billy boy 12g Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 hello all, sorry if this has been covered before, I'm hoping to do some crow shooting over next week as I have seen the there numbers building on one of my permissions, the problem lies that where the crows are feeding the only place where I could put I hide is facing towards a row of houses they are a good 5/600m away but as I'm new to the sport and this will be my first outing on live quarry with a shotgun I'm unsure of the safe distance. the cartridge I will be using is 32g 5's thanks in advance for the help billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Your fine at that distance. 300yrds is generally enough distance to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy boy 12g Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Your fine at that distance. 300yrds is generally enough distance to be safe. thank you thought it would be ok but I thought I would ask to make sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Could you encourage the birds to be one side of your blind/ hide? Have the deeks to one side some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 It's not just the shot that's a problem sometimes its the noise, and firing towards the properties could provoke a little concern too. As UD mentions try shooting away from the houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSpredder Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 People who know about shotguns may be confident that there is no real danger, if those houses are indeed 500-600 yards away. BUT, would the inhabitants know that? Suppose one of them happens to turn a pair of binoculars in your direction, and sees a gun pointing straight at his house. Will he know about the safe fallout zone for shotgun pellets? Will he be able to tell that you are not using a big centre-fire rifle? If he phones the police, would the local bobby know enough to be sure you are not endangering lives? If it was just one house, you could go and have a chat with the occupants, but that might not be so easy with a whole row of houses. As others have said, best avoid shooting towards those houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy boy 12g Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Could you encourage the birds to be one side of your blind/ hide? Have the deeks to one side some. I was thinking about that actually as the houses are at an angle so one side goes into open field I might just have to have a play with the decoys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy boy 12g Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 It's not just the shot that's a problem sometimes its the noise, and firing towards the properties could provoke a little concern too. As UD mentions try shooting away from the houses. hopefully they should be use to loud bangs as it a military training area and at the other side of the permission is a rough shoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 A little more added to the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savhmr Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I've always worked on 220 yds as the max shot range and allowed up to 50yds more for wind, so work on 270 yds to boundaries usually, but always better to shoot away if possible. At 500 to 600yds there's no risk to anyone except perhaps of noise nuisance. If it was just a few houses, I'd be tempted to knock on a few doors explaining that on such and such a day it might get a bit noisy and explain what you'll be up to. Always better to get people on side if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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