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Second hunt of this summer

Not a lot of birds, but they were comming well in decoys!
I really see a difference since we have more decoys. With 48 flocked decoys, crows are really confidents

30 crows  were on the ground at the end!

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Comming


In decoys



Going down


My friend, with a banded pigeon



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Those are some really nice pics.

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Nice job and pics.!!!!!  Those action shots of the crows are making me froth at the mouth!!!biggrin



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Nice pics again going out today forget about me trying to take photos like I tryed last time. This time I will take pics when they are immobilized.

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Again nice pics.....

Looks like your set up near a secondary highway. I find around here they like to stay near roads. Two flyways that they use when they are roosted up for the winter are beside or over a highway. One flyway is in the middle of a wide river. Which path they take on a given day is anybody's guess. Also, during the summer I see more crows walking and pecking along a road than out in a field.

Good shoot, dude.




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Again nice pics.....

Looks like your set up near a secondary highway. I find around here they like to stay near roads. Two flyways that they use when they are roosted up for the winter are beside or over a highway. One flyway is in the middle of a wide river. Which path they take on a given day is anybody's guess. Also, during the summer I see more crows walking and pecking along a road than out in a field.

Good shoot, dude.



Some of the best shoots I've had have been within the steady "drone" of major highways. Pat if you have an electronic caller then you should be able to pull those crows a short distance off their flyway to within shooting range...if discharge of shotguns is permitted that is.

Sadly so many good concentrations of crows these days are in metropolitan areas. My folks reside next to a golf course where a fall roost of many thousands of crows gather. When I visit them in the evening I almost have a seizure!

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The second and third photos are quite nice. I like the second one the best, where his wing feathers are flared out. Nice job Target!

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Ted,
As long as I am 35 yards from the road I can hunt. I cannot shoot in the direction of the road. Mind you in this day and age if anyone sees me along the road and hears a shot, I'll probably get a visit from the police claiming that I shot AT them....

No problem getting a few hundred yards off the road, and will be getting a foxpro later in the fall. Will have to try it, maybe gun and run along the highway for 30 or so miles.


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Not a lot of birds, but they were comming well in decoys!
I really see a difference since we have more decoys. With 48 flocked decoys, crows are really confidents



 How many decoys did you use before you got a bigger spread? I just went and purchased 6 more last night. although that only makes 12 now and none of them are flocked. but like you said, I think it still might help in confidence.



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At first, we had 6 decoys, and they were not flocked

After, I bought 8 GHG flocked decoys. It was a big step! When de the decoys were not flocked, crows were shy and didn't land in decoys. But with flocked decoys, crow are really confidents!!

So, we had 24 flocked decoys this spring, and it works good

This summer, we have 48 flocked decoys, and I dont want more now.
48 make a nice black spot in the field !

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yeah, iv never had a bird land in my spread before. mayby i shot at it before it was going to, but i never really noticed that it was gonna happen

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The best advice I can give is to buy flocked decoys!!

If I have the choice between a small set-up of flocked decoys (6 decoys) and a big set-up of non flocked decoys (....48 decoys) I will hunt the small one!!!

With non flocked decoys, crows were comming to see, but stay high and never want to go down. It was always longs shots of flying crows.

Now, with flocked decoys, crows are landing in set-up, comming really low , flying 2 feets of the ground. It is easier to shoot and give more results!!

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I agree with you,especially in the morning and late day the dekes look grey and shiny if not flocked,and if you have a little misting it gets worse.I also have had my none flocked dekes frost up in the cold,but after flocking they dont.I have crows land in my dekes often,last year I had one land while I was still putting them out!!!smile

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so not nessesarily buy the ghg decoys, but you flocked yours with the kit?? how does this stuff hold up banging against each other in a decoy bag

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Exact!
You dont have to buy GHG, you can flock your decoys by your own.
I used a kit bought on E-Bay
It works good and it is easy to do.....but it is not as resistant as GHG decoys are.....

I prefer to buy GHG decoys, already flocked and they look better (my opinion....)



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I have six of the Green Heads,I love how quick they deploy and the movement you get in the wind.biggrin
I have had great luck with the CROW MART flocking kit,I also keep the dekes in waterfowl single slot bags,keeps the fresh,you can see quickly if your missing one,and deployment is faster,thats real important to me.smile

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shanedog, what exactly is the flocking made of? just a felting fibers. do you knwo of a place that i can buy that in bigger quantities if i wanted.

found one place, same amount in flocking kit as crowmart. for about 20 shipped. not much cheaper.

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