10 crows...

I was on a crow pest job on a farm at 5:30am today.
I got 31 with one of my breech loaders.
On returning home and having some family time I decided to return to the farm.
It was very slow, the mornings shooting had deterred the crows but a few came in for the 10g.
I just used brown paper for wads, balls or folded. Worked well.
Had to salvage some for a few more shots.
A warning though.
DONT USE PAPER IN FIRE RISK AREAS!

I'll let you guess what powder I used .


Brits.

It's hard to tell, but it looks like it did a FFFFantastic job taking them out.

Brit you decoy them crows, when younger we would hunt crows used an owl decoy on a post, the other thing was if you wounded one catch it tie a string to its leg about 4-5 ft. long and drive a pin in the ground tie the crow to the pin out in the field. in front of your blind, it would hop around and holler the other crows would come into him.

appalichian hunter said:

Brit you decoy them crows, when younger we would hunt crows used an owl decoy on a post, the other thing was if you wounded one catch it tie a string to its leg about 4-5 ft. long and drive a pin in the ground tie the crow to the pin out in the field. in front of your blind, it would hop around and holler the other crows would come into him.

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Yes a call bird does work but it is illegal now in that it could be deemed cruel.
Gotta watch out for the snowflakes.

A woman has moved onto a watch of mine, the half sister of the land owner.
The land owner loves me shooting the vermin.
She however told me the other day how her heart sinks when she sees my car.
I said likewise madame! She asked why are you sad to see me?
I said, you see how beautiful it is here, she said yes, I said one of the reasons is for its beauty is the balanced wildlife. The wildlife is beautiful because for thirty years I've been coming here and checking the predators.
She didn't know what to say, messed up soul so I started talking about her dog.....

Britsmoothy, you are one cool guy

PathfinderNC said:

Britsmoothy, you are one cool guy

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Usually a grumpy old fool getting.....

I hate crows. I've been shooting them for about 35 years now and haven't killed enough. They wise up quickly and avoid the places I've shot them before. I have a 60 acre piece of land and for about 6 years none would fly over my place. They would actually flare around it.

Evidently, the youngest ones weren't listening to their mentors since they started flying over again. Believe it or not, we have a crow season here in the states due to a trade off with Mexico over duck hunting. However it doesn't count if the crows are casing damage or harassing one's chickens.

@Britsmoothy said-

"I'll let you guess what powder I used ."

I'll place a bet that it was the coarsest powder you could find. Probably cannon grade.

NorthFork said:

@Britsmoothy said-

"I'll let you guess what powder I used ."

I'll place a bet that it was the coarsest powder you could find. Probably cannon grade.

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Not on your nelly, I like killin them, not making them mad!

Britsmoothy said:

Usually a grumpy old fool getting.....

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Gee Brit, seems like there's a few of us crotchety grumps hanging around here now of days, embrace the rights and privileges that come with wisdom.

There are no crows here.
What problems do they cause, for you to want to eliminate them?

10 crows. sounds like a good indian name. had a friend the was part indian. he said not to shoot crows as they are the spirits of your ancestors

Sandro_Ventania said:

There are no crows here.
What problems do they cause, for you to want to eliminate them?

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They predate ground nesters and carry disease in UK. They are prolific here.
We won't eliminate them , just to many of them.

Britsmoothy said:

They predate ground nesters and carry disease in UK. They are prolific here.
We won't eliminate them , just to many of them.

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Nice to have a variety of critters to hunt .nice shooting Nathan.

I’ve seen YouTube videos from England where guys are shooting crows and magpies with unmentionables because they attack new born lambs, they say the crows peck their eyes out and eventually kill them. Crows are just flying vermin and need to be kept in check, just like any other scavenger / predator.

BillyC said:

I’ve seen YouTube videos from England where guys are shooting crows and magpies with unmentionables because they attack new born lambs, they say the crows peck their eyes out and eventually kill them. Crows are just flying vermin and need to be kept in check, just like any other scavenger / predator.

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Yep, shot 26 today in a farm yard with an unmentionable. Only stopped because I ran out of ammo.

One of the old Fred Bear movies shows his guide in Alaska climbing up a thick tree shaking limbs and crow calling. Had all kinds of crows coming in to see what the fuss was about. The crows were then met with a hail of arrows and the shooters took several.

Spikebuck said:

One of the old Fred Bear movies shows his guide in Alaska climbing up a thick tree shaking limbs and crow calling. Had all kinds of crows coming in to see what the fuss was about. The crows were then met with a hail of arrows and the shooters took several.

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They never cease to amaze me.
I can be waiting a while behind my blind, decoys in front. Then a single birds starts gliding in, there is nothing else about.
Shoot said bird, it comes down squarking its head off and out of nowhere two or three turn up in seconds, I mean where were they hiding???