Whom has the Ultimate SNIPING birdfeeder setup?
Looking to build the best BIRDFEEDER that allows me to snipe the unwanted birds (for me Starlings and House Sparrows) and not shoot up the the main feeder? I am thinking something with multiple perch areas close to feeding areas but no food access almost like a waiting line of death. :rofl:
This is not my feeder just example.
I have the semi simple tube feeder with few feed spots up and down it. Problem I have with it you only have one or 1-2 possible shots depending on where you are set up and wind. something like this….
Should I make a perching apparatus off to the side maybe 2-5ft from the birdfeeder?…
Post some pics of your setups and or ideas?
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“blue gays” :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
The deer pulled my feeder down again. They grab the bottom tray with their teeth and bend the steel ring that holds it on. :4:
Mike he came across the border on a mule…………………. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
My bird feeder consist of two 4″x4″ posts set at eight feet apart with a 2″x12″ sitting on top. We have a lot of blue gays and cardinals that nest in my pine trees and tons of sparrows and starlings to shoot.
LOL Tony.
I got one squirrel that runs around in my area, Just one, I have had many of chances to shoot the varmint, Hopping he will find a mate.
He has been around for two years.
Not sure how he got this far in West Texas.
Mike
Funny..no squirrels…
We just rake out a bare area on the ground and scatter bird seed in about a 12 foot area. Keeps bully birds from hogging the seed and provides a safe, towards-the-ground aiming point, should rodents or starlings show up. Of course, the sand bag in the window is for binoculars 😛
Can not find my pictures, But its like a hard wood 2×12 about three foot long glued and screwed to another 2×12 same length , To make an L shape , I use chicken scratch for feed , I also use old peanut butter jars with one inch holes drilled through them as to make the birds work to get the grain out . smaller holes if you got very aggressive birds , I put the feeders on steel fence post , Two works better than one,
I am having to raise all my feeders about two feet , As I have a horse now and want to keep him out of the grain.
So all my feeders have to be at least 5 1/2 feet off the ground, (its a miniature horse)
I buy about 100lbs of feed a month about 24 bucks a month on the feed.
Mike
I consider my setup pretty optimal and even picked off sparrows on most of the arctic days we just had for the last two weeks. The feeders I use are all metal Chinese specials. Sparrows actually prefer the ground so I have raised platforms to keep the fox and deer from eating everything. I also stick with .177 a lot to minimize damage and it is fine out to 75 yards. AT least around here sunflower seeds are cheap ($12 for 50#) and sparrows love them. I use suet in the little metal boxes for the starlings. Some starlings stay and others seem to migrate.
Most of these metal feeders are at least $20 but can easily last six months or more.
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Should be some pictures on here of my very cheap bird feeders
http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=34372&p=353541&hilit=bird+feeder#p353541
Mike