Young Crow shooting

[Darrsn]

A little debate going on here. There's a traditional date for shooting young crows around there nests . Is it around the beginning or the end of May . Cheers

[bluesj]

13th of may and don't forget to make crow pie

Edited May 2, 2016 by bluesj

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Branchers!

[bullet1747]

Y one day

[bluesj]

No reason other than that it is traditionally that day

[bullet1747]

No reason other than that it is traditionally that day

 

Every day should be 13th lol

[Fuddster]

end of the first week round here.

 

f.

[bluesj]

I suppose it would be much point in going on the 13th if there are no branchers or they have already flown. the only place on my permissions are on the side of roads so I wont be going.

[Blackpowder]

Traditionally 10th May in Berwickshire.

 

Blackpowder

[bigads28]

Mine are getting a pasting this evening!

Edited May 4, 2016 by bigads28

[fenboy]

The tradition of shooting branchers is for rooks not crows , though the thought of Rook pie does not excite me I really would not fancy Crow pie

[bluesj]

The tradition of shooting branchers is for rooks not crows , though the thought of Rook pie does not excite me I really would not fancy Crow pie

Rook pie is good!

if done properly, if not an old welly boot would be better

[Darrsn]

There's nothing hopping around the nests yet here might be a week or two later due to cold weather I've been told. Gonna breast them and tell the wife there pigeon

[ShootingEgg]

As soon as they fly over the gun or sit long enough to get air rifles.

[JRDS]

As has been said it is for Rooks not Crows. Just down the road from me they were sat out last Sunday so went up to my main shoot 25 miles away Monday evening and nothing sat out in any of the three Rookeries we have but managed to knock one out of a low nest and it was very small around the size of an orange. I go with an FAC Airgun and find it ideal, one Rookery is in Scots Pines so it would be easy to blow every nest out with a Shotgun but wouldn't want to wipe them all out. The sound of Rooks in a Rookery is classic English countryside in my book but farmers would like them all gone in the main.

[Rimfireboy]

That was a small rook fella, was it feathered up? I've seen them that size dead on the ground below the trees with small quills, when they've fallen out of the nest.

[JDog]

The traditional date for shooting branching rooks is 13th May which is tomorrow.

 

Carrion crows will have nests which are out in single trees. If the nest has not been spotted by now the emergence of leaves will mean that yet another brood is likely to survive.

[oowee]

The traditional date for shooting branching rooks is 13th May which is tomorrow.

 

Carrion crows will have nests which are out in single trees. If the nest has not been spotted by now the emergence of leaves will mean that yet another brood is likely to survive.

The crows seem to be in even numbers with the rooks so its surprising that I dont see so many crow nests about. Also large numbers of jackdaws where do they nest?

[Paul223]

The traditional date for shooting branching rooks is 13th May which is tomorrow.

 

Carrion crows will have nests which are out in single trees. If the nest has not been spotted by now the emergence of leaves will mean that yet another brood is likely to survive.

Indeed, I've done all mine over the last two weeks, accounting for many, always surprised to see the size of that beak, even on the young.

[JRDS]

That was a small rook fella, was it feathered up? I've seen them that size dead on the ground below the trees with small quills, when they've fallen out of the nest.

Just about plenty of quills on it still, was very surprised at the size of it.