steve_b_wales Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 A few days ago, 'The Poacher' (Mark) and myself were up on one of our permissions, and noticed a large amount of crows (approx 150) flying around. We decided to go back up today and see if we could get any. I came off a night shift this morning, but within 2 hours, I met Mark and we headed for the farm. We set up our decoys, floaters, and a couple of decoys that I lofted into the tree. We waited patiently, and after half an hour, one solitary crow flew over us, and was quickly shot. Another hour went by with nothing about. We decided to pack up and move further down the fields. We soon realised why there were no crows on our field, as they were all down the bottom ones. We quickly set up the hide against a fence, put the decoys out, and within 5 minutes, a few crows came into the pattern, and were shot. We continued to have a good few hours with crows and jackdaws coming in. In total we picked up a mix of 18 crows/jackdaws, with at least another five that were shot but managed to fly into the next valley before dropping.We also missed 'one or two' as well. All in all, we had a good few hours out, and plan another one next week. The photo's show our hide (hastily put up)and some of the decoys. My thanks to Mark for an enjoyable day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Well done Steve and Mark.Good bag there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.5shooter Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Keep up the good work fellas!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Nice going lads! Remember to add them to the corvid talley. Keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy dog Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Good shooting to you both. Decent size bag that and a few less black stuff to wreak havoc on song birds an lambs. Keep good work up both :good: :good: :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Well done mate, Good shooting :good: Nice Escort, i presume it's a 8 shot with that extended magazine ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Well done mate, Good shooting :good: Nice Escort, i presume it's a 8 shot with that extended magazine ;) Correct. Although I have (except when trying it from new) never fired the 8 shots off in one go. 4 is the maximum, 3 is the average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the poacher Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 an enjoyable day we had a few in the end cheers steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren h Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Good shooting Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Hi Steve, What make are the decoys you use? I borrowed four full bodied crow deeks from my pal before going shooting yesterday. Out again today I added to the pattern four of my half shell pigeon decoys inserted up the legs of his wife's black tights which I conveniently happened to have with me (it's a long story and not what you might think) It helped build the pattern and I managed to get eleven today plus the five from yesterday shown below. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Hi Steve, What make are the decoys you use? I borrowed four full bodied crow deeks from my pal before going shooting yesterday. Out again today I added to the pattern four of my half shell pigeon decoys inserted up the legs of his wife's black tights which I conveniently happened to have with me (it's a long story and not what you might think) It helped build the pattern and I managed to get eleven today plus the five from yesterday shown below. Phil Hi Phil. I use the standard decoys that you can buy at most gun shops. I normally pay around £10 for 3. I flock my own decoys ( ) but this is not a neccessity. I make some of them into shells, just to cut down on the bulk. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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