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Posted: 12/19/2016 1:56:00 AM EST
I mean, really.. do they reach out to pros, or do they just call john-whoever down at the whatever-gun store and ask around for potential hunters on a contract basis? Or do they literally just hand over a Bellini to Jim The Bagger

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This job is for the birds.
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As far as I know, they just try to scare them off rather than actually shoot them.

Link Posted: 12/19/2016 2:01:46 AM EST
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Just run out on the tarmac with your shotgun screaming about geese. Whats the worse that could happen? 
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Everyone loves a volunteer.

Link Posted: 12/19/2016 2:04:15 AM EST
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I think they only hire Danes.
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Port authority disagrees, 20,000 kills in 2 years

http://nypost.com/2014/03/02/pa-killed-20k-animals-at-area-airports-in-past-two-years/
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ibtl 
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hmmm... I'd like to know more.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 2:26:33 AM EST
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Port authority disagrees, 20,000 kills in 2 years

http://nypost.com/2014/03/02/pa-killed-20k-animals-at-area-airports-in-past-two-years/
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“They take a kill-first approach,” said David Karopkin, founder of GooseWatch NYC, an urban-wildlife advocacy group.


Funny. Karopkin doesn't sound like a Danish name.



Link Posted: 12/19/2016 2:53:31 AM EST
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My guess was going to be "go to pilot school" but then I realized that OP misspelled "shooting at" in the title.
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I mean, really.. do they reach out to pros, or do they just call john-whoever down at the whatever-gun store and ask around for potential hunters on a contract basis? Or do they literally just hand over a Bellini to Jim The Bagger

http://media-cdn.timesfreepress.com/img/photos/2012/04/26/Flights_Bird_Strikes_Barr_t800_hcb9b8c21c2edde306b35b711d4088a93bb1aa9c5.jpg
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When I was in high school the airport i worked at was actually thinking of having a bow season for deer. Then 9/11 happened and that idea went away. When I worked there they had trucks that drove around with a loud speaker system on the outside of the truck that emitted a high pitch noise that scared the birds away. Fast forward a few years and a couple guys come into the bar I work at. Long story short I started talking to the guys. They were paid by the .gov to travel around the country and hunt deer. IIRC they said they were part of the FDA, but I'm not 100% on that. let me do some digging and see if I can find something.

Edit: Apparently archery season at airports is a thing again http://www.huntingpa.com/forums/25-archery-hunting-forum/109985-pittsburgh-airport-hunt.html

Edit 2: couldn't find what I was looking for, but it seems like the dudes worked for the UDSA
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Gophers are more my speed.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 5:47:31 AM EST
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Yeah, this. Sometimes they don't even have people actively doing stuff either. The airport I work at has propane cannons.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 5:51:58 AM EST
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Now that's funny.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 6:17:19 AM EST
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USDA Wildife Services handle in around here.
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Maybe that's what I was thinking of. Been a long time since I worked with that guy.
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USDA Wildife Services handle in around here.




Maybe that's what I was thinking of. Been a long time since I worked with that guy.



That's them, I've worked with a few of them.  They're a rare group in that every one I've known absolutely loves their job.

Requires a biology degree or similar, iirc.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 6:35:52 AM EST
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Just show up randomly one day at the airport with your shotgun.

Worked for me
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 6:42:23 AM EST
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That's them, I've worked with a few of them.  They're a rare group in that every one I've known absolutely loves their job.

Requires a biology degree or similar, iirc.
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USDA Wildife Services handle in around here.




Maybe that's what I was thinking of. Been a long time since I worked with that guy.



That's them, I've worked with a few of them.  They're a rare group in that every one I've known absolutely loves their job.

Requires a biology degree or similar, iirc.

All the above is true. And turn over is LOW.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 6:48:43 AM EST
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Our airport (at least while I was still working out there) hired a professional "wildlife control" person to deal with everything from deer to beavers to coyotes.

Birds were always a problem and the airport security folks used shotguns with noise making shells to scare them when just driving around didn't work.

There were geese, doves, various black birds, and sea gulls in the winter. Bird strike reports were very common.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 6:56:10 AM EST
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Ive had several close calls with fucking seagulls in an R22. Id rather have an engine failure than a deformed blade Glad i dont fly anymore.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 6:56:34 AM EST
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1) Join the Air Force
2) Work in the Wing Safety Shop
3) Receive shotgun training
4) Shoot things that pose a safety hazard to the airfield
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 7:00:14 AM EST
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Port authority disagrees, 20,000 kills in 2 years

http://nypost.com/2014/03/02/pa-killed-20k-animals-at-area-airports-in-past-two-years/
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I know the kill them in Oakland, CA or at least they did.  

Stayed right next to the airport and was surprised as hell when a pickup was on the other side of the fence pulled up with a bed full of guys toting shotguns that started eliminating birds.  
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Stayed right next to the airport and was surprised as hell when a pickup was on the other side of the fence pulled up with a bed full of guys toting shotguns that started eliminating birds.  
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In all fairness, they pretty much shoot anything that moves in Oakland.

Link Posted: 12/19/2016 7:25:37 AM EST
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lol
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 7:29:49 AM EST
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I met some fed guys that 'remove' deer. They had bolt actions with suppressors. This was several years ago, and it peaked my interest enough to mention suppressors were actually allowed in MN. Just a friendly reminder. But ya, they turned out to be fed employees. Talked to them a while, friendly guys. I'm not the type to get into convo's at the range usually.

They suppress so they don't raise a ruckus.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 7:32:07 AM EST
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Back in the 70s Dulles International Airport would call the convict road camp I worked at when they got too many deer wandering out on the runways and such.

We would load-up a van and PU with off duty guards/shotguns along with  some trustees and head over there and shoot deer at night. They would close down certain areas so we could kill the deer. They did not just let us drive around where we wanted to but had a employee with a radio go with us. They just allowed us to use shotguns/buckshot.

That was back before the state had to comply with a federal court order to have all the meat the convicts consumed USDA inspected. Most of the camps raised their own hogs and beef if they had the land. We had hogs but had to depend on another camp for beef so the deer was always a welcomed substitute.  We would kill a PU load of deer (the trustees were there to load the deer in the PU) take them back to the camp's butcher shop and work them up.

As far as birds went they had some kind of red painted "cannon" mounted on a trailer. Remembering what it looked like now I suspect it was just a modified kiln gun. As far as I know some airport employee operated that thing. I can't say if they used shot or blanks.

Yeah, times have changed. What with that place being so built-up/busy now I don't know what they do about their deer population. I suspect it's a lot worse now than it was back then.
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So commad staff is a firee fire target right?
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 7:32:52 AM EST
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Reminds me of this local event.

F-16 strikes pig during landing.
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I recognized that as Logan Airport in Boston, and figured all the liberal tools flying out would complain if they saw geese getting shot while they're waiting for their flight.    At least in this shot, this is the caption-

"In this Jan. 16, 2009 file photo, Ulysses Dublin, one of four full-time Massport wildlife technicians, fires a non-lethal pyrotechnic round from a standard shotgun to disperse birds from the runways and surrounding areas at Logan International Airport in Boston, Mass"

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2012/apr/26/senator-seeks-allow-goose-kills-near-new-york-airp/76477/
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 7:43:54 AM EST
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I met some fed guys that 'remove' deer. They had bolt actions with suppressors. This was several years ago, and it peaked my interest enough to mention suppressors were actually allowed in MN. Just a friendly reminder. But ya, they turned out to be fed employees. Talked to them a while, friendly guys. I'm not the type to get into convo's at the range usually.

They suppress so they don't raise a ruckus.
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"Piqued"
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 7:47:06 AM EST
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I mean, really.. do they reach out to pros, or do they just call john-whoever down at the whatever-gun store and ask around for potential hunters on a contract basis? Or do they literally just hand over a Bellini to Jim The Bagger

http://media-cdn.timesfreepress.com/img/photos/2012/04/26/Flights_Bird_Strikes_Barr_t800_hcb9b8c21c2edde306b35b711d4088a93bb1aa9c5.jpg
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A friend of mine works for the USDA and does this, also shoots deer that get on the tarmac.

Said he's killed over 100 deer this year. They try to scare or trap the birds of prey but, if they return they get shot.

Not a super lucrative job but he enjoys every bit of it.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 7:53:12 AM EST
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I have been invited to hunt coyotes at the national guard base here in CT. No limit and jack lighting suggested
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A friend of mine works for the USDA and does this, also shoots deer that get on the tarmac.

Said he's killed over 100 deer this year. They try to scare or trap the birds of prey but, if they return they get shot.

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Did he say what they did with the meat?

The "professional hunters" they use up in the Shenandoah National Park (the park is closed in the winter) just used to dump the deer carcasses off the edge of steep overlooks.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 7:56:23 AM EST
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Our airport (at least while I was still working out there) hired a professional "wildlife control" person to deal with everything from deer to beavers to coyotes.

Birds were always a problem and the airport security folks used shotguns with noise making shells to scare them when just driving around didn't work.

There were geese, doves, various black birds, and sea gulls in the winter. Bird strike reports were very common.
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My father was hit by a duck coming in for a landing at Memphis International back in the 60's. Broke a few ribs and pissed him off pretty badly.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 8:01:52 AM EST
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RAF Mildenhall had a falconer who knew his business. Very cool to watch him work. They also gave all the local jackrabbits some variant of an STD that made them blind and unable to move. You could walk up and kick them over. Kind of disgusting.

Lots of propane cannons in use now, and the "green" approach is to grow tall, very stiff grasses on the airfield. Apparently birds don't like landing on it.

Either way it's serious business. Go read the crash report on Yukla 27 (to include the CVR transcript, which is brutal), the AWACS that went down outside Elmendorf in 1995.

One night at Hurbie the field was socked in pretty good with fog. The H model that was supposed to fly weather cancelled, but the U-boat flying taxied down to hot cargo and uploaded munitions. They took the active, went to power and hit a deer just prior to rotation. The pilot declared an immediate IFE, and they swiveled one of the cameras around to where they could see the remains hanging in ribbons from the (still extended) gear and cables. Bounced the plane around to clear what they could, then landed uneventfully. Crew left to go drinking, and my guys had to clean it up. F**king seriously gross...still don't know how that gear exploded a deer and sustained no damage.
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Or the god damned handheld rockets.

It's funny how certain sounds send you back to a place and time that gets your heart rate up.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 9:57:23 AM EST
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Likely varies a bit, but for accessing the airfield you have to take a course on airport movement/operations, then you take a wildlife course and then they issue your a certificate. You'll need to be issued an access badge as well.

Basically, the airport maint guys handle it.
Link Posted: 12/19/2016 10:09:13 AM EST
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I was doing some work at a port up north, waiting for my permit, when a guy came in to get a permit for his hawks. He was there to get rid of all the sea gulls. I thought that was pretty cool. Didn't get to see the Hawks in action though.
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Varmint-Cong is a worthy adversary

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You get WiFi at Gitmo?

Sweet!


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