the cartoon
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  • msg
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    I'm actually kind of curious what you figure out for this. I don't think I've ever seen or heard one in any neighborhoods I've lived, but I do see them from time to time in the more rural areas. I can see how they'd get annoying after a while. Is it just one, or do you have a lot of them going at once?

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    There are several all over the ranch. They will make holes bigger than a golf ball on your house. They seek and destroy
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,653
    Have you tried a few suet feeders by chance. My uncle has woodpeckers galore & they love em. Never bother his house
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    They always win...

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    boston1450 wrote: »
    Have you tried a few suet feeders by chance. My uncle has woodpeckers galore & they love em. Never bother his house

    Liking that idea...

    In rotation of my camp crew, will have to get people to pitch in on filling it
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    edited March 2022
    Get a big bull-horn and blast them like a bad set of Klipschs.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,559
    You got bugs?
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    You got bugs?

    Nope
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  • F1nut
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    You might try spraying the exterior with something bitter or spicy. I know pet stores sell bitter sprays.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    My dad uses suet blocks. I guess if they are fed they won't go after your house? I just use a pellet gun.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,142
    edited March 2022
    At my bird feeder station I have 6 suet blocks set out for them. I've never had a problem with them touching anything other than the blocks and I like watching them. More than likely they're liberal woodpeckers as they like the free handouts and don't want to work for their food.

    The squirrels were a problem but apparently they've spread the word in their community that the bird feeder area has a strictly enforced no squirrel zone
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    I put up a rubber snake where one was pecking under the eve.

    Ole Woody flew in one day to start pecking, did a 180 and never came back.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,652
    Plastic owl decoy(s)
    Couple that with spraying the places they frequent with a solution of bitterant and hot sauce should discourage them.
    Placing a suet feeder with seed & worm cakes a short distance away will ensure they are still getting the food they typically bounce their little peckers on the walls for.
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    Worm cakes......mmmmm.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    edited March 2022
    My first thought was........hmm termites? Then my 2nd thought was that I have observed the numerous Peckers around me actually pounding on aluminum gutters in the springtime, which I have to believe they are endowed with the evolutionary wisdom to know there ain't no grubs or termites in that strange substance. I think they do it as a mating ritual to attract the opposite sex.

    Woodpeckers must be pretty wise to take such a short cut in that endeavor by bashing their brains out in that manner........🤣
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    George / NJ

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  • maxward
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    Or just another example of testosterone poisoning? Yes, in the spring they use the loudest surface they can find to declare their territory and attract a mate.
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  • JayCee
    JayCee Posts: 1,500
    edited March 2022
    My parents have problems w/woodpeckers, for the most part, each spring. Have also arrived at the conclusion the heaviest pecking (petting...lol) is mating related.
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    I think they do it as a mating ritual to attract the opposite sex.
    I've thought about using an owl decoy but might suggest the snake idea mentioned above.

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  • txcoastal1
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    Suet blocks and target practice seems to be the most entertaining
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    JayCee wrote: »
    My parents have problems w/woodpeckers, for the most part, each spring. Have also arrived at the conclusion the heaviest pecking (petting...lol) is mating related.
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    I think they do it as a mating ritual to attract the opposite sex.
    I've thought about using an owl decoy but might suggest the snake idea mentioned above.

    I haven't had good results with scaring birds and squirrels away with a couple of Hawk Decoys, nor an Owl decoy. I think they wise up pretty quickly when they see that the darn thing never moves!! For that reason I think a snake decoy could be better.
    George / NJ

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  • xschop
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    F1nut wrote: »
    You might try spraying the exterior with something bitter or spicy. I know pet stores sell bitter sprays.

    I know it's a conservation issue these days. But back on the ranch, my grandfather would 'spray' any nuisance with a 12 gauge.
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  • pitdogg2
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    xschop wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    You might try spraying the exterior with something bitter or spicy. I know pet stores sell bitter sprays.

    I know it's a conservation issue these days. But back on the ranch, my grandfather would 'spray' any nuisance with a 12 gauge.

    I suspect that might be a little hard on the siding.....
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    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    You might try spraying the exterior with something bitter or spicy. I know pet stores sell bitter sprays.

    I know it's a conservation issue these days. But back on the ranch, my grandfather would 'spray' any nuisance with a 12 gauge.

    I suspect that might be a little hard on the siding.....

    Well Woody was fairly safe, as Wiley received the brunt of Gramp's Remington 'spray' wrath.
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  • msg
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    You got bugs?
    Nope
    Liar! - you've had 'em ever since hanging with Chastity out under the bleachers in 9th grade!
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    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    msg wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    You got bugs?
    Nope
    Liar! - you've had 'em ever since hanging with Chastity out under the bleachers in 9th grade!

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  • gudnoyez
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    The males, I hear are territorial we wait a few days after they set up camp in your trees spray the area they frequent with diluted Tabasco and hot pepper sauce.

    I make a couple of suet cakes with bacon fat mixed with bird seed dry meal worms shread jalapenos and ghost peppers put in areas they frequent after a while you dont see them return however they deter some other birds from also returning.
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    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    edited March 2022
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