Shooting crows

[djrwood]

Need some advice. I know it is illegal to disturb nesting birds. But is it illegal/frowned to shoot crows as they come in to land in their nests. Theres a row of trees where i have permission to shoot that has several large nests in and a large number of crows are back and forth all day long. I was hoping to nestle myself in the tree line and hit the little ******* as they come in but didnt know if this shouldnt be done as i dont want to leave nests full of starved young even if they are little nasty *******. Is there a difference between shooting the same crows out in the field to shooting them as they come to nest?

 

Many Thanks

 

Dan

[Go Go Gadget]

If they are rooks, just waitt a week or so and the young will be moving out of the nest and youll be able to controll the numbers easily

[steve_b_wales]

I try and get the crow as she sits on the nest. That way, I get the bird and the eggs. Some may not agree with this method, but it's a good way of thinning out the crows. Just shooting out the nest could lead the crow to simply build another.

[ollie]

I try and get the crow as she sits on the nest. That way, I get the bird and the eggs. Some may not agree with this method, but it's a good way of thinning out the crows. Just shooting out the nest could lead the crow to simply build another.

 

I agree with Steve, also with Magpies. Need heavy shells to penetrate some of the nests though.

[pegleg31]

last year i took a friend crow shooting and like a t wat a never took enough cartridge's.it was around this time last year and the young crow's were just leaving the nest's.if i'd of taken 1k cart's i'd of been able to use them.the bird's just kept coming back,but i only took 75 .i only went for a walk around and where i was shooting was a 90 mile round trip