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  9. Pigeon flapper

    in Pigeon Decoying Equipment

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    sutty you may have started another topic with me. As yet I need to be convinced that I really need a rotary but I may get one in the next week or so. Do you use a rotary and a flapper or just the flapper?

     

    My reason for getting one is the large acreage of OSR I`m looking after and I hope to persuade birds that my pattern is the place to be. I`ve got an open mind on the subject and would be obliged for any opinions both for and against.

  10. Crows

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted · Edited by invector

    Crows spend much of their time quartering fields for food and have their eyes locked on the ground under them a lot of the time. Pigeons are often on their way to a distant field and and are probably focused well in front.

     

    This is why the pigeon jinks suddenly when it catches sight of you but a crow will gently slide to one side before it gets into range. The crow has seen you well in advance but the pigeon is caught off guard, hence the flare. Both can be fooled as long as you are well hidden but, when they are in range, crows just seem to stand on their wings and flap backwards, or sideways, a lot slower than pigeons, which jink violently, and require quick reactions to connect. I find crow shooting a rather leisurely affair provided you don`t reveal yourself too early.

     

    I`ve shot plenty of high crows that come down squawking and spinning, like a sycamore leaf, and they are almost always dead soon after hitting the ground, with hits in the head and beak. Obviously some do get away but I put that down to bad or indifferent shooting!!

     

     

    Edit: Repetition!!

  12. Crows

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted · Edited by invector

    Isn`t this super tough crow thing getting a bit silly? :lol:

     

    There`s not a crow living that won`t come down stone dead with 30g of No.6 shot if it`s within range and in a good shot pattern!!

    They certainly aren`t tougher than pigeons and giving them superhuman strength is no substitute for shooting straight and hitting them correctly. :D

     

    Edit: Of course you could try an 8 bore stuffed to the gunwhales with BBs!!! :lol:

  16. Rape

    in Talk From The Field

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    Although the majority of my birds are gleaning spilt wheat from newly sown fields, I have a small group that has started on the rape fields already! They may be taking chickweed etc. but they`re definitely dropping into OSR. Some of my fields are so well sown, and thick, with rape that I expect them to be left alone in preference to the stubble sown rape.

     

    I had 25 plus 3 jackdaws, 1 rook and 6 crows last week and 36 plus a rook and a crow three days ago. They mostly had dressed winter wheat in their crops and one, at least, was finding some rape seed, probably on fields of harvested rape, covered in volunteer rape, that are being sown to beans later.

     

    I was out again yesterday hoping to continue decoying in the same area but a big flock of pigeons was wheat gleaning near a game crop so I left them alone!! They have been following the seed drill for the past two weeks or so, and I must now try to estimate their next move Ha! Ha!

  18. Permission for me and thee

    in Help & Advice

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    Well said Browning! My advice is to work on getting permission for yourself first. When you have built up some trust THEN ask about your mate.

     

    You should also come to some arrangement regarding shooting together, or separately, as mates can sometimes fall out.

     

    Being able to shoot in the week opens lots of doors that would otherwise be closed because of weekend guns.

  22. Crows

    in Guns & Equipment

    Posted

    If you are decoying and they come straight in you only have to shoot `em in the face!! Crossing shots just tip `em on the beak and they come down like a sack of ****

     

    The normal follow through method can be too fast so I use the pull away method. Put your barrels directly on the body pull in front and fire. It works for me.

  24. Crows

    in Guns & Equipment

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    I wouldn`t say crows were `tough` at all. They are very light in the body and come down dead if you hit `em!! I always use 6 shot and have been using Eley HB Pigeon 6.5 shot and it pulverises `em.

     

    Many of my crows are on a flighline between roosts and a land fill site, but I get them a bit lower by using crow deeks or dead crows. They are suckers for pigeon decoys and even `caw` to let you know they`re coming in. I find that crow decoying is a leisurely affair, when compared to shooting pigeons, and it`s easy to miss in front.

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