digga Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 some permish i go on, the farmer insists any corvids i shoot im to hang em high! "it will keep the rest away", he reckons!! B) what do any of you lot think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 hang them the other way up and yes it does work. They get used to it though after time. Useful around chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete k Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 i find that it seems to work better in the field on a stick , it can also be good for decoying more as they seem to mob it pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexer Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Last time I went out pigeon shooting I also shot a rook that was a bit silly I could hear him coming along the top of the hedge I was sat in and when he was in range he got it. Father in law who is the game keeper spread him out in the middle of the field and stuck some of his feathers in the ground around him. There was an article in I think it was the shooting times about a guy that uses plastic foxes in the field to keep the crovids moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.223 Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 it does work for a couple of days till they get used to it, but i usually do this trick on drillings but i tear them up and scatter them about the fields a whole bird tends to bring them in rather than discourage them if you do do this make sure there are no roads footpaths near by as it will offend some people and is bad press for shooters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digga Posted July 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 yea guys, i explained a lot of the stuff youv already mentioned to the farmer, but sometimes they think they know best i always make sure "joe public" never see what goes on cos they just wouldnt understand sometimes doin what the farmer asks goes a long way, even if it dont make sense,cos theres always another shooter around the corner who will take your place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 sometimes doin what the farmer asks goes a long way, even if it dont make sense,cos theres always another shooter around the corner who will take your place Couldn't agree more digga, you may have seen in an earlier thread that one of our farmers was explaining to us not to shoot any foxes as they kept his rats down and as he was saying it 2 ran from one barn to another not more than 6 feet from us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big dave Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 yea guys, i explained a lot of the stuff youv already mentioned to the farmer, but sometimes they think they know best B) i always make sure "joe public" never see what goes on cos they just wouldnt understand sometimes doin what the farmer asks goes a long way, even if it dont make sense,cos theres always another shooter around the corner who will take your place Ye you are right there digga I was asked to shoot some crows for a farmer once and got more shooting permmision on a neighbouring farm with a crow problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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