View Full Version : Stupid Egret! 
 
FormerUser 05-04-2008, 12:47 PM Got my biggest Koi today.The next door neighbor scared it off but the damage was already done.Thought I had enough line criss-crossing the pond but apparently not.Now its got so much its like Fort Knox. 
 
Too bad its illegal to shoot egrets.If it was that thing would dead already.  
Swimmer 05-04-2008, 02:26 PM I have four or five of those Egrets fly back and forth between two bodies of water over my house everyday.  Always about fifty feet over the tree tops.  Eerie looking foul.  
redcrbbr 05-04-2008, 02:53 PM lost a bunch early last year. wife cried. had them for about 4 years. I made a deer net covering for the pond. Had a friend loose like 8 monster koi to some minks in one afternoon.  
BigFish 05-04-2008, 03:55 PM Got my biggest Koi today.The next door neighbor scared it off but the damage was already done.Thought I had enough line criss-crossing the pond but apparently not.Now its got so much its like Fort Knox. 
 
Too bad its illegal to shoot egrets.If it was that thing would dead already. 
 
You would "egret it!:hs::rotflmao:  
FormerUser 05-05-2008, 05:34 PM You would "egret it!:hs::rotflmao: 
 
Only if I got caught! 
Beautiful bird just way to devastating if you're not keeping a constant vigil.  
BW from AZ 05-05-2008, 06:50 PM I've got an hot box for an electric fence that we always found dead birds and rabbits under it. Give it a real hot foot.:kewl:  
Raven 05-05-2008, 07:40 PM the only thing that keeps out a great horned owl out of the turkey enclosure was the thin wire electric fencing 
....over head,   
 it's the cheapest electrified product out there and 100 % effective if done correctly. 
.... definitely the best.  
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2007/03/sunderland_man_stands_trial_fo.html 
 
 
I dont know why but this reminds me of a story in the local paper from last year.....  
FormerUser 05-07-2008, 04:56 PM the only thing that keeps out a great horned owl out of the turkey enclosure was the thin wire electric fencing 
....over head,   
 it's the cheapest electrified product out there and 100 % effective if done correctly. 
.... definitely the best. 
 
Any type of link or pointing in the right direction would be great. 
 
Btw the koi is still alive!!!No scales but swimming and feeding!  
Raven 05-08-2008, 04:36 AM i'll  get right on that....for ya. :bounce:  
Raven 05-08-2008, 05:36 AM wasn't  that easy to locate 
 
but  it will get you started 
 
according to what i've read any wire mesh fence 
can be electrified if you ground the fence posts 
and have the zapper attached 
 
but a recently made product has the wire 
in it and its a very thin wire fence... 
and usually the thinner the cheaper 
when your buying 100' foot rolls of it 
 
check with all your local agricultural suppliers 
in your area 
 
but here's a link  for ya... 
and remember your lookin for electrified poultry netting 
not something more substantial for say :point: horses 
 
http://www.premier1supplies.com/fencing.php?species_id=6  
Saltheart 05-08-2008, 11:08 AM I once belonged to a sportsman's club that had a pond they stocked themselves with trout.  every now and then both a Blue Heron and an Egret would take up residence and devastate the trout stock. There was nothing that could be done.  the heron has a huge wing span and would just sweep across the pond and nail a trout every pass. facinating to watch but it would make you cry thinking about the dollar value of the fish they were eating.  
Raven 05-08-2008, 11:15 AM but i hear what your sayin.... SALTHEART 
 
same thing happens at my pond 
 
the only difference is that  its either  an  
 
Osprey or a Bald Eagle.  
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