Crows on barley at the moment

[wids]

There is a field that iv seen that is taking a bit of damage by the blackies but iv only got 2 crow decoys - which is never a problem when decoying on stubble or grass for crows, but how best to use these two decoys to start with to get the blackies coming in range on stood barley??? There is no laid patch as such they are dropping in near a tree and use this as a perch before commiting.

 

Are floaters any good for crows once I bag one? as iv sometimes found crows be wary of floaters.

 

Cheers for any advice

[Cranfield]

If there are no laid areas, the birds must be dropping into wheel tracks, but if you see them often dropping in by that tree, then thats the place you want to be.

 

I find rooks and crows to be quite inquisitive and they usually come and look at a couple of crow decoys.

When you shoot them, add them to the pattern and definitely try one on a floater, it works for me.

[magman]

If you have a flapper raise it above the barley with a crow on , i would go 20 yrds to the side of the tree there using to setup a hide

 

Ps, Crows will start to land on the barley and make flat spots ive seen them do it

Edited July 2, 2010 by magman

[yickdaz]

magnets work sometimes. recently i set a magnet up with 2 carrions on it and they wouldn;t come near it in fact flaring away out of range. i know they don;t like pigeons on a magnet had em heading towards me when out pigeon shooting countless times just coming into range then piddle off at speed. but never had em flare off at the sight of a floater or 2 in fact improves the situation so sit your decoys on top of the crop so clearly visible and first one you shoot set it up on a floater

[wids]

Well ended up with 14 and a pigeon - no record but good bit of fun for few hours and it at least did some valuable crop protection as I was keeping em away and thay have started hammering it making a mess starting from the edges of the field.

 

I couldnt for the life of me shoot 1 that landed in easy finding reach of the hide to mount on my floater so just had decoys on the wall - the farmer didnt want me going into the stood barley so fair enough. Ill try get a black un shot before I go next time from round our farm yard as may have coaxed a few more into range.

 

With only 2 crow decoys on the wall and couple pigeon in the area they have stripped and knocked down not a bad little result really!

[bignoel]

magnets work sometimes. :blink: recently i set a magnet up with 2 carrions on it and they wouldn;t come near it in fact flaring away out of range. i know they don;t like pigeons on a magnet had em heading towards me when out pigeon shooting countless times just coming into range then piddle off at speed. but never had em flare off at the sight of a floater or 2 in fact improves the situation so sit your decoys on top of the crop so clearly visible and first one you shoot set it up on a floater

 

i find the crow/jacki's prefer a slow magnet compared to a fast pigeon type :blink:

[Highlander]

Whatever you do please remember that YOU can often do more damage to a standing crop than the birds...DO NOT upset farmer!

[wids]

Whatever you do please remember that YOU can often do more damage to a standing crop than the birds...DO NOT upset farmer!

 

 

As I said I didnt go into the crop as even though I needed a blackie to stick on my floater!

[Billy.]

Order an owl or fox decoy. That should do the trick.

 

Alternatively, just buy one rook decoy and lay a dead bunny at its feet. It'll be under a fiver.

[makka]

As I said I didnt go into the crop as even though I needed a blackie to stick on my floater!

just bought 17" owl decoy on amazon 13 quid inc postage. check lez owl decoy out on d.i.y.its fantastic.

[yickdaz]

i find the crow/jacki's prefer a slow magnet compared to a fast pigeon type

you could right there because i was shooting pigeons over laid barley mon and a crow came sailing over wings spread looking at laid patch and rotary but this time the battery was running out so slower speed on it

[ellie]

There is a field that iv seen that is taking a bit of damage by the blackies but iv only got 2 crow decoys - which is never a problem when decoying on stubble or grass for crows, but how best to use these two decoys to start with to get the blackies coming in range on stood barley??? There is no laid patch as such they are dropping in near a tree and use this as a perch before commiting.

 

Are floaters any good for crows once I bag one? as iv sometimes found crows be wary of floaters.

 

Cheers for any advice

a up mate,went to chatsworth saday and brought myself a calling crow,went out last night on corn set up 10 crows with my new crow caller and bingo they came in like planes had 50plus in a hour,it will be the best thing you will buy for shooting crows

[leaseone]

I though it was a bit naughty to use a electronic calling bird I dont use one but shot 56 blackies over pigs yesterday

[Bobba]

a up mate,went to chatsworth saday and brought myself a calling crow,went out last night on corn set up 10 crows with my new crow caller and bingo they came in like planes had 50plus in a hour,it will be the best thing you will buy for shooting crows

 

I've seen these on fleabay and elsewhere and was mulling over a purchase. So, some advice please.

How does the timing of the call operate? Is it continuous, or are there intervals between calls and, if so, how long an interval.

Also, according to crowbuster.com there are different calls dependant on the circumstances. Does the decoy have a call selection or only one call.

 

Thanks

 

Bob