Pykie Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 These corvids were shot in June by me. The farmer had just cut the grass and the next day me and dad saw a lot of crows and rooks feeding on one particular field, next door to a corn field. A quick ring for permission to shoot them was replied with great enthusiasm as he was worried they would start to hammer his corn. So the next day being a saturday dad dropped me off at 8am while he popped off to a farm sale. It was a gorgeous hot day and needed my sunglasses to be able to see properly. I set up my hide with my back to the corn field and set out my flock coated crow decoys and two floaters sixty yards out which i think are the best decoys ever. No sooner had i got in my hide and loaded my Beretta 20 bore but a big crow came swooping into the decoys to be dropped by a quick shot. The next few hours was a blur of fast loading and shooting as the corvids came in, and i shot them from 50 yards out to point blank range. At 11.30, i phoned dad complaining i was running out of cartridges, depite my shooting to be about 2:1. I could tell the annoyance in his voice for missing out on a great days shooting. He arrived soon after and by 2pm i had shot 101 corvids to my own gun, with dad taking a further 15. This was my first Red Letter Day and with a ratio of just under 2:1 by the end and 10 left and rights, i was extremely happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Well done you can't beat a day at the crows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Nice shooting there mate :lol: What carts size and weight were you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted October 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 (edited) Using Polish Olympia No 5 and 6 28 gram cartridges - have used them for the past 3 years and have had excellent results with them. If they are decoying anything will bring them down. Also had very good clean kills with 30 gram 6 Pigeon Specials when using the 12 bore. Edited October 29, 2008 by Pykie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seisobs Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Quality mate. Well done. Nice number plate. Where did you get the wheel cover??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted October 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Theres a company that do them, something like country whell covers or something. type it into a search engine. They have a nice woodcock one, and my Grandad has one with a Springer flushing a cock pheasant. If I find the website ill post it on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seisobs Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Thanks Pykie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev 1 Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 quality numberplate mate And good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Nice bag and number plate however possibly worth blacking out on a public forum as you never know who is watching. FM :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Excellent. Well Done. Remind me of my best ever day 2 years ago when I shot 128 crows/jackdaws in under 3 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmboy Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Well done mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytrigger Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Nice shooting i love dropping blackies great fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Great day out. :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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