jim_mids Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Afternoon all, quick question for you, what do people do with dead corvids? Cheers Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippermaj Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 I am sure most just leave them for the foxes but I breast them out and feed the meat to the dog! Don't like to see anything go to waste! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Feed them to the dog if its a few.One farm i use gets me to bag them for the fire another gets me to put them in the animal bin. Come round to may / june and there will be hundreds they can be a real problem to dispose off. Just picking them up and moving them off the fields is a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 You could try this http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/recipes/rook-pie-recipe-15406 Not tried the one above but I will be, but rook pie is good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 If the ground is due to be ploughed in the next couple of days leave them on the field. If there are a few chuck them in the bottom of the hedge and they will soon go. If you shoot a lot either spread them along a long stretch of hedge or find a rough patch of ground to pop them out of the way. They will soon rot down. As long as the farmer is happy with what you are doing and it is out of site of the general public it shouldnt be a problem. I shot 129 in one outing last year and spread them along a 200 metre stretch of hedge, Within a couple of weeks there wasnt a lot left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 keep them in a freezer, and use them to hang out on pea and barley drilling as some times they hit some fields really hard and dig chitted seed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 If you put them in the hedge its best to put them in a place you are unlikely to use again in the next few days. I rarely hang them out on the fields as whilst the farmer might like it I want to shoot the birds not scare them away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunda Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Lay them on their backs,wings outspread,fifty yards apart.Their mates don't like it and will keep away and they will also attract buzzards who will similarly keep the rooks and pigeons off.With the amount of badgers and foxes about the corpses are not likely to be around for all that long,and then you can go again.Sustainablity ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark74 Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Not a sensible reply here, but in light of today's passing of Ronnie Corbett & for those who remember the sketch...you could try to see if "the rook restaurant" is still open 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotguneddy Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 A pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Ditch or under a hedge usually, Got 7 Buzzards flying round in one big heap, put 4 dead maggies out under where they are flying yesterday, today, untouched !!. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Put on a farmers midden soon rot down in winter, or stink pit, in hedge/ brambles or ferrets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hang up for one farmer , leave for fox for others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I dispose of mine in a ditch. The problem with leaving them out for birds of prey is that they could ingest the lead inside the bird. I also take a few home and freeze them,to use as decoys next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 As Steve said, Lead shot rooks for BoP is a bad, very bad idea and must be avoided. I leave rooks for the foxes and badgers, they normally have them all in the first night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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