what cartridge for crows

Dupont

i was out this evening shooting crows at a farm and was using 32g 7 but i dont think they were working well. the crows were giving a very tricky shot with the wind they were darting all over the place but a lot of crows only winged with first shot and had to use second shot for clean kill. i tried more and less lead but no difference. would a 6 be better or a stronger like 36g

Tackleberrywho

Dupont wrote: »

i was out this evening shooting crows at a farm and was using 32g 7 but i dont think they were working well. the crows were giving a very tricky shot with the wind they were darting all over the place but a lot of crows only winged with first shot and had to use second shot for clean kill. i tried more and less lead but no difference. would a 6 be better or a stronger like 36g

I've had good results on maggers recently with Remington No 6 36g (I think they are 36 anyway)

ArseLtd

If its windy what i do is stand at a ditch where the wind is blowing from me to the ditch. The crows come over and they find it hard to fly through the wind so they stay steady in the air for a shot.

It could be that your firing at them too far away. Either that or the cartridges might not be great.

The only way to be sure is to put an a4 or a3 if you've got any piece of paper at 30 yrds or whatever range you've been firing at and shoot it. If the pattern isn't great then switch to a differant cartridge. If its an ok pattern where there are maybe 5 pellets in a crow size area switch to no. 6 and maybe 34 or 36 gram.

What make of cartridges are they? I always liked eley super game.

Dupont

they were coming in to roost on an old railway line and i was on the high side of it. used up my box of catridges and it was 3/4 full, couldnt keep the gun loaded should have brought someone with me the catridges are gb club 32 or somthing

270WIN

imo, crows are one the toughest birds to knock down. Even though they look thin and scrawney, they need a heavy load (32/34 gram of sixes or fives). I find that sevens only knock dust of them at any distance beyond 30 yards. Try a good 5/6 cartridge and you will knock em dead.

blackstairsboy

270WIN wrote: »

imo, crows are one the toughest birds to knock down. Even though they look thin and scrawney, they need a heavy load (32/34 gram of sixes or fives). I find that sevens only knock dust of them at any distance beyond 30 yards. Try a good 5/6 cartridge and you will knock em dead.

I found that myself as well. Sometimes I knock one dead with a light load and others you could shoot with a heavy load and they fall winged. I gave up all this chopping and changing between cartridges and now use eley 32 gram supergame 6s for all pigeon, rabbits, pheasants, vermin etc but switch to 7s for snipe or woodcock. I think if you pick a brand and a load and stick with it you will shoot more consistently.