Packed up this morning for one last solo sunrise crow shoot. Crow numbers are getting a bit thin up here but thought I'd give it a go.
Rain last night but clear at sunrise. Crows were a bit tardy but managed 23 by 10:00AM with several possibles and a magpie to top the pile off. All shot with my favorite daily shooter M12 trap gun and #7 1/2 Federals.
Shot an old farm yard along a flyway that leads into feeding areas. Built a quick blind and incorporated a piece of old farm machinery into it. Crows never knew I was there.
Sadly I feel this will be my last crow shoot of the season. I would estimate only about 10 percent of the crows that there was a week ago. Time now to focus on some greenheads before things freeze by months end.
Ted
-- Edited by M12Shooter on Tuesday 11th of October 2011 11:00:47 PM
Just curious Ted,,, What kind of temps are you having up there that would start your birds to push south. And will you be froze up by the end of October???
Just curious Ted,,, What kind of temps are you having up there that would start your birds to push south. And will you be froze up by the end of October???
Marshes, sloughs and small lakes usually freeze by end of October or a week or two later. Large lakes and rivers will stay mostly ice free sometimes for a month after that.
Crows are calendar migrators. They move south at a certain time each year even though plentiful food and favorable weather conditions continue.
Shane, old farm implements are common in "crow country". They get used to seeing these and take no alarm. Great picture and fine blind as well!
Ted
-- Edited by M12Shooter on Wednesday 12th of October 2011 02:38:40 PM
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Crows were a bit tardy but managed 23 by 10:00AM with several possibles and a magpie to top the pile off. All shot with my favorite daily shooter M12 trap gun and #7 1/2 Federals.
Ted -- Edited by M12Shooter on Tuesday 11th of October 2011 11:00:47 PM
