Steve Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Hi guys. Not exactly pigeon shooting gear, but it might be of interest to someone. Due to a SEVERE lack of pigeons in my area, I've had to spend the last 4 or 5 weeks shooting crows instead. I've had reasonable success with decoys and a manual call, but this week I borrowed a tape of crow calls that a mate had bought on the internet and tried it. Nicking the wife's tape player from the kitchen, I went and set up in a field not far from home. With a few decoys out and the tape playing away, it wasn't long before the first lot came in. The real fun started when I turned the decoys in on each other and played the "crows fighting" side of the cassette - crows came from all directions just to watch a scrap (hooligans). Anyway, not a bad day with a total of 87 crows in 4 hours shooting. These taped calls may require some further investigation! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul p Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 you done very well to get that amount before you got the tapes what sort of bags where you getting the only time i have any luck on crows is now when the birds are pairing up i put one or two out to the side of the pattern and the birds breeding nearby wil try to drive it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 12, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 My best bag in the same field using a manual caller was in the 50's. So not a bad improvement! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 I think its okay for vermin,hence the number of electronic calls sold for this purpose by legitimate gunshops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazza Posted March 13, 2002 Report Share Posted March 13, 2002 Hiya Steve 87 crows in 4 hours is brilliant.I'm gonna have to get out & give that a go! It's nice when something new pays off. For me that would mean 500 shots ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 William,no mate,I'm not certain if the situation is legal,though I have often used legit purchased electronic calls for foxes.You are correct about the geese and ducks though,that is definately ILLEGAL in the U.K.I have seen in shooting times an advert from an Irish company that sells electronic calls for use over here,so I just assumed they had researched the legalities of it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 15, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2002 Hi William. Any word from BASC yet?? I obviously don't want to use the tapes again if they are illegal - but boy did they work!! Is it just me or does anybody else start to get an itchy trigger finger on a Fri afternoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted March 16, 2002 Report Share Posted March 16, 2002 Steve Would you run me a copy of the tape off as i'm trying to photograph crows close up for a magasine article i'm doing. Let me know and i'll e mail you my address Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 18, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2002 Hi Hoppy. I've given the tape back to the guy I borrowed it from. I won't see him again for 3 or 4 weeks, but when I do I'll arrange to borrow it again and make a copy. I had a great day on Saturday without any tapes. The farmer had spread slurry on 2 field on Fri and the whole day Fri the sky was full of crows and seagulls! Result!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 That would be great could you let me have your e mail addresss and I'll mail you my postal address, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin15 Posted April 3, 2002 Report Share Posted April 3, 2002 Hi guys. Not exactly pigeon shooting gear, but it might be of interest to someone. Due to a SEVERE lack of pigeons in my area, I've had to spend the last 4 or 5 weeks shooting crows instead. I've had reasonable success with decoys and a manual call, but this week I borrowed a tape of crow calls that a mate had bought on the internet and tried it. Nicking the wife's tape player from the kitchen, I went and set up in a field not far from home. With a few decoys out and the tape playing away, it wasn't long before the first lot came in. The real fun started when I turned the decoys in on each other and played the "crows fighting" side of the cassette - crows came from all directions just to watch a scrap (hooligans). Anyway, not a bad day with a total of 87 crows in 4 hours shooting. These taped calls may require some further investigation! Steve Hi Steeve, I read with intrest that you used a tape recording of crows can you please tell me how to get hold of such a thing, sounds intresting reards kevin15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 3, 2002 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2002 Hi Kevin15. Welcome to the forum (I see this is your first post). You can order tapes from www.crowbusters.com - but I must warn you that using these tapes to decoy crows for shooting is illegal in the UK. Might not be such a good idea if you want to hold on to your licence. :( PS - I never used any tapes, not ever, no sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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