The TCP had high hopes for this mornings crow shoot. Unfortunately, we arrived to find another crew of crow hunters already in the orchard. The noise of their loud shotguns prevented us from achieving the high numbers we had hoped for, but we still had a great time none the less, and recovered 29 dead crows.
We had a new gadget on hand today. A duck hunting buddy of mine, James, brought his Browning Cynergy and two metro barrels, and proceeded to whack crows with this dual metro device. Very impressive by TCP standards.
I also brought along my DSLR camera, and snapped some action photos of the boys crunching crows. Enjoy.
Hey Bob, Yes our next nearest orchard is about a 2 hour drive from this one, so we were stuck. Also, the orchard owners grandson was hunting with us, and we didn't want to bail out on him.
Yes, that left wing took severe damage. Those shots were all at 15 to 25 yards. At that distance, our subsonic re-loads are very deadly.
JD, the TCP always carry's way more firearms than are necessary for the task at hand. You never know what might emerge from the brush. This orchard is full of hogs, so I strapped on my 'hog leg'. Also, Lone Star Phil made that cartridge belt for me last week, so I wanted to show it off a little.
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-- Edited by TexasMatt on Saturday 16th of October 2010 04:47:31 PM
And it took James to bring home the concept of "one [fill in blank] good!: two [fill in blank] better!!"
Great pictures Matt! And fine gun work, gentlemen!
I have a working knowledge of that orchard and for the TCP to ground 29 crows in the middle with un-attenuated shotguns working loudly on the perimeter is a fine field trial demonstration for the effectiveness of the "quiet" technology when shooting crows in their grocery store.
The similarities between the crow hunts and my style of duck hunting is something I had to experience to fully appreciate.
I consider myself fortunate to have the TCP showing me the ropes in the finer art of crow killin'. Lots of years of experience and proficiency taking me under their wings.
Although no money was offered to Texas Matt to replace the Remington with a camera, he has been highly encouraged to duplicate his efforts on ducks as well.