lewis2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Did anyone see the article in Bascs montly magazine sayng that come febuary its the time of year where you can hunt corvids in theyre roosts i.e the leaves off the trees are gone etc making them easier to see. I think im going to try and sit and watch where theyre roosting near my permission problem is theres a very deep wooded area and will probably find it hard to locate the actual roost. Does anyone have any tips for locating the roost apart from watching and looking for droppings? If you manage to find the roost do you sit your self underneath in a doghouse hide or as theyre very cunning? Can you imagine coming across 1 it would be like finding gold dust. Regards Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepasty Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) You can spot a roost from miles away round my way, they're normally a group of tall evergreen trees but not in a wooded area, they'll normally be on a wood boundry or a group of trees out on their own. and have shed loads of Rooks coming/going making quite alot of racket while they're doing it. Edited December 30, 2012 by thepasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 You can spot a roost from miles away round my way, they're normally a group of tall evergreen trees but not in a wooded area, they'll normally be on a wood boundry or a group of trees out on their own. and have shed loads of Rooks coming/going making quite alot of racket while they're doing it. Thank for your reply mate, they all seem to fly deep into the forestry see so it makes it hard to make a guess where they're landing. Would they roost in the forest or would there be an opening as your saying? Cheers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 I can recommend a good book about it, 'Crow Country' by Mark Cocker which despite the title is more about rooks and jackdaws. He makes a study of rookeries all over the country, some of which are known to be hundreds of years old. It's probably more info than you need if you just want to locate a roost to shoot at, but it is a fascinating read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepasty Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 I cant comment RE forrested areas, being in deep dark cornwall we dont get big wooded areas. You best bet would be to find a Rookery, they hang out in large numbers but corvids like carrean crows tend to hang out in ones or twos and probably(?) dont have a perminent roost like Rooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 We've got about 200 acres of woodland and get quite a lot of crows etc roosting in there. They tend to stick to one area of the wood, and it's easy to see where that is by watching them come in, they also tend to use the same flight lines each evening. As they are just about the last birds to go to roost, its almost dark when they arrive, so no hide is required. In the BASC article it said that bags of over 100 are common, but thats not my experience. As they come in late, there is only about 20-30mins when you can shoot them, so if you can shoot 10 or 12 in an evening you have done well. Of course, it may be different in other parts of the country. We also have a small rookery, but nothing roosts there. Its not active until they start nesting in the spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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