karl h Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 is it just me or does the population of crows seem to grow more and more every day speaking to a farmer yesterday he is drilling barley at mo. He needs me to go over the weekend and try and get rid of some. I have noticed pigeons are no longer the problem bloody blackies every where any one else got problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Yes i was on a new farm yesterday shooting crows on a newly drilled field with a mate we got 42 before the rain came. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young gun Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 i've just got back from shooting and one of the recently ploughed fields had about 50 crows on it but it often has over a hundred on it and the farmer wants me to get rid off a many as possible but the trouble is they're difficult to shoot as once a couple of shots have been fired they clear off to other fields and don't come back untill i've gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Have you tried baiting with a slit open rabbit. Lay it belly up with the guts out and they spot it from miles away! I've noticed a lot on my shoot recently, but hitting them with an air rifle is really hard because they usually spot me before I've had chance to aim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl h Posted October 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 thats what im planning for sunday a couple of dead rabbits a few deeks and plenty of 6 shot 32 grams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16 Bore Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 I'm having problems on my shoot with them as well, they are feeding on the open face of the silage clamp as well as the feed trough outside the dairy and sh*tting everywhere !!!! The farmer has a gas gun out all the time but the only thing that has managed to do is upset the neighbours. We are trying to find out where the roost is at the moment and then see if we can get permission to shoot them at dusk when they come back in. If we can get a few over the winter then get on top of the branchers next spring it should make a bit of a dent in the population Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Rooks NOT Crows! Real problem as very few people bother to shoot them anymore. Livestock farmers hate them as they mess in the feed and water troughs. However the best way we've found to really make a hole in their numbers is at their roosts when the leaves are off the trees. On the right day they'll not leave the roost but keep flying around the tree tops and occasionally landing on their nests. Not easy to hit but if you can you should get a good bag. Do that on a regular basis and they'll either push off for good or you'll make such a hole in their numbers they'll no longer be such a pest. Rooks not Crows and if you don't know the difference your on the wrong forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Highlander Might be rooks where your to but thems propper crows down here and there's thousands of them!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainwt Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 i was out walking about with the shotgun and noticed really strong flight line i sat against a hedge row and shot 7. would have shot more but alot were high and saw me (no hide) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeboy Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 I shoot crows on an outdoor pig unit where there is a vast flock of crows rooks and jackdaws all flying and feeding together. We've been shooting them all year and have had about 150 down in the last few sessions but there is no noticeable decline in numbers. The flock is still 400+ strong. Leeboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancs Lad Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 I shoot crows on an outdoor pig unit where there is a vast flock of crows rooks and jackdaws all flying and feeding together. We've been shooting them all year and have had about 150 down in the last few sessions but there is no noticeable decline in numbers. The flock is still 400+ strong. Leeboy Theres 4 less round wigan after this weekend....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolley Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 101 on cut maize. 157 the week before, should see a few more song birds next year . evern with shooting that many there still seems to be loads about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonrms Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 if anyone needs any more confusion re birds.... look at this. http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/Sampler...esTreepies).htm great guide if you spot something differant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 CharlieT...rooks in numbers crows in singles, pairs and sometimes threes. Tolley by the looks of those photos them thar's rooks and rooks don't kill songbirds! Rooks (adult birds) have a bare whiteish patch at the base (head end) of their beaks. Crows are ALL black. At this time of year young rooks may not have developed the whiteish base to the beak and it may appear that you've shot a lot of crows but you ain't! Good shooting though. Shootin' rooks is (relatively) easy compared to shootin' wily old crows. Most (not all but most) crows that get shot over deeks are young silly boogers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB REYNOLDS UK Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 had theses 70 mixed bag of crows a few weeks ago started at 6 in the morning finished at 11 farmer was well happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancs Lad Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 101 on cut maize. 157 the week before, should see a few more song birds next year . evern with shooting that many there still seems to be loads about. Nice going.........Im out tomorrow..............baiting with eggs.......and other stuff.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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