A Good Crow Shooting Afternoon

Brazzill

On Charlie 10 came to the gaff with a refresher bar and chilli onion rings, and asked would we go for a shot of crows, so we headed off. As we were nailing a few crows on comes the farmer and after cracking a few jokes and stacking his bails with him what came out to greet us only Mr. Fox as seen in pictures, licking his lips......All and all we had a great days shooting some fine shots and great practice for the season ahead. Top man Charlie 10

charlie10

good days shooting alright ,brazzill u have a good shot for a greenhorn. plenty of crows dropped pity the farmer was present or else foxxy would of been deaddy!! 400 hundred square bales never want to see one again! roll on next weekend and we do the whole lot again!!

DogfoxCork

looks like a great days shooting there. had 42 last weekend, was a mixed bag of feral pigeons, hooded crows, jackdaws and rooks over barley stubble. seems to be going well for everyone.

dodderangler

Great shootin lads
What do you's do with the crows then?

Pity oul foxxy had farmer to protect him
Would've given him a size 5 cartridge thru his nose ha

DogfoxCork

hi dodderangler,
i usually just dump them in the ditches so they cant be seen and leave them to the fox. i usually spread them out a bit though just so you dont find wings and feathers everywhere after the fox has his feed

dodderangler

DogfoxCork wrote: »

hi dodderangler,
i usually just dump them in the ditches so they cant be seen and leave them to the fox. i usually spread them out a bit though just so you dont find wings and feathers everywhere after the fox has his feed

Pity your not in Dublin id have taken them off ya I always keep the crows and other corvids I shoot and freeze them and feed em to the harris hawk she loves the breast off them and I'm hoping to get her hunting crows this season ( its her second season and last season she only caught rabbit and pheasant)
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DogfoxCork

i am going to start taking a couple back and freezing them to use as decoys, although i find crows come into my pigeon decoys more than pigeons do!

dodderangler

DogfoxCork wrote: »

i am going to start taking a couple back and freezing them to use as decoys, although i find crows come into my pigeon decoys more than pigeons do!

It's always the way isn't it mate
Sure it's a bit of shootin practice then huh?
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charlie10

dodderangler wrote: »

Great shootin lads
What do you's do with the crows then?

Pity oul foxxy had farmer to protect him
Would've given him a size 5 cartridge thru his nose ha

we had two 6 shot repeaters he would of got twelve number 5's yipee ki ya mother ****er:P

Hunter21

Good days sport by ye, well done.

What semi's have ye both got? Look nice? are they light or heavy enough

Brazzill

Hunter21 wrote: »

Good days sport by ye, well done.

What semi's have ye both got? Look nice? are they light or heavy enough

I have a Harrington and Richardson and I find it light but not too light.

Hunter21

Brazzill wrote: »

I have a Harrington and Richardson and I find it light but not too light.

Mate has one, there a great gun. Some value for money and would rival any Beretta or Browning in my view.

Brazzill

Hunter21 wrote: »

Brazzill wrote: »

I have a Harrington and Richardson and I find it light but not too light.

Mate has one, there a great gun. Some value for money and would rival any Beretta or Browning in my view.

Ya I'm very happy with mine now at the mo. no jamming or nothing yet. Waiting for
My license for my Ruger 223 to come back.
Looking forward to a bit of lamping with my own rifle.

Hunter21

By any chance did you buy one of those guns you have in the gun shop in Broadford? that dealer had them very guns for sale before

Brazzill

Hunter21 wrote: »

By any chance did you buy one of those guns you have in the gun shop in Broadford? that dealer had them very guns for sale before

Ya that's where I buy my ammo aswell and I'm in that gun club.

charlie10

mines a bernadelli and like brazzill i find it a very good gun .mine is as light as u would find .not for the faint hearted good thing i have plenty of meat to cushion the blow

anthonyos

hows thing were you lads decoying or using calls or just popping crows as they passed

charlie10

the field next door was still standing so we were above board,banging them as they were coming into it

Holdover

Hunter21 wrote: »

Mate has one, there a great gun. Some value for money and would rival any Beretta or Browning in my view.

Brazzill wrote: »

Ya I'm very happy with mine now at the mo. no jamming or nothing yet. Waiting for
My license for my Ruger 223 to come back.
Looking forward to a bit of lamping with my own rifle.

Looked like a good bit of craic, just got a camo H&R semi,and glad to see the positive comments. Read a good bit about them on the US forums and a lot of good stuff there too, they're actually made by a company in Turkey called Sarsilmaz and are a Beretta copy.

http://www.hr1871.com/Firearms/Shotguns/excell.asp

pugw

dodderangler wrote: »

Pity your not in Dublin id have taken them off ya I always keep the crows and other corvids I shoot and freeze them and feed em to the harris hawk she loves the breast off them and I'm hoping to get her hunting crows this season ( its her second season and last season she only caught rabbit and pheasant)
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Would the lead not be harmful to the hawk? I know lads with ferrets wont feed corvids killed with shotguns as feed and only gofe the ferrets rabbits or crows shot with a .22!

dodderangler

pugw wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

Pity your not in Dublin id have taken them off ya I always keep the crows and other corvids I shoot and freeze them and feed em to the harris hawk she loves the breast off them and I'm hoping to get her hunting crows this season ( its her second season and last season she only caught rabbit and pheasant)
Atb

Would the lead not be harmful to the hawk? I know lads with ferrets wont feed corvids killed with shotguns as feed and only gofe the ferrets rabbits or crows shot with a .22!

If the crows are winged it's fine but if shot with lead I'd have to skin the crow and take out breast and see if there's any entry holes from pellets of there is I won't give it to the hawk
But if I planned in doing the devoting I'd always use steel shots as they are no harm and actually help the hawk digestion
But yes your right the lead will kill them
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