Stupid Egret!
 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

egretable
 

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.s..._trial_fo.html


I dont know why but this reminds me of a story in the local paper from last year.....

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!

yeah sure Basswipe
 

i'll get right on that....for ya. :bounce:

found a source
 

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/fenc...p?species_id=6

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.

they all have to eat
 

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.