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looks like the triple play worked good for ya



-- Edited by thundergun on Saturday 28th of January 2012 10:26:38 PM

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Went this morning to the new farm I got permission for. Ended up going with a friend from my archery club, he lives next to the farm. We went in at 5:30 am to build a quick blind. I had taken my Christmas tree and a truck load of white-pine branches. We built our blind and put out decoys and callers. We were done setting up at 6:30. I set up 6 full-bodies on the ground, my new Triple-play motion deke, and 2 full bodies in the trees. With 2 e-callers going full blast, (mine on dying crow, his on crow frenzy), we had instant action. We were shooting so fast that I was literally keeping my hands warm on the barrels of my Nitro Special.biggrin The new Triple Play decoy really kept their attention.

About 10am Josh's son Dalton joined us. Josh and I had about 60 dead by then. We ran out of shells so ran to Walmart at noon time. We picked up Josh's other son Jacob then also. Jake is about 11 yrs old and killed his first crow, and nailed it on the fly. AN AWESOME SHOT! He got 5 I believe today.

Long story shortwe killed somewhere around 120 crows. Some hopped away and several fell across an overflowed stream behind us. We took photos of 102 dead crows.

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This one had a funky foot.

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This crow fell and stuck his head between two saplings.

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Here is a view of the acrnage around the decoys.

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awesome hunt!

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thundergun wrote:

awesome hunt!

 Thanks, never thought I would be in on a hunt with over a hundred killed!biggrin



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thundergun wrote:

looks like the triple play worked good for ya



-- Edited by thundergun on Saturday 28th of January 2012 10:26:38 PM

 Two things worked very well for us. Running both ecallers with different sounds at once, and that new decoy. Unbelievable.........

 

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Forgot to mention that we put a piece of coyote hide on the center of that new decoy. It made it look like they were feeding on a carcass. After we killed a couple crows, I cut one open and flung blood all over the snow around it. I think it definitely helped.

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What a great day, congrats.



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Congrats Maine! Sounds like you've found a honey hole!

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Way to go Kev, u da man !

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Kev,

Nice milestone.

That is one nappy looking foot. Should of worn your gloves.

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looks like a great hunt . good job

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Very Nice, good job!!

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congrats!

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EX...SOOOO.....LENT....!!!!!!!
Crossed 100 ! Alright !!       



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Kev: 

Congratulations on hitting the C-Note!  Good thing you can rely on your provisional back up gunners!



-- Edited by Lone Star Phil on Monday 30th of January 2012 01:52:18 AM

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Bravo! I love the aftermath pics.

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hard to sling blood out down here in georgia, rarely snows here. the hide sounds like a good idea. i think a mcdonalds sack may work. LOL!

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That is a great hunt by any standards. Congrats!

 

Do you use use a counter to mark birds? When we started using one we realized we were only picking up about 60-70% on most hunts. You wont believe how many more birds are actually falling to the ground that you don't pick up.If you picked up 102 for the pic, I bet the total was over 120.

 



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Congrats on a great hunt.

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Loved the carnage pic!!!!!!! Congratulations on the new record & a successful hunt!! Good thing you had a backup plan with the young lads as well!! Congratulations to Jake on the 1st of many MANY bandits as well!!

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8fishermen wrote:

That is a great hunt by any standards. Congrats!

 

Do you use use a counter to mark birds? When we started using one we realized we were only picking up about 60-70% on most hunts. You wont believe how many more birds are actually falling to the ground that you don't pick up.If you picked up 102 for the pic, I bet the total was over 120.

 

 There is no doubt that we killed over 120. Many birds flew straight at us and when shot, continued to go behind and down to crash behind us. The stream behind us is flooded with slush, don't know how deep, but over my boots. Must have had 10 or more go back there. We had 6 or 8 get winged and they crash landed out in the field or off to one side. About a dozen got up and walked off across the field. Once we figured out thear we were going to run out of cartridges, we stopped shooting the ones on the ground. Coyote bait.......

 

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Forgot to say that no, I do not use a counter.

Would like to get one though.


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Nice hunt!  Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

check out ebay for clickers/counters. you can get them for LESS than $2 shipped.



-- Edited by Big Honkers on Tuesday 31st of January 2012 03:32:35 AM

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Nice job Kev , hope to join you on the next one smile .



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682x wrote:

Nice job Kev , hope to join you on the next one smile .

 Absolutely, we'll get them Saturday!

 

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682x wrote:

Nice job Kev , hope to join you on the next one smile .

 By the way........WELCOME to the FORUM MAN!! 

 

 

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way to go!
I told that the "triple play" is THE ticket, congrats

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That is a hunt you will remember forever,especially watching the young ones dump some birds as well.Congrats on a great hunt.



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FFD wrote:

That is a hunt you will remember forever,especially watching the young ones dump some birds as well.Congrats on a great hunt.

 Watching the 11 year old get his first crow, AND it was flying, was worth the trip.

 

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