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On the corn drillings today, first crow decoying of the year. I dont usually start this early but farmer was having problems and so went to see what I could do. Set up by half 9 and the action was steady and very fun. Coming from three different flightlines and decoying well, I had several down with single shots. Had my first two for one on pigeons, two crossing thirty yards left to right both dropped to one shot which made my day. I also had several coming low and slow over my shoulder into the decoys, enabling me to "smoke" the corvids at very close range. Stopped about 3pm when it went quiet for a bag of 84 corvids (mainly carrion crows) and 14 pigeons. All shot with Beretta ES100 and Prima 7.5 cartridges. I hope I have several more days like today this year :good:

(please note: not all birds in photo, lost some in thick hedgerow)

 

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must have been one hell of a hedge to loose 12 crows and 5 pigeons

 

well they fell in the hedge and the field behind. I picked them up on the way back to the truck but wasnt going to run around the the field behind then back again just to put them in the photo. Dont like seeing good pigeons going to waste so dont worry, I didnt just leave them :)

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well they fell in the hedge and the field behind. I picked them up on the way back to the truck but wasnt going to run around the the field behind then back again just to put them in the photo. Dont like seeing good pigeons going to waste so dont worry, I didnt just leave them :)

 

Thats what we all like to hear, good job :good::good: too many people use the general licence just for 'sport' these days, my wife and I never have to but meat from supermarkets, whatever i shoot we eat, happy days

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On the corn drillings today, first crow decoying of the year. I dont usually start this early but farmer was having problems and so went to see what I could do. Set up by half 9 and the action was steady and very fun. Coming from three different flightlines and decoying well, I had several down with single shots. Had my first two for one on pigeons, two crossing thirty yards left to right both dropped to one shot which made my day. I also had several coming low and slow over my shoulder into the decoys, enabling me to "smoke" the corvids at very close range. Stopped about 3pm when it went quiet for a bag of 84 corvids (mainly carrion crows) and 14 pigeons. All shot with Beretta ES100 and Prima 7.5 cartridges. I hope I have several more days like today this year :good:

(please note: not all birds in photo, lost some in thick hedgerow)

 

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A cracking session! I really must have a go at these in earnest :good:

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