young rooks

[mossy835]

been out today in an old quarry.on a farm i shoot farmer said go up there young rooks on branches.went there and had 42 and 2 pigeons,so they are about now, had maize planted today so be up there soon.

[getthegat]

Every thing has gone quiet around my perms. The odd few corvids, but not worth setting up for. Went to one of my nice little farms this morning, the manager told me it was or will be all maze this year. It was almost devoyed of birds at this time, do you think the corvids may find it in the near future, do they attack when seeds start sprouting out of the ground? Not had maze on any farm before, so a newbie to it. 

[mossy835]

they will be on it when its drilled.and they will pull it out when its growing,the same farm i was on today 2 years ago i went up after work after he phoned me.and they were pulling it up, and i shot 84 in 2 hours,

[getthegat]

Wow, so all is not lost. I'll keep an eye on said field's then, with fingers crossed. This particular farm is great, as there is a lot of things changing, areas get let out for storage of farm machinery, or piles of tree cuttings, there's a car crash repair business, so the birds get use to odd things in hedges, so hide building can be a bit simplar, I've even parked up and shot whilst stood at the side of my truck.

[mossy835]

went up the same farm as last saturday.on drilled maize. and shot 74 rooks.fired 95 shells.not a bad day.

[getthegat]

Good score. Very good average.

[Longstrider]

Rooks old and young will be all over a field of maize once the shoots are an inch or two high. They pull up the shoot to get at the seed, and will often work their way methodically along a row of drill to do so. They do the same thing with wheat when it first starts to grow too.