BUZZARDS

[Mikie]

Are BUZZARDS protected???? I came home today and there were about 25 in my back yard and on my pool deck. They were after the crappie I trrew out in my garden, after I cleaned them. Thats ok, but them crapping all over everything, and destroying some expensive floats and the kids pool toys isn.t too good!!!!!I hope they want to make this a part of their regulsr routiene. I will dispose of the fish guts in anothen manner from now on!!!! I can.t figure out why they would eat foam rubber???

 

[dragfish]

Did you try tilling or hoeing the guts into the soil?

 

[Liveliner]

I till Mine into the soil and/or freeze a few to put beneath my Tomato Plants.. If you feed them they will come.. We can not blame them for what they do best...

 

[buzz]

I had a friend that had his pontoon boat docked at a marina on the Hiwassee......they destroyed every seat in it.

 

[catjuggin]

Yes they are a federally protected species.

 

[Solo]

SSS.... Shoot, Shovel, Shutup

There are several boat ramps around the southeast that those nasty things congregate at and eat all the rubber trim around the trucks parked while fishing. I know the Wheeler/Wilson dam is one of them.

 

[lafae7]

Are the Buzzards really federally protected? I know bald eagles are protected, but I'm not sure about buzzards. Is it all buzzards or just a sub-species that is protected?

 

[churly]

Yeah. I dare em to try that at my house. I gotta bb sniper for a 5 year old daughter..

 

[Fishheadspin]

actually sounds like fun...bb wont kill em but piss em off real bad!

 

[riggerfish]

I had them eat my windshield wipers and the rubber step pads off my trailer while I was out fishing a tournament one Saturday. I found this out after I had blown the powerhead on my outboard and got towed back to the ramp. Nice day for sure. I really developed a strong dislike for them at that point. It seems like the population is outgrowing the legislation. Winged feral hogs they are.

 

[spnplgr]

Several years ago, they were damaging pickup trucks in the parking lot at the boat ramp below Watts Bar dam. Don't know if they are still a problem there. Some fishermen were covering their truck cabs with tarps to keep the buzzards from damaging the insulation around the windshields and back glass.

If they get a chance, they'll puke on you. The smell would probably come close to killing a person.

 

[Lucas]

Solo - 4/29/2014 1:39 PM

SSS.... Shoot, Shovel, Shutup

There are several boat ramps around the southeast that those nasty things congregate at and eat all the rubber trim around the trucks parked while fishing. I know the Wheeler/Wilson dam is one of them.

Lmao emoUpsmile

 

[procraft]

a big rubber snake will keep most birds out of a garden dont know about buzzards round here they want live to see the sun set a good dog will keep them run off

 

[CATCHMAN]

I don't know about different species of buzzards, but just a typical everyday buzzard is protected.

 

[tndoe270]

Are you serious, they eat the rubber off a truck and those nasty things are protected??

 

[elwestb]

Yep! Buzzards and Crows, and Hawks, and Owls. Did you also it's against the law to kill a snake in Tennessee? I called TWRA and asked about them all. Then I told them that they would just have to catch me I guess. They laughed and told me to have a nice day!

 

[Liveliner]

Don't Kill Buzzards.. They are a Cattle ranchers best friend. Remember this, If you feed them, they will come.. That is your fault not the Critters of Nature.

 

[procraft]

in Alabama it is legal to hunt crows starlings blackbirds etc

 

[Punisher]

procraft - 6/29/2014 12:08 PM

in Alabama it is legal to hunt crows  starlings blackbirds etc

We can hunt them in Tennessee also I think the days to hunt is Friday,Saturday and Sunday

 

[procraft]

in alabama it is daylight till dark 365 days ayear