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tarponfan


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Howdy, Boys - This might be a stupid question for experienced shooters, but I only got started in this last winter - trees were all bare and visibility good. The season here in PA is closed for the next couple months but when it reopens the trees will be in full foliage and will stay that way until late fall. The question is......what do you do differently while the trees are loaded with leaves ? I usually get set up just inside the treeline in tall hardwoods bordering fields (usually on dairy farms) - a lot of the chances I get are with birds that are not going to be visible now. I apologize if this seems dumb, but we all gotta learn somehow - Thanks



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Tarponfan,

You just need to stay on your toes when there is plenty of foliage on the trees. Stay alert and whoop em when they clear the trees or shoot through the openings in the trees to get a shot at them.

 

Bob A.



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Lone Star Phil


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Dont' pay any attention to the foilage.  Shoot through it.  The tree will recover. That's part of 'managing the canopy' and trees have been doing that for milleniums without your concern.  Your sole job is to seek a collision of the crow to the earth's surface.



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I shy away from a dense canopy of mature trees. Try to locate amongst smaller trees or hedgerows if possible. If you don't have a choice and must call from heavy stuff then try and locate a small opening or bowl in the forest. Also remember that crows often arrive just above the tree tops so a more open choke constriction might be in order.

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try setting up on the edge of the field so that the trees are only a concern behind and slightly above you. Just make sure your blind in front is very well camouflaged and you move only right before you shoot.

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Tree cover is fun to shoot though openings I think. I do this all time hear in Kentucky ! Got wait till Sept 1st than start haveing fun again.

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