WelshMike Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Finally the maize has been cut on one of the farms that I shoot and on Friday there were some good numbers of crows showing. Despite the rubbish weather I decided to have a day after them on Saturday. When the alarm went of at 5.45 a.m the rain was sheeting down and I considered going back to bed...but I have never had much sense. Got set up for about 7.00 with around 18 flocked full bodied decoys and in they came almost straight away. Had some good shooting until about 10 accounting for 50, then it slowed down. At this point I decided to go and put up some rope bangers to keep them moving about. I headed over to the other side of the farm and found about 300 crows on another freshly cut maize field....I decided to go back to where I had been and set up a rope banger and move to the new field. Set up again about 11 and again some really good interest until about 2 when it went quiet for a couple of hours until a final push just as it was getting dark. All in all a good days shooting accounting for 104 and 2 pigeons. Since the crows were shot in different fields there are 2 pics: I went back to the farm yesterday morning to see the farmer for 5 minutes to find 200-300 more crows on the same field I had shot first on Saturday. I managed to get some time off work after I sorted a few bits out. Not ideal as I had missed the best couple of hours for crow interest (first thing) , and the weather was not great. I started shooting about 9.30 on the maize and managed 15 before it slowed down. I found the bulk of the crows had moved to a field that had been recently spread with slurry. Got set up there for the rest of the day and managed a total of 60 and 3 magpies. One of the crows I shot (carrion crow) had white wing feathers. I have seen a few before but never managed to shoot one . Thanks for reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Well done Mike some nice shooting bud. i wondered if you got out in the rain. Must be nuts like PC atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Well done Mike some nice shooting bud. i wondered if you got out in the rain. Must be nuts like PC atb Terry Cheers Terry. I have some "issues" but thats a story for another day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Cheers Terry. I have some "issues" but thats a story for another day Rope bangers worked then bud, did you buy the double bang one's . T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Rope bangers worked then bud, did you buy the double bang one's . T They did indeed. Thanks for the suggestion . I got the ones that are single, double, single and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 They did indeed. Thanks for the suggestion . I got the ones that are single, double, single and so on. Yep them are the one's i use Bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Yep them are the one's i use Bud. Tidy job. They are certainly loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Well done, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only mad one on here, I have found rope bangers are very effective in the right situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 It helps being mmmmmad on here! Well done bud :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Well done, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only mad one on here, I have found rope bangers are very effective in the right situation. Cheers PC. It helps being mmmmmad on here! Well done bud :-) Thanks U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Good shooting (again) Mike. Keep it up mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 rope banger prices welshmike? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caravanman Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Well done Mike looks like you was rewarded for your effort and good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Well done that is a good couple of days shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Top result mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted November 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Good shooting (again) Mike. Keep it up mate. Cheers steve rope banger prices welshmike? thanks. I paid £3 per rope from a a local agricultural store Nice one Cheers bud Well done Mike looks like you was rewarded for your effort and good shooting Cheers Rim Fire Well done that is a good couple of days shooting. Thank Top result mate Thanks bud you kindly young man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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