steve_b_wales Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 My good mate Mark, 'the poacher' and myself decided to try a local farm today, after I spoke with the farmer yesterday and he said that there were '100's' of birds up there. The farmer does tend to exaggerate a bit, so we did'nt expect to see a lot. But we were wrong, because there were 100's there, although many of the birds were almost a mile away in a different field. We set up, and by 7 am were ready to go. We put approx 15 Crow decoys out, a rota with Hyperflap Crow decoys on it, a floater with a dead Crow (kept from our last shoot) and a flapper with a dead Jackdaw on it, again kept from last time.I also placed two floater Crow decoys that I had off Paul Hart, and these helped pull in the birds from a good distance away.The birds came into our decoys almost straight away, but both Mark and I missed them. They were very close to be honest, and we think that the pellets from our cartridges hadn't had chance to open up. That's our excuse anyway. Birds (all Jackdaw's) were coming in to the decoys in 5's and 6's, and we shot a few of them each time. We put the dead ones out with the decoys, and propped them up using green cane sticks, inserted from the back end into the head. This has proved successful every time. The weather changed after an hour or two, and we had a low mist coming over the fields. Although we got slightly damp, it didn't stop us from shooting. We had a few lulls, but the birds (again Jackdaw's) came into range many times. I managed to shoot one solitary Crow, that came over the hedge behind where we had set up, and it paid the price. Both Mark and I had some very testing shots, as the birds twisted and swooped fast because of the wind. After six and a half hours, and with the bad weather closing in fast, we decided to call it a day. We ended up with 43 birds, but picked up 39 Jackdaws and the 1 Crow. All in all, we were pleased with the result, as we had to work hard getting the birds into range. My Primos caller proved successful again, as did the Hyperflap decoys on the rota and the large Crow decoys from Paul Hart. As we were packing up, we could see a few 100 birds on the top field, and we plan to tackle them another time. My thanks as always goes to Mark, who pulled off some really good shots.We had a great laugh and a very enjoyable day. The photo's show (in no particular order) the decoys, the view from our hide, the mix of decoy and dead birds on the ground, the end result of our shooting, and my hide net, which is made by CamoReal. This net is brilliant, and always seems to blend in to whatever background we put it against, even dry stone walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Nice that Steve. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrowning2 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Nice bag an excellent day, always good to shoot corvids when the pigeons stop playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade1971 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Well done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Both Mark and I wished that we had shot more Crows than Jackdaw's. because of the amount of damage and carnage they cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshAndy Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Nice one Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Top arrows Stevie old bean, Atb Flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 A good day out well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiffy Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 looks a lovely spot to shoot over, who says the valleys are rough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 nice write up and a quality days sport,well done lads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Well done lads sounds like a good day BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 A good result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning123 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Well done Steve - a good day out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the poacher Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 as allways steve a good day out mate .......cant wait for the next one ps like steve said we had to work very hard for these birds as we allways do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I love shooting the black ones..........well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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