steve_b_wales Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 The Poacher (Mark) and I, decided to make the most of the weather, and try our luck on the corvids. After a previous phone call to the farmer,and him telling me that there were 'thousands' of them on his land, we set off this morning. We were at the farm before 1st light, and started setting up the decoys etc at around 06.45. After a few minutes, some Jackdaw's came close enough to shoot, and we had 3. One was attached to a floater, and the other 2 on my rota. Almost as soon as I switched the rota on, Jackdaw's came swarming in, and we shot quite a few. This went on for about 3 hours, with groups of 8-10 birds hovering around the rota. Both Mark and I had a few left and rights,right and lefts, and I managed 3 with 3 shots.We both missed some very easy (we thought) birds as well. A few Crows came too close (for them) and they too were shot. A lot of the birds that we shot, landed in the small woods behind us, and despite looking for them, they were lost. Also, a few that were shot, landed further down the field, and we could not find them.We counted 15 lost birds, which was annoying to say the least. We continued shooting, with short lulls, until 2pm, when the farmer decided that he had to turn the hay over to dry. This put an end to our day out. We plan to go back up tomorrow morning for another crack at them. Our total for the day was, 80 Jackdaws, and 3 Crows. 77 jackdaws can be seen in the photo. I shot another one, just after we disposed of them, and we found 2 wounded ones futher down the field, which were dispatched.With the ones lost in the woods/stubble, our total was 98. We had a brilliant day, our best together yet. Hopefully, tomorrow will yield another big bag. The photo's show our hide, the dead Jackdaws placed out as decoys, and the 'group' photo. My thanks to Mark as always, for his company. See you in the morning mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Excellent result!! Well done, your pattern looks very realistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Good shooting Steve and Mark hope you do the same or better tommorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 nice work chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon mad Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Quality day let us no how you get on tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 You lucky devils, good shooting guys I'm out tomorrow and I would love a bag half as big as yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Well done! When is the light just starting to come up in the morning? I haven't been out in ages so no idea when to get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz2381 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Top result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted September 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Well done! When is the light just starting to come up in the morning? I haven't been out in ages so no idea when to get there 1st light obviously varies depending where you live etc. Here,(South Wales) it's around 6.45am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiG_Al Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 nice day out lads, great photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trentotter Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 good shooting mate,make our 30 look sick :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 well done steve the amount of time you put in i think you deserve that bag atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.I.A Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Well done lads Cracking result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Well done great bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy dog Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Very very good bag Steve fair play, some good shooting indeed that. :good: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 great bag and had to pack in at 2pm. bet you would bagged a few more with at least 4 hours shooting left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustem Dave Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 very realistic looking pattern,well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the poacher Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 like steve said a cracking day had lets hope we can top it tomorrow,and as allways good company lol cheers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Nice bag puts my 2 today to shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintail Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 very good bag of blackies you lads got well done and the pattern looked very impressive, and dont them jackdaws make for some good shooting when they swoop in to the deeks in large numbers and they just love that magnet with a couple of there buddys on , hope you get back there soon and get plenty more Steve and Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby63 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Cracking result well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Awesome, keep up the very good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimsy Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Nice work boys, not a bad day at all!! As previously mentioned, great looking pattern too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Well done mate, Great shooting :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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