Redditch Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) So, farmer asked me to have a look at his field when there was good weather, as a small area had been flattened and the corvids and pigeons were feasting (in his words " not a lot of traffic, but best to move them on before they get settled" ) So this morning got up at 03:30 and was set up by 04:30 with just a whirly, and 6 decoys as there wasn't really room for more. From 05:00 till 07:00 it was reasonably busy, but then tailed off, and from 07:00 till 08:30 only got another 5, and from 08:30 till 09:30 only got another 2, so decided pack up. Finished the morning on 27 mixed corvids, and recovered 16 One grey crow that I dropped, hit a power line on its way down, and decapitated itself, it's head landing a metre away from its body. I should have put out some pigeon decoys too, as there were a fair few flying, but not coming in Edited July 14, 2015 by Redditch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Up at 3:30? I call that beyond the call of duty. However you will, or should, get some credit from the farmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Up at 3:30? I call that beyond the call of duty. However you will, or should, get some credit from the farmer.Earlier in the year I was up at 03:00 when crow shooting (we have 95% corvids to 5% pigeon here) Always get set up before first light, as that's when you get the biggest flights of them, soon as light breaks the horizon they start to move here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Well done mate. It is well worth the effort to get up early for the crows but it doesnt make it any easier when the alarm goes off. That grey must have hit the line with some force to take its head off. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) He was about 60 metres up when I hit him, and dropped like a brick. The power line is only about 5 metres high running along the lane to a couple of houses, so he had some speed on when he hit it Tomorrow is an early start too, as I have a farm about 4-5 mile away to rid of corvids on the barley too Edited July 14, 2015 by Redditch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Earlier in the year I was up at 03:00 when crow shooting (we have 95% corvids to 5% pigeon here) Always get set up before first light, as that's when you get the biggest flights of them, soon as light breaks the horizon they start to move here It was the other way round 30 years ago. Just shows you what a lot of sustained shooting pressure, plus the introduction of osr elsewhere has done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 It was the other way round 30 years ago. Just shows you what a lot of sustained shooting pressure, plus the introduction of osr elsewhere has done Yep, in the sixties and seventies the sky and fields were blue with pigeon, now it's black with corvids. The further north and west you go, the higher the density of corvids. Seems the wet cold weather doesn't agree with pigeons, but does the corvids no harm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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