I have a plethora of pigeons in my empty barn silo and thought, why don't I catch them and use them for bird dog training? But, how do I trap them in the silo, and then how do I catch them in a 30 ft high silo?
I've caught birds in Havahart traps before. Wasn't what I was trying to do, but it's what happened. But any sort of cage trap can work, especially if they're used to being fed.
bird traps youtube how to catch a live bird and videos will come up or email/call an exterminator and ask them how they catch them alive set up some bird feed under a box that has a twig holding it up when the bird bumps it the box will fall catching it. put a weight ontop so it falls quickly
The traps are usually not effective if there is plenty of food available in the area (often the case on a farm), so the best choice is to catch them at night in the roost. The best description I've seen is at elibrary.unm.edu/sora/NABB/v017n02/p0053-p0059.pdf
