Pykie Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 The Gamekeeper rang to say several fields of Maize had been cut and cultivated and a few Corvids were showing an interest. I had a look yesterday lunchtime to see a strong flight line heading to one field in particular so taking minimal equipment, slogged up the field to a point that jutted out into the field where two hedges met. Carving a hollow in the nettles, I slung up my hide and put out a dozen flocked Crows and the same number of Wood Pigeons. We never get any decent numbers of Pigeons on Maize around here but I saw one or two floating about. I had with me my Lincoln 28 bore and loaded it with two FOB 26gm 6 and sat and waited, the sweat running off me after my trek up the field. A few moments later a big Carrion Crow swooped right into the pattern and I dropped it cleanly into the soil. The shot rose several that all committed at once but I waited until they dispersed and took on the next singleton which also folded neatly into the decoys. I didn't want to shoot into big packs or else I would educate them I was here. The shooting was continuous, with quite a few left and rights increasing the bag. I lowered the net to allow to shoot from sitting which helped a lot and not many were escaping the subdued pop of the small gauge. Another flight line emerged from my right which made sure I was ever alert. A Wood Pigeon sailed over my shoulder that I hadn't spotted but a desperate snap shot caught it in the crop and it bounced dead into the ground with a puff of dust. At points in the afternoon, I was shooting and reloading as fast as I could which called for a strong concentration not to get flustered and miss. My Sam Neyt Crow call called back many a partner of a recently shot Carrion or Jackdaw which again helped increase the bag. I had one last desperate feeding spell around six which resulted in a few high driven Wood Pigeons too and me using all manner of cartridges, from 14gm to 28gm but all did the job more than adequately. Total bag after a thorough pickup was 109 Corvids and 10 Wood Pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Nice write up Mark. Looks like you had a good bit of sport there. You did well on the crows with those light loads, good shooting, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Well done, great result and write up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqs Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Well done, great result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Cracking bit of pest control. Well done Pykie 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 great bag mate well done atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Well done, great report and a top bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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