Plan of attack: CROWS

[cab09 0]

Theres a field on my permission which is currently getting pestered by crows and rooks. It isnt safe to shoot this field (s**s law ) as there is a village church, footpath, playing field and primary school on its boundaries. However I can set up in the corner, in the neighbouring grassed field, beneath a large tree and close to the flight path over. Thing is not sure which is the best plan of attack as I only have one full bodied flocked crow decoy, but have twenty flocked pigeon shells on springs, a rotary and a set of hypa flappers.

 

Options (I see) are:

 

OPTION 1 = set up the pigeon decoys and rotary with the hypa flaps and single crow just away from them. Pattern = the parallel 'highway' line out beneath the flightpath to try and entice them down off their flightpath

 

or

 

OPTION 2 = get a dead rabbit and put it in the field under the flightpath with the single flocked crow (have no crow caller though)

 

Not entirely sure which is best, especially since the field I will set up in is grassed. Which do you think I would be best of using or can someone recomend a better alernative??

 

PS I'll obviously add any shot crows to the set up, if and when..

 

Many thanks

CAB

[shottyscotty 3]

with only one decoy i think you might struggle and you dont have a call. if i was you i would invest in a few more decoys and a crow call otherwise your going to struggle to get them in

[nasher1 258]

Go with the rabbit option make sure the guts are ripped open stick the decoy right next to it, I did this yesterday and they went mental for it I dont usually get a reaction like that and the only difference was the rabbit was a small one.

[cab09 0]

Didnt manage to get out over the weekend as got called out to work

 

I did manage to pop and get another few flocked crow decoys though and a crow/rook caller (Acme).

 

Should hopefully get to go out this weekend.....will keep you all informed. Going to dry the rabbit with my decoys and caller and put any dead birds on the rotary.

 

Mind you the Acme caller sounds more like a duck, think I need a bit more practice with it!! (seems quite a high pitch 'squark' if you know what I mean??)

 

Thanks for the help.

[noisey 1]

i know it seem obvious but put the rabit belly up so they can see the white

[cab09 0]

i know it seem obvious but put the rabit belly up so they can see the white

 

Good point...(nothing seems obvious to me)

[valley boy 28]

Theres a field on my permission which is currently getting pestered by crows and rooks. It isnt safe to shoot this field (s**s law ) as there is a village church, footpath, playing field and primary school on its boundaries. However I can set up in the corner, in the neighbouring grassed field, beneath a large tree and close to the flight path over. Thing is not sure which is the best plan of attack as I only have one full bodied flocked crow decoy, but have twenty flocked pigeon shells on springs, a rotary and a set of hypa flappers.

 

Options (I see) are:

 

OPTION 1 = set up the pigeon decoys and rotary with the hypa flaps and single crow just away from them. Pattern = the parallel 'highway' line out beneath the flightpath to try and entice them down off their flightpath

 

or

 

OPTION 2 = get a dead rabbit and put it in the field under the flightpath with the single flocked crow (have no crow caller though)

 

Not entirely sure which is best, especially since the field I will set up in is grassed. Which do you think I would be best of using or can someone recomend a better alernative??

 

PS I'll obviously add any shot crows to the set up, if and when..

 

Many thanks

CAB

shot thease a few weeks ago with just two crow decoys and just kept adding the shot one`s, great fun, good luck with yours