BEWARE Buzzards are back at Brewer.......

So, Yesterday April 3 I launched at Brewers N. ramp went and caught a decent amount of crappie (kept 23) and came back in at 1pm. I pulled the boat up and notice a group of buzzards about 20 roosting on my truck. I ran them off and looked over my truck........ They absolutely trashed my 2013 2500 4x4 Silverado..... They tore up every accessable piece of rubber molding, truck has hundreds of deep scratches were they slipped and drug their nasty claws on each rail, the hood, and top of the truck. They pooped all over it and that nasty stuff has a really gross acid in it.
Reported it to insurance and just got notified that it will be between 8-12 thousand dollars to repair. I had nothing in the bed of the truck to draw them, craziest thing Ive ever seen. Luckily insurance will cover it but next time I will be packing heat.....:banghead

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Originally Posted by Old Sarge

So, Yesterday April 3 I launched at Brewers N. ramp went and caught a decent amount of crappie (kept 23) and came back in at 1pm. I pulled the boat up and notice a group of buzzards about 20 roosting on my truck. I ran them off and looked over my truck........ They absolutely trashed my 2013 2500 4x4 Silverado..... They tore up every accessable piece of rubber molding, truck has hundreds of deep scratches were they slipped and drug their nasty claws on each rail, the hood, and top of the truck. They pooped all over it and that nasty stuff has a really gross acid in it.
Reported it to insurance and just got notified that it will be between 8-12 thousand dollars to repair. I had nothing in the bed of the truck to draw them, craziest thing Ive ever seen. Luckily insurance will cover it but next time I will be packing heat.....:banghead

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That sucks man. Good thing insurance covered it.

Wow.....that is horrible! Choot em all!!

I stopped by there Thursday and saw them roosting in the trees by the North ramp. There was probably 50-60 of 'em. Went fishing there today and didn't see any buzzards or catch any fish... cool front musta messed em up. Glad ins is taking care of your truck.

That's terrible, man! Heard stories about them last year at Brewer too. I'm not sure about this but I think the danged things are protected. Might check this out before you shoot them. Glad your insurance covered the loss.

Great Googly Moogly.
Conway Corporation needs to be advised...........and they need to do something. Please let them know. They might be liable.

Sorry about your truck.......They cost me $180 on my new truck last year eating the rubber seal around the moon roof glass. If Conway corp. had to reimburse people for the damages done, I bet they would take care of the problem.

If the buzzards get very bad and people start giving Conway Corp. a hard time they may just shut the gates

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Originally Posted by farmer1940

If the buzzards get very bad and people start giving Conway Corp. a hard time they may just shut the gates

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That sounds about right! :Doh:

If they can't control the buzzards enough to stop them from causing $10,000 damage, maybe they need to shut the gates.

Geez.

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Originally Posted by farmer1940

If the buzzards get very bad and people start giving Conway Corp. a hard time they may just shut the gates

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You are right. Conway Corp uses the lake for drinking water supply and Game and Fish manages the lake for wildlife.

are the Buzzards damaging vehicles at both ramps or just the north ramp?

yeah, Buzzards can really do some damage.
I fish for blue cat down on Wheeler/Wilson in Alabama. Last year they got my truck below Wheeler dam and gnawed off a little of the rubber door molding.
Some rigs put quilts or tarps over their trucks while out.
I'd find out if it is legal to start blasting before you do it though.

They couldn't hear me shoot for all the loud mufflers of the County County folks that cruise up and down the parking lot all day looking for.........well, who knows......... :biggrin

Greg, Don't know about the south ramp but I won't park at the North ramp anymore

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Originally Posted by Old Sarge

Greg, Don't know about the south ramp but I won't park at the North ramp anymore

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that is where i thought all the damage was happening, dont think the Buzzards are at the south ramp, thanks for the post and info!

The South ramp is free of buzzards for the time being.

OK, just to make SURE......y'all mean the furthest ramp, right? The one down by the bridge? The lake lays basically E/W, but.........just making sure.

The one down by the underwater bridge is the one I had the damage done.

Wow, thanks for sharing the information. Glad your insurance covered the damage. I didn't realize those critters did that kind of damage to vehicles.

Have a couple of friends that fish there and have never told me of this problem,thought about going there myself one day but now not sure may have to wait till problem is taken care of.Thks for the info guys,sorry about the truck!

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Originally Posted by MM1

Have a couple of friends that fish there and have never told me of this problem,thought about going there myself one day but now not sure may have to wait till problem is taken care of.Thks for the info guys,sorry about the truck!

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I heard about this problem on the North ramp last year, so I started using the South ramp. Never had any problems or even saw any buzzards lurking around.

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Originally Posted by Old Sarge

The one down by the underwater bridge is the one I had the damage done.

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OK. Don't anybody take me out after dark. We might not get home. I had the two confused. So it's the main ramp, the closest to I-40, that's ok then.........

whew.