rjimmer Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Are we talking carrion crows here or rooks? A lot of very experienced sportsmen struggle to tell the difference. I was thinking exactly the same!! If it's rooks, then slices of white bread in front of a good hide are a deadly draw for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everygoodnamewastaken Posted February 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Just wen out tot the field to get somecrows flighting. I took the 12 on 1/4 and 1/2 and hull high pheasant 5's got 5 out the sky but they didnt die with the shot. There really hard to kill and i thought the bigger shot size would work but it diddnt :thumbs: any tips??? =( =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Wait till the crow is past and flying away, this way your shot passes under the feathers not through them and travels deeper to the vitals. Its a trick we use on the canada geese we get here ( we have the largest of the five sub- spicies) and as simple as it sounds it really does work. Your other option is to drop down to a number 4 shot that will stop them on the pass shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everygoodnamewastaken Posted February 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Nice tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK 1 Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Mate last weeks s/times page 22 did a report on shot sizes/velocity you may care to read it as 5s dont always mean 5s depending on what your using,if all else fails shoot them again b4 they it the ground like the italians lol....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGhost Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 You are not getting the pattern with 5's. Just afer xmas I had 2 very clean kills with 24g 7's (1/2 choke) from my 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Man Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 im new to shooting and have started off with crows and rooks .........had some success with an owl and 3 decoys but find that as soon as i move the crows are off ,so its difficult getting the calling and holding of gun at shooting level coordinated ,im using a 30"m/c lanber a heavy gun i think,got the chance of a trade in to a berreta silver pigeon fixed choke 12g lovely gun ,im using clear pigeon in the lanber it takes out the rooks no prob but i get quite a few runners on the big crows ,me or the clear pigeon ,comments please,plenty of woodies around but not on my farms ,no sheep either just cattle and they are inside,pigeons just wont come down ,im hoping when the farmer starts ploughing to grow his silage and straw etcthey will decoy,im in newcastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGhost Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 The clear pigeon should be fine, but dont skimp on the choke with 6's. if you go for open chokes (as I do) you will need 6.5 or 7 shot to keep the pattern going longer. Runners are either a near miss or have gone through a hole in your pattern. There is plenty of power in 6-7 shot for crows and rooks but I think the body of a crow is smaller than a pigeon. Thus you must make sure that you have a tighter pattern ie. more choke or more shot (smaller shot or bigger load). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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