pigeon controller Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I had a call this morning from one of my Farmers stating that the crows are pulling up the sprouting barley. I gave him a ring back and asked how many, he said hundreds. So after doing my daily deeds I arrived at the field at 10.00 the field had about fifty birds down so I drove to the tree I was going to shoot from and slid out of the Disco and managed to shoot two decoys. Set up the hide and moved the Disco back to the edge. I put the two birds thirty yards out to the left of the front of the hide, the wind was from the right rear. The first hour was slow with single birds coming mainly from the rear to the pattern , thats when I took the picture of the set up. After that they tended to come in pairs , and as I have stated before crow shooting to me is not easy , so it was shoot the first bird with confidence then let the second bird spook and take the second shot , do not rush the second shot as I would normally miss.The day started with a steady drizzle it then became light rain with mist. the decoys had to be shook the remove the rain and the shot birds put behind the tree were soaking by the end of the day. I managed to call three Magpies to within range . I finished shooting at 16.00 and picked up one hundred and six Crows and Jackdaws and the three Magpies. I text a picture to the farmer and he was over the moon with the result , so that should get me some pigeon shooting in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Good boy. I kept well out of the rain today. You must be made of sterner stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Good boy. I kept well out of the rain today. You must be made of sterner stuff. No, If you see the ground under the tree on the leeward side was drier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 To turn up with no decoys and leave with 100 corvids is very impressive PC, no wonder the farmer was pleased. Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Excellent shooting again. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Spot on Never seen any rain today! Not here any ways. U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Great result , and a happy farmer is always a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Nice one. Anybody prepared to get wet for a bit of sport deserves a good result and you certainly got that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG wales Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Well done p.c top draw stuff again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Well done PC that's good going on the crows mate 👍 Atvb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionforangling Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Another good result, well done! You did well to be shooting until 4.00pm.......it was getting rather dark and very wet here at that time today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Another good result, well done! You did well to be shooting until 4.00pm.......it was getting rather dark and very wet here at that time today! It was not that dark as you can see from the picture, I did use flash . The rain had stopped for a short time and the sky started to brighten as the sun went below the horizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I wouldn,t say the black stuff is your nemesis your just as good on them as the pigeons from what I can see great result without leaving the house without a crow decoy to your name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timd999 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Great shooting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Awesome as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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