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A days corvid and pigeon shooting in Northern Ireland
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So, final report on today as corvid pigeon/shooting I got up at 03:00, walked the dogs then put them back in the kennels with fresh water, and a cooky each plus half a sausage each. I had a boring morning, was set up by 06:00, and had three down within 20 minutes, but then it went quiet for a bit, and then t...
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Late Summer Crows
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Crows are now gathering in the hundreds. The master and I went on a search and destroy mission this afternoon. He has been wanting to kill a few bandits with his new 20. I let Junior do most of the shooting and many splendid presentations were last due to impatience and inexperience. However, the boy di...
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"Other Hunting" question - Groundhogs
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I've wanted to branch out into (ground) varmint hunting for a couple of years, focusing on groundhogs during the off months here in MI (APR-JUL; possibly during winter) and the occasional yote.' I now have the opportunity (& $$) to pick up a Ruger #1 (circa. 1976 - you know how I like old/older guns...
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20 more days!!!
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till i get to get after the black menace.....been dusting off the decoys and firing up the e-caller annoying my neighbors and the local urban crows...cant wait till September 2nd... been killing time fishing this spring and summer...been a pretty good year...but honestly fishing is something to d...
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Relatively New Video
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In my impatience while waiting for the new season, I found this video of some crow and pigeon shooting. Thought y'all might like to see it: This guy can shoot! However, in spite of what his hat says, I don't think he got that pump gun from Ho...
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Poor Man's Hat Cam
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If you don't have a GoPro or the like and you have a small digital camera hanging around you can quickly make an inexpensive hat cam and use to take video of your shoots. I have little doubt it works. American Redneck Engineering and worth a try. [video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzAjHRbll...
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Ammo
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Picked up some Federal 12ga. 7 1/2 1 1/8 for 4.94 a box for the coming year. Guys it felt good to start the process of gettin stuff ready for the up-coming season of bustin crows. Hope you Gentlemen have some "Great hunts " this year. Butch
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It's gettin close!
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Couple landowners have called and I've started making contact with the others and from reports this could be a good season hopefully. Got to brag a little on the Gentlemen who allow us to hunt, These Men are exceptional and some of the best folks I have met in my life. That makes the hunting that much mor...
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Memorable hunts from over a lifetime.
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Here are different types of hunts from over the years. I was 10 1/2 years old when I shot that brown bear on Kodiak Island in 1958.
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Favorite action photos from over the years.
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Good action photos require both plenty of targets and some luck to get a good photo.
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Some of my favorite photos.
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These photos are some of the best that I have taken over the years, it's to bad more of us do not take photos.
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anyone try using a blind like this??
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https://www.amazon.com/Ameristep-Wing-Shooter-Chair-Blind/dp/B002B47DOY
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Remington 1100 Rem Choke pattern test
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Today I shot a couple of patterns through my Rem 1100 with a 26" Rem Choke barrel. I used the same load that I shot through my Ithaca 51 last week, 7/8 ounce of magnum #6, 218 pellet hand count. The Imp Cyl choke tube produced a pattern of 113 out 218 pellets at 40 yards for 51.8% with the pattern being a littl...
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New pop up BALE HIDE bought
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I just bought a new pop up hide. Surprisingly ots russian made (probably made in China, but all advertisements and packing were in Russian) havent tried it yet, but if it performs as well as I think it will, it's going to be ideal amongst the barley, wheat, and oat straw bales :)
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The stealth fly, maggots on your shot birds very quickly
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Have you ever wondered why some birds suddenly are full of maggots on a hot day, and yet you pick them directly upon them hitting the ground, and covered them up, although not many flies were about ? Well, I found the answer the other day (see, even at my age I learn something new every day). Every livin...
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Set up help
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Not new to crow hunting but getting back into it with my grandson. Hunted last Saturday 6:00 AM. Used owl & 5 crow decoys, had 2 come in high & they flew off. Using foxpro ecaller crow & owl fight. Had owl in pine tree & crow decoys out front spread out in trees, overcast morning. I was usin...
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Today's crow shooting on a new permission (first shoot to test the water)
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So, today was at a new permission. The place is a farm that does large amounts of chicken, beef cattle,Mary cattle, sheep, and cereal crops, and has been inundated with corvids and pigeons (and rats) that they wanted "moved" so checked the permission on Google Earth, and decided the only safe lanes o...
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Skip Earns His Second Master Class Status!
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We have a forum member who just earned his way into sporting clays NSCA Master Class, which is quite an accomplishment. Skip Woody from Chapel Hill, NC. Skip punched into Master at Deep River Sporting Clays this past weekend by breaking 96 out of 100 targets which took High Overall at the tourname...
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A topic NH & 10 gauge would like!
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Here are some very old photos from 1960 when I was just getting started on the web feet! You two will recognize in a heartbeat that I am holding a model 21 Winchester in my arms.
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Waterfowl photos from Mexico and Argentina.
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This is for the guys who like hunting waterfowl.
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A good day today
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Today started with change of plans on where to hunt. Distant thunderstorms were lighting up the sky in two directions but no thunder could be heard as we walked out to the field. Armed with our usual 120 year old 10ga doubles we put out a dozen or so decoys and turned on two callers. Action was steady...
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100% morning
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Yes my friends, another “new” blueberry field and me all full of anticipation of another crop of 2016 young, dumb bandits.Fired up the “owl hooter/crow fight” at the appointed time and they charged in. Two shots fired, two down. “Wow,” I thought, “This will surpass BH’s Tuesday report of 12 down (he h...
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A Quick Hunt
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I went out on a quick hunt this AM with my daughter. She was quite excited, she loves to be the retriever. We did not stay out long, only for the first 2 hours of day light. We packed up with 12 birds in the bag at 8:30am. I think we would have done better but there was a run-n-gunner out harassing the birds...
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Crows attacking a car!
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Summer Grain Field
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Got a call from a farmer this week that the crows have been all over his freshly cut grain field. I wasn't able to get out first thing and only showed at the field around 10 am but still managed to drop 16 for the day. It was blazing hot out so I pulled the plug pretty early. I can't wait for fall! Lol [URL=ht...
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New photos
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Here are some photos you guys might like.
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"The Skull"
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Dick & I named this blind "the skull" for obvious reasons.
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New Crow Meme
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This is an item dreamed up by my opening day partner, "The Anonymous Left-Handed Benelli Birthday Owner," modified slightly from yesterday's photo. A new icon for Crowbusters?
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Blueberries and lead/steel pellets don't mix?
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On another matter--the owner of the original field on which I was going to set up called up Sunday (31 July) to ask me not to hunt on it (or any other fields during the harvest) because of the possibility of a pellet on its downward trajectory intersecting with a berry and somehow lodging itself within. A...
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Old gun, new gun
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Finally, opening day for the 2016 season in Michigan, Part Two. Had a “new-to-me” blueberry field on which to set up. So, today I was armed as usual with my beater Model 12 and my partner had his brand new Benelli “birthday gift.” You Benelli fans better sit down as a later portion of this story might ca...
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