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[Togre]

I like to hunt but I've been on my embark about 3 seasons and only have had fliers--ravens, Giant Sparrows, kestrels, birdmen, etc.  They are all living in the clouds at a z level above which my hunters can shoot at them.  Do I have any good options for killing them?

I suppose I could clear cut the map.  Would they hover lower then?

Is there a way to lure them with food or shinies or something?

Any insight is appreciated.

[PatrikLundell]

Some birds are thieves and can be lured with shinies (raven, and keas, for instance, and some with food, e.g. buzzards). Traps are usually easier to use than hunters, I think.

It should also be possible to use marksman towers, but then it would be militia, not hunters. I don't use missile weapons myself, though.

[anewaname]

There is a "sky ceiling" that is about 17 z's up (I forget what the default setting is). If you make a very simple platform that is 8 or 10 z's high, you could have a couple of dwarfs training there and they will shoot at anything that comes within range. Even if the platform is open and the staircase is open, wildlife will not make the dwarfs fall off unless the wildlife makes them dodge (birdmen might, I'm not sure). I usually 'm'ove some military with crossbows to below birds that are interrupting civilian workers, and ignore the other birds.

There is also a dfhack script to exterminate all fliers that are currently on the map.

[PatrikLundell]

I think the default sky ceiling is 15 levels, but it's an advanced world gen parameter.

[Togre]

Thank you all.  I'm trying a quick clear cut and will definitely plan some platforms in the future.  The foul, feathered fiends will fall!