Screwed up.......................................
Having a visit from council and being ordered to cease and desist using gas cannon to scare away verminous white cockies. Failure to comply (in 'perpetuity') --> $400 fine first time!
All immediate neighbours were 100% supportive of what I was doing & very happy with less cockies and more other birds etc about.
Complainants to council were 'far distant' ppl -- probably the bleeding heart types who feed and attract the vermin!
Next strategy ...???
Hope the screeching vermin come and eat their houses ..
Then they might get the message!
To quote a lawyer ... 'Don't get angry ... Get even!'
Everything looks good with a haircut.... ɐuıɥɔ ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sʇɐɥʇ
They can be eliminated with the correct feed/methods, which is norty to do, so don't do it in your own region.And I say no more.
Yeah ... I can well imagine some of the 'ways & means'.... norty!
Remember seeing a doco on SBS many years ago ... called 'The Rat Catcher' showing how an old fellow who was a master rat exterminator ridded a factory of rats in Poland. He had more cunning than the proverbial (upper class) toilet rodent!
Interesting side fact .... did some research and discovered that birds cannot 'taste / sense' chilli .... Only mammals get the hot / burning sensation .. So chilli is no deterrent to birds
Not sure about (black) pepper...
Most Council with rural use areas bordering residential will have a Bylaw on gas guns. I suggest that you get your local council one and find out what you have to do to comply. Gas guns feature pretty high on the list of noise related complaints. Not everyone is supportive of them so make sure that you are doing what your doing legally and then you can give them the finger
Cheers
Bluey
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"Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when everyone is watching."
I have been told by council (& it's true) I am in breaking Local Law (council) regarding use of scare guns.
You can get a permit but our property size (4ac) is way below min size for which a permit would be even considered.
Thinking laterally, if one went jointly with supporting neighbours, we could prob make min size, but fairly sure bureaucracy (shiny bums on seats with no practical experience - my opinion after conversation with them) they would interpret local law as meaning size of individual property, not an aggregated set of properties.
In any case the. 'bleeding heart' complainant types would stll be 'sufficiently close' so as to hear and complain.
Also, it's not that it was continuous ... Scaring was only done with a couple of shots when flock of white vermin was trying to settle in nearby trees in preparation for attack.
Basically it's problem territory when you get these these ppl moving into their more recently subdivided half acre blocks in the hills (& edges of towns) and to have a 'bush' environment but want to bring all their bits & whims of suburbia with them with little or no understanding of the reality of what pre-existed.
Grrrr ....
I dont break things ...I just use them beyond their operational limitations
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You can get your old ute/car and make it backfire. This way its only a matter of tinkering with the engine, oops sorry about that mr council d1ckhead.
Yeah your right. Cant think of what else you could do. Why not give the Council blokes hell by going to your local councillor and complaining about the bylaw and the minimum block size and see what he can do. Or invite the person complaining over and show them what the problem is and see if they have a solution . They wont but at least they may understand your problem. If that doesnt work you can always shoot him. If you not doing it regularly then the Council is going to be hard pressed to investigate and get enough evidence anyway. Plus thy have to prove it was you. Hard thing to do if you conceal the gun lol
Cheers
Bluey
Adelaide Home & Garden Solutions
http://www.ahgs.com.au
"Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when everyone is watching."
Interesting facts
Gas cannon == 130db sound
Train style Air horn on eBay == 150db (claimed)
Experiment: see how cocky ears respond to a well directed air horn
I spend most of my money on beer and horses, I just waste the rest....
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