Found a good concentration of crows feeding in some standing sunflower. Managed to secure permission after 09:00 AM as I didn't want to wake the farmer up too early.
Dusted about 40 odd crows before 11:00. All with a 16 gauge as they played in on the breeze so nicely that I almost felt sorry for them. Didn't even take the 12 out of the case.
Landowner had many dozens of bee hives nearby in an old yard. He requested that I pick up the dead crows as he feared this may attract bears which are a meanace to honey producers.
Attatched is a photo taken by the farmer of me with a load of crows. He drove up on a quad after the shooting ended to veiw the results. Had never seen the likes of an electronic caller and was totally impressed. Even more so when I was demonstrating and two bandits broke over the tree tops. Put on a fine show and doubled on them
Ted
-- Edited by M12Shooter on Tuesday 27th of September 2011 11:08:29 PM
Very cool 12,,,,,,,,,,,, But from now on when you take picks with them fine old winchesters, don't cover em up so much They are too pretty to look at to hide the action and all
Nice shooting M12. Keep up the good work. Right about now all the land I can find to hunt on I leave for the deer. I would love to find some room just for the crows. Here's hoping I can bag some deer early then come back for the crows.
Found a good concentration of crows feeding in some standing sunflower. Managed to secure permission after 09:00 AM as I didn't want to wake the farmer up too early.
Dusted about 40 odd crows before 11:00. All with a 16 gauge as they played in on the breeze so nicely that I almost felt sorry for them. Didn't even take the 12 out of the case.
Landowner had many dozens of bee hives nearby in an old yard. He requested that I pick up the dead crows as he feared this may attract bears which are a meanace to honey producers.
Attatched is a photo taken by the farmer of me with a load of crows. He drove up on a quad after the shooting ended to veiw the results. Had never seen the likes of an electronic caller and was totally impressed. Even more so when I was demonstrating and two bandits broke over the tree tops. Put on a fine show and doubled on them
Ted
-- Edited by M12Shooter on Tuesday 27th of September 2011 11:08:29 PM
Way to go! That farmer will be telling all his buddies at the coffey shop about the crack shot crow hunter that rolled in! Since you had to pick up the birds you might as well freeze them and have a great decoy spread next time you go out! LOL
Found a good concentration of crows feeding in some standing sunflower. Managed to secure permission after 09:00 AM as I didn't want to wake the farmer up too early.
Dusted about 40 odd crows before 11:00. All with a 16 gauge as they played in on the breeze so nicely that I almost felt sorry for them. Didn't even take the 12 out of the case.
Landowner had many dozens of bee hives nearby in an old yard. He requested that I pick up the dead crows as he feared this may attract bears which are a meanace to honey producers.
Attatched is a photo taken by the farmer of me with a load of crows. He drove up on a quad after the shooting ended to veiw the results. Had never seen the likes of an electronic caller and was totally impressed. Even more so when I was demonstrating and two bandits broke over the tree tops. Put on a fine show and doubled on them
Ted
-- Edited by M12Shooter on Tuesday 27th of September 2011 11:08:29 PM
Way to go! That farmer will be telling all his buddies at the coffey shop about the crack shot crow hunter that rolled in! Since you had to pick up the birds you might as well freeze them and have a great decoy spread next time you go out! LOL
M12,
Outstanding!!
Doc,
That is taking the whole recycling thing a bit far. May get away with that if you are single, If not, you may become single!
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That is taking the whole recycling thing a bit far. May get away with that if you are single, If not, you may become single!
I like to recycle.
I have slept with dead crows in a motel room. Waaaaaiit, that sounded too weird. Let me clarify, the dead crows were in the same room as me but not in bed.
My female counterpart, however, was not along. I do not think she would have been too impressed with my "recycled material" in the same room only a couple feet away.
Found a good concentration of crows feeding in some standing sunflower. Managed to secure permission after 09:00 AM as I didn't want to wake the farmer up too early.
Dusted about 40 odd crows before 11:00. All with a 16 gauge as they played in on the breeze so nicely that I almost felt sorry for them. Didn't even take the 12 out of the case.
Landowner had many dozens of bee hives nearby in an old yard. He requested that I pick up the dead crows as he feared this may attract bears which are a meanace to honey producers.
Attatched is a photo taken by the farmer of me with a load of crows. He drove up on a quad after the shooting ended to veiw the results. Had never seen the likes of an electronic caller and was totally impressed. Even more so when I was demonstrating and two bandits broke over the tree tops. Put on a fine show and doubled on them
Ted
-- Edited by M12Shooter on Tuesday 27th of September 2011 11:08:29 PM
Way to go! That farmer will be telling all his buddies at the coffey shop about the crack shot crow hunter that rolled in! Since you had to pick up the birds you might as well freeze them and have a great decoy spread next time you go out! LOL
M12,
Outstanding!!
Doc,
That is taking the whole recycling thing a bit far. May get away with that if you are single, If not, you may become single!
I'm single, and my frig has...one frozen dead crow layed flat..one frozen flying crow..one frozen specklebellied goose with a red neck collar and legband...several packages of frozen catalpa worms. 12 quarts of frozen shad gizzards and uhhh..one frozen pizza. Are you profiling?
I have had a few frozen crow in our deep freeze through the years as well. My wife would not take to kindly to this behaviour but as I do most of the home cooking, it is then doubtful she even knows where the freezer is located or how to open it
Further,I don't feel she would all too impressed to see one of our family vehicles loaded with shot crows either. But again, I do all of the vehicle maintenance, washing, etc... and that is my truck
Ted
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I have had a few frozen crow in our deep freeze through the years as well. My wife would not take to kindly to this behaviour but as I do most of the home cooking, it is then doubtful she even knows where the freezer is located or how to open it
Further,I don't feel she would all too impressed to see one of our family vehicles loaded with shot crows either. But again, I do all of the vehicle maintenance, washing, etc... and that is my truck
Several years ago, I turned my 2 car garage into my man cave. Among my work benches, wood stoves, and satelite TV, I have a refrigerator/freezer in there. (Something has to keep Pabst Blue Ribbon cold)
That freezer is full of crow, ducks, boar tails and even the scrotum off of a Texas Dall ram I shot.
Very happy and very overheated! Man, it was 90 some degrees that day. Thought I was going to die from heat stroke. I had to sprint a few hundred yards to get into postion for that ram to pass in front of me. He finally did at 35 yards. That wound on his left shoulder is where the arrow came out. I hit him in the last rib on his right side as he was quartering away from me.
That was a great shot with a bow. You must be shooting some mean broadheads...looks more like a rifle wound. Great job and pic!
That broadhead is called a Switchblade by Trufire. Every single one that I have shot an animal with worked great and killed the animal, (Ram, deer, raccoon, armadillo) but they all broke apart.
That was a great shot with a bow. You must be shooting some mean broadheads...looks more like a rifle wound. Great job and pic!
That broadhead is called a Switchblade by Trufire. Every single one that I have shot an animal with worked great and killed the animal, (Ram, deer, raccoon, armadillo) but they all broke apart.
Kev
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Oh so shrapnel is your secret! Even if their breaking they leave some great blood drainers.I would bet shooting robo possums ( armadillos) would be hard on any broadhead, but fun!
That broadhead is called a Switchblade by Trufire. Every single one that I have shot an animal with worked great and killed the animal, (Ram, deer, raccoon, armadillo) but they all broke apart.
Kev
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Oh so shrapnel is your secret! Even if their breaking they leave some great blood drainers.I would bet shooting robo possums ( armadillos) would be hard on any broadhead, but fun!
Being from Ohio and now Maine, I never had any experience with Armadillos. I was shocked to find that their shells were not hard. Mush softer and pliable than I had imagined. Didn't even slow the arrow down. The shells reminded me of thick leather.
When my dad was growing up here in Okla. he said they had never seen an armadillo. Flash forward 60 years and them robo possums are everywhere. Neighbors call me to come shoot em out of the yards and stuff...they can do some damage!
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They are too pretty to look at to hide the action and all
