use a bb gun and peck them in the skull...lol...have like a contest...best out of ten bb's...and to the ones that have never had a [shit hawk] gull.. crap on their shoulder too bad...lol....i peck them daily...they steal all the bird feed...doesn't kill them just makes them dance a few jigs...now when i lever a bb into the chamber.lol..they fly like bastards,,,trained by sound and stinging,,,i can look at them now as well and they take off,,or shake the bb gun....the town dump is a good spot for those fuckers....people feeding them makes them lazy