crow shooting

[lindsay]

Hello all,today i gained some more pigeon and crow shooting,however the farmers wife asked me what the score was when the crows are nesting do people still shoot the crows? i said yes as i dont think there is a season as they are vermin really,or am i wrong in this matter

 

Any help would be grand also whats the best crow patterns,loads of crows on this new perrmision.

[Pepe]

They are vermin so you can shoot them. I find that you have to keep very still and well hidden when shooting them. Regarding patterns, I just put them on the ground randomly where they are feeding. I have had a go at lofting a few and this has worked very well. Some people use dead rabbits and bird of prey decoys but I have not tried this. I have just bought a call but not tried it yet.

 

Have a look at: http://www.crowbusters.com/index.htm

[steve_b_wales]

I shoot them all year round. When they are nesting, I try and wait for the crow to return to the nest, them hit it with some heavy shot, ie, SG's or BB's.

[lincolnshire poacher]

I shoot them all year round. When they are nesting, I try and wait for the crow to return to the nest, them hit it with some heavy shot, ie, SG's or BB's.

kill em all year round, as already said ,shoot the nests out' best time is when they are sat on young this way you can more control for your bang.

Patterns not as important your hide, it must be very good and you must stay in it, crows will spot you anywhere and they can count so treat them with some respect to shoot big bags.

[mart46]

Have a look at: http://www.crowbusters.com/index.htm

 

Check out the recipe section

[Langer]

I find that a random decoy pattern works well. I have tried using a dead rabbit and this works well also. You have to cut the rabbit open and spill its guts though, so that the white of the skin catches the crows eye. They are also attracted to the colour red, so get some guts out too!! :o

[sako751sg]

All year rounds the way fella.Great way to cut the numbers is by shooting the young ones when they first come off the nest with the sluggers.Every carrion crow nest i see on my permission gets at least 32g of lead blowing its **** out.

[Pepe]

Check out the recipe section :o

:o Never noticed it before. Then again, a friend of mine prefers squirells to woodpigeon.

[berettaman]

as they say, DONT knock it till you,ve tried it

Im getting a damn more crows than pigeons lately so.......

[islandmartin]

If I could add to the advice already given, a couple of mates of mine were given the task of 'dismantling' a rookery last year - birds, nests the lot. One shot the parents and the other then blasted the nests and young out. If the young are already leaving the nests its important to hit the adults first then get the young. They had a good day shooting anything that moved, the result being not many birds left! Their total bag:93. Hit 'em really hard and they won't return.

[markyboy]

you talking crows,rooks or jackdaws? crow being the carrion? you can have a good day on the corvids,you have to be well set up so they dont spot you. but in all honesty im looking for good reasons to why i should go and wipe out a bag of rooks or jackdaws? if they are tearing up planted fields then fair enough.

[CZ550Kevlar]

I have found putting a buzzard decoy out works a treat, crows seem to dive headlong in to try and chase it away which brings therm in nicely for an ambush.

[lindsay]

I have found putting a buzzard decoy out works a treat, crows seem to dive headlong in to try and chase it away which brings therm in nicely for an ambush.

 

Dead fox or a rabbit under a rotary with crow decoys fitted brings them in too