Bluebarrels Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) Went out today to shoot a few crows,a freind of mine has been twice this week,and not shot a lot to be honest,the birds dont want to decoy,maybe the weather has thrown them out of routine anyway got there about 6.15 and set up my hide. Set out the decoys,only 8x full body birds today,sat down ready to shoot by 6.30 , sat for a few minutes then the first bird arrived,shot him and put him onto a floater cradle ive modified(see DIY section,on how i modified a pigeon cradle) The birds seemed to decoy into the pattern with no problems,and i had some steady shooting,then about 8.30 it seemed to stop,no birds to be seen so i decided to pack up,finished with 24 birds for two hours shooting,looking back this time last year, i was averaging 70-80 bird bags,are the birds later this year leaving the nests? Anyway a good couple of hours on the crows BB Edited June 7, 2010 by Bluebarrels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o.z Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Wow! nice, cant believe thats a few hours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Went out today to shoot a few crows,a freind of mine has been twice this week,and not shot a lot to be honest,the birds dont want to decoy,maybe the weather has thrown them out of routine anyway got there about 6.15 and set up my hide. Set out the decoys,only 8x full body birds today,sat down ready to shoot by 6.30 , sat for a few minutes then the first bird arrived,shot him and put him onto a floater cradle ive modified(see DIY section,on how i modified a pigeon cradle) The birds seemed to decoy into the pattern with no problems,and i had some steady shooting,then about 8.30 it seemed to stop,no birds to be seen so i decided to pack up,finished with 24 birds for two hours shooting,looking back this time last year, i was averaging 70-80 bird bags,are the birds later this year leaving the nests? Anyway a good couple of hours on the crows BB I have never decoyed crows, looks interesting, how do you put out your pattern ? doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyboy Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 ive shot bags of crows,by just placing out 2 full bodied flocked decoys,ive never used a pattern. i norm do alot more damage to crows after the second cut of silage in my area,all the young are out. crow shooting is fun,you have to out wit a very smart and switched on bird. if the hides not perfect you have no chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokoe Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Fantastic bag for 2 hours mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandmartin Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) You just can't beat a bit of crow bashing! Well done Edited June 7, 2010 by islandmartin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazco2121 Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan640 Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Nice bag indeed fella and a very productive few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Well done BB, good to see a few on the slab after the famine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Great shooting mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 well done BB we have had 2 outings first bag 70 secound 60 our secound trip was ruined by around 20 + metal detector guys and our trip was cut short . the birds do seem to be late this year .noel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz2381 Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Top Shooting there BB. Last time I went out at 0615 the crows were all sat on the field I went to shoot It was a slow morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Good Shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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