Crow shooting with owl decoy.

[duckdog]

[Billy.]

Excellent, I've been considering buying an owl decoy.

[drut]

Thanks for that! Impressive decoy he's using.

[Beardo]

how did he get it up that tree!?

 

and yeah amazing looking decoy

[steve_b_wales]

I have tried using an Eagle Owl decoy but did not get any results. The crows vitually ignored it. I placed it on a fence post. I am now going to try and place the decoy high into a tree and see if that works. Perhap's that will make the difference,

[duckdog]

I might buy one to try out.

[CEREALTHRILLER]

I have tried using an Eagle Owl decoy but did not get any results. The crows vitually ignored it. I placed it on a fence post. I am now going to try and place the decoy high into a tree and see if that works. Perhap's that will make the difference,

I had the same results - bought an eagle owl decoy and expected some fast and furious action.

 

Only thing that came within range were seagulls.

 

Never tried it up a tree though

 

I think he's using a stuffed owl - now where can I get one?

[Nial]

How is this supposed to work, do the crows think it's caught one and attack it

to get it to release it?

 

 

 

 

Nial.

[steve_b_wales]

The crows are 'supposed' to attack the owl as this is a bird of prey. I used a small owl decoy years ago and had a few crows with it, but I'm going to try the eagle owl one up a tree and see what happens.

[codling99]

looks the part,good shot too.

[Dead-Eyed Duck]

I have tried using an Eagle Owl decoy but did not get any results. The crows vitually ignored it. I placed it on a fence post. I am now going to try and place the decoy high into a tree and see if that works. Perhap's that will make the difference,

 

Whenever I use my owl decoy I put it on the ground with a dead pigeon at it's feet with a few feathers scattered around.

 

The last time I used it I shot 14 crows.

 

I would have thought that a dead crow would work even better.

 

You have to make sure that you have a superb hide - with topcover if you can.

 

Don

[Baldrick]

That is a cracking video, but I have no idea where one can get such a life-like decoy.

[Beardo]

That is a cracking video, but I have no idea where one can get such a life-like decoy.

 

local taxidermists

[Nial]

Whenever I use my owl decoy I put it on the ground with a dead pigeon at it's feet with a few feathers scattered around.

The last time I used it I shot 14 crows.

 

 

It looks like yer man's set his up to look like it's captured a crow.

 

 

Why do crows attack it because it's a bird of prey? Surely they'd be scared of it?

 

 

He's also got a good video on getting the breast meat off a pigeon.

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4tjugMZ8JF8

 

It's in Norwegian but he definitely says "stick your thumbs" under the breast bone.

 

 

Nial.

Edited December 9, 2008 by Nial

[steve_b_wales]

The crows won't actually attack the owl, they will try and mob it to make it move away from their 'patch'

 

Just like you see crows mobbing a buzzard in the sky.

Edited December 9, 2008 by steve_b_wales

[ShropshireJohn]

As above, the idea is that they try to mob the Owl.. exactly like they do with Buzzards!!

 

Infact, I'd imagine a buzzard would also do the trick, you do find these quite often sometimes knocked over at the side of the road B)

 

Great vid, thanks for sharing :(

 

Now to get me a life like decoy

[mr smith]

Infact, I'd imagine a buzzard would also do the trick, you do find these quite often sometimes knocked over at the side of the road :(

 

Don't know about on the road but at this time of year there's plenty lying about the 'iron road'.A lot of the young ones get clobbered by trains as they feed on road kill.

I'd never thought of using real dead ones before,as the plastic one's just don't seem to work.

[Billy.]

He's also got a good video on getting the breast meat off a pigeon.

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4tjugMZ8JF8

 

It's in Norwegian but he definitely says "stick your thumbs" under the breast bone.

 

 

Nial.

 

I'm sorry to say, but that's an awful way to get the breast off a pigeon. Try this:

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lJW8jcyj3Jw

 

Just break the wings off and cut the belly and split.

[bullet boy]

Excellent! :(

[Beardo]

blimey not seen that method before, will give it a go

[Nial]

I'm sorry to say, but that's an awful way to get the breast off a pigeon. Try this:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lJW8jcyj3Jw

Just break the wings off and cut the belly and split.

 

Aye but most recipes use the breast meat so you then have to take the crowned

breast home and take the meat off, ie couple of minutes per bird.

 

If you do it your mans way it's one step and you can big the breasts in the

field.

 

 

Nial.

[George1990]

I prefer Mark Gilchrists way. Just cut them off without even putting your thumb under the breast bone.

 

And it looks like that owl is standing on a crow? or not? As though it has caught one. And some good shots there

[jojusa]

I tried this at the weekend with an owl decoy similar to the one below placed on top of a gate post and we put a rook at it's feet but didn't get any interest even though we had crows and rooks flying overhead. Will try to get it high in a tree next time.

[winchester]

The deek above i found works better when they have young fledging or hoppers as we call them

[miroku man]

Awesome I'm getting a owl decoy straight away!!!!