happyshooter Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 hi guys, i had a call from the farmer of my local farm shoot he has a major rook problem on a field of sprouting animal feed beans, the rooks eating them and doing major crop damage,so yesterday morning i set up while it was still dark a hide in a place advised by the famer , the farmer had dumped 6 straw bales so i used these to build a hide with some telescopic hide poles as well and a couple of camo nets , then set out the decoys and some flappers, Weapons of choice my fac rapid mk1.22 at 40fpe+bis mag pellets and my 12g remy1100 shot gun so i settled down and soon as it was hardly light the recce rooks were about settling on a near by tree , about 20 mins later a large flock came in and landed about 40 yds out where my deeks ended, i let them settle down and start feeding and took aim with my rapid at one large rook a chest shot absolutely bowled him over ,panic erupting amongst his mates cawing like hell and flying around like demented helicopters a whole lot landed nr the dead rook and i quickly shot 3 more before the rest took off, gents i have,nt had so much shooting fun for ages i finished the morning with 10 dead rooks the most i have ever shot with an airgun, rooks are not a normal problem on this farm but this large flock had gone bean barmy , i had my flask of hot soup and got out my trusty remy 1100 12g semi auto shottie and set up 7 oF the dead rooks as decoys i use large meat skewers that my late mother used to use stuck through under the rooks beaks and propping them up, i didn,t have to wait long they soon came back not in a larege flock but 5-10 at a time i soon passed my mornings total and over the next 2hrs shot 18 rooks , before they had enough and disappeared the total bag 28 rooks and one very happy farmer. atb brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seisobs Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Good recon is the key. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staglioni Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Sounds a good day out well done mate stag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smsguitarist Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Sounds like a hell of shoot. I'm interested in doing this myself but there's no-where around my area i know of where i can. There are a few Rooks and Pigeon on my shoot but they rarely travel the only areas where possible to build a hide. Pesky birds. Well done. Wish i could get an FAC Rapid Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLW Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Hello Happyshooter. I am interested in what decoys you used to get such a large bag of rooks from a hide. Were they pigeon deeks? and how did you set them up. I have been a pigeon shooter for 40 years but have never shot rook from a hide, would like to know how. Well done. JLW, From Harlow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcountrylance Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 another quicke... where do you aim for a clean kill on rooks? i usualy go for the head, but often find there is much flaping before the bird dies, which has put me off shooting them to be honest! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon_snIPer Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 A well placed chest shot and the bird will drop without much suffering. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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