Ducks in the pool!

[toofun]

OK so besides the obvious answers... shotgun, paintball gun, poison.. etc.. what is the best way to get rid of ducks that come into the pool. I have heard of a solar cover, netting, wires, airhorns, fake alligators, fake owls but each one seems to have people who say it works or it doesnt work. So anyone here dealing with this problem? My pool is perfectly balanced now and this couple is pooping on the deck and into the water on a daily basis. I look stupid chasing them off every day only to have them come when Im not home or early in the morning.. An NO I dont have a dog...

Mark

[jy211]

We have a blue herron that comes and tries and eat our koi out of our koi pond. At a few $$$ a fish, gourmet sushi will not be provided on my coin. LOL

I ended up putting a netting over the pond. The birds have come back, try and land on the net and do not like it. They have flown off and I have not seen them in a while.

We also have a few hawks around the neighborhood that are plump, but not from eating out of the pond.

[dontlifttoshift]

Yellow Lab

[shmoov69]

Dog..... Or hot wire hanging in the water!!!

[ehummelman]

Wow, I've never heard of that problem. We have a pool too, I guess I should be thankful we don't have squatters.

[dontlifttoshift]

Just pay someone to clean it and give em the bill......

HA! I'm quackin up over here....

[Damn True]

Just pay someone to clean it and give em the bill......

HA! I'm quackin up over here....

Booooooooooo

[ndians68]

Thankfuly we don't have that problem. I vote the yellow lab!

[Vegas69]

What did people do before internet?

[jprewitt]

We went hunting. :-)

[toofun]

OK Dog is out of the question...unless someone has one I can rent.....
Thinking of getting a throw net and since they just jump in the pool now when I come outside...right to the bottom with them...then into the woods for the coyotes...yup im getting that desperate..

[dontlifttoshift]

Booooooooooo

I'm dying up here, quick show em the lab!

[dontlifttoshift]

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[Motorcitydak]

ill tempered sea bass with frickin laser beams attached to their frickin heads!!

If you are going to kill em, decently powered BB or pellet gun? If the round hits the water, no need to worry about it traveling farther than a few feet. I get ducks and geese in my pond a lot. Its about 100 yards from my back porch. I have shot a 22 at em before, hitting the water just to the side of the bird. That works pretty well and no harm done. Or I just go walk back there. They will take off before I am closer than 50 feet

[paul67]

What about a motion sensor that sets off a dog barking or something like that .

[toofun]

I could put my mother in law out there... just the sight of her would scare anything off! Works great on kids around Halloween.

[andrewb70]

Or you can be like Tony Soprano...

Andrew

[MrQuick]

I'm dying up here, quick show em the lab! Hey Donny, DUCK! LOL

[521stroker57]

I vote a gator that will get rid of them Haha

[Snake Eater]

Swan decoy, or several large geese decoys. Ducks fear swans and usually will not land amongst geese in a small area. Also shiny objects, like Mylar strips around the pool, will cause them to flair on landing.

Hope this helps.

[dontlifttoshift]

Hey Donny, DUCK! LOL

HOH! That's punny....

[dadto2jays]

Damn I thought I was the only one with that problem. They have crapped on my deck as well as in the pool and I find it freaking discusting. I ended up putting up a removable fence all around the pool I bought it from lowes and since that have no gone near the pool, the fence has worked for the past two years. what I do I take the fence off when we are hanging out in the pool as I think it is an eyesore and sometimes I could go about three days with the fence off till they return it is usually six or seven ugly florida ducks.. I hope my suggestions works for you as it has worked for me thus far. My problem came because my wife and daughter started feeding them old bread about ten years ago they have stopped since. In florida if you kill a duck I believe is a felony so killing the *******s is out of the question I am hoping that one day they will go away on their own.

[MonzaRacer]

Try rubber snakes, my mom kept starlings off her porch with them. But then again a air rifle with pellets can decide the issue too,, and small scope and hey if heavy enough give Damn True a call he can cook it for ya!