Anyone have any good tips on judging distance on a crow in the air?
I took some pairs of dead crows and spaced them at 10 yards intervals out to 50 yards. I spread the wings on one and the other I left wings folded and staked them up with the breast facing me. I them shouldered my gun and used the rib and bead to measure the width of the birds in comparison to my sight window. This was the best way I could think of as the rib and bead will be a constant.
Anyone have a better way?
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We set our decoys at 20-25 yards, but put a couple at 30-35. If they are over or inside the decoys they are in range. Unless you hunt a lot and get birds over you all the time judging distance will always be tough. Very few people can judge distance in the quick action of a crow shoot. Having said that, remember that other things come into play. Skill level of the shooter being the most important. Someone who shoots like Skip or Bob, knows at a glance if they can kill that bird(s). I hunt with a partner and we know each others strengths and weaknesses. Used to shoot first and ask questions later,now we try to call the shots.
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Most of my shots are at passing birds, we used a range finder to find the distance to tree tops, but its a guessing game how far over the trees they are. Starting to get better at judging, but still pretty much suck at anything other than directly overhead
We set our decoys at 20-25 yards, but put a couple at 30-35. If they are over or inside the decoys they are in range. Unless you hunt a lot and get birds over you all the time judging distance will always be tough. Very few people can judge distance in the quick action of a crow shoot. Having said that, remember that other things come into play. Skill level of the shooter being the most important. Someone who shoots like Skip or Bob, knows at a glance if they can kill that bird(s). I hunt with a partner and we know each others strengths and weaknesses. Used to shoot first and ask questions later,now we try to call the shots.
I like the idea of setting the decoys at the distance you want to keep your shots with in. I can't judge worth a crap and this would work very well IMO. Thanks, Mike
Distance estimation comes with time. Spread a dead crow out on a barbed wire fence some day. Step back 40 or so paces and there ya have it for a high overhead passer. I still tend to over esimate yardage.
Ted
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