got out thurs morning for a while in a new spot had a great shoot ended up with 57 total ,53 recovered,ended the day with a triple.
The best part was I made it to 47 crows only missing once, (thats not like me usually)the wind really was howling towards the end and I believe was really moving my bbs around on the tall shots. to clarify, some birds took multiple shots, but didnt get away to tell the others
imp cylinder, semi auto 12 ga. 7-1/2 s, wind in my face, sun at my back, not preferred but made it work, I had alot of them hovering overhead in the wind checking out the carnage on the ground
heres a couple pics
the hide
the dead and dying were everywhere
-- Edited by Low and Slow on Saturday 22nd of September 2012 05:39:06 AM
-- Edited by Low and Slow on Saturday 22nd of September 2012 05:48:28 AM
Nice job L&S, gotta love those solo hunts. Nobody to get in the way and all those targets to yourself! Wind in your face is a tough one but I would think the lesser of two evils as facing the sun can be brutal. Crows are gathered up here good in Southern Manitoba where I'm at. Got a couple sunflower and pea fields scouted out, permission granted. Ready to rumble next week. Too bad earning a living has to get in the way. Thanks for sharing.
Ted
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Since you mentioned the sun in your post I have a suggestion for you. I showed Gadget Bob & Texas Matt my sun sticks that I use on an occassion like you had. This way you can face the sun with the wind at your back and not be blinded by looking directly into the sun. Another very good technique I use is to set my decoys up so you get a good broadside shot at them without looking into the sun. For example, Since the sun was coming up in the east and the wind was somewhere in the west I would have positioned my blind headed in a northerly direction with my decoys set west northwest of the blind so when they came in against the wind you wouldn't have to look into the sun. That method has served me very well for almost 40 years now.
I really like your 3rd pic. The "battlefield aftermath" shots are one of my favorite types of pictures. The randomness and quantity of crow bodies scattered across the land reminds me of some sort of abstract art....only better.
Crow battlefield art is as close to an artist as I'll ever be! lol.
BH
-- Edited by Big Honkers on Sunday 23rd of September 2012 12:55:21 AM
and those "sun sticks" look very interesting,They work, I'm assuming?
so you just position them between you and the sun, I imagine??
and your suggestion is pretty much what I did, had dekes up wind quite a ways, alot of the bandits slipped in from the e-se as I sat facing w-nw,came right over the top of me and hovered in the wind. Then there was the kamikazes that came in hot with the wind at there backs,wings tucked like a falcon dive bombing,then at the last second deploying full wing brakes and swing around into the wind in an eye blink, man I love that, they end up right in front of me, the best is when they are screaming their heads off all the way as they bomb in
I cancelled their flight plans with" extreme predjudice".( sound familiar?) sorry, had to borrow that line
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They work quite well. You have to keep them within 2 1/2 feet from you so it blocks the sun and yet you can see the crows coming from underneath it with out being blinded from the sun. I can stand up right next to my sun stick and shoot standing or sitting depending on what height I set it at.
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Sounds and looks like your 7 /12's did some fine work with you as the operator!!
Skip
I agree great report and enviable shooting success. L&S's shooting sounds stellar, however he said some birds took multiple shots. If that means he missed some before hitting them that happens to all of us. However if that means some birds took multiple hits to bring down I'd say he should try some number 6 shot and I think he will find fewer birds will need multiple shots to be brought down. Each person needs to experiment for themselves.
L&S do you reload or shoot factory shells?
-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Monday 24th of September 2012 03:06:11 PM
L & S: Any hunt bagging 57 birds is a fine hunt.. but solo makes it a great hunt!! Well shot, well managed.. super report. I see a recoil pad on your scatter gun.. but do I see other mods.. or just "stickers" on your stock and action? Also, might that be an extended choke tube that I think I see? If so, can I ask what brand? Sounds and looks like your 7 /12's did some fine work with you as the operator!!
L & S: Any hunt bagging 57 birds is a fine hunt.. but solo makes it a great hunt!! Well shot, well managed.. super report. I see a recoil pad on your scatter gun.. but do I see other mods.. or just "stickers" on your stock and action? Also, might that be an extended choke tube that I think I see? If so, can I ask what brand? Sounds and looks like your 7 /12's did some fine work with you as the operator!!
Skip
thanks Skip,
yes you see a recoil pad on my gun, and it's not for the kick,the gas operated Bakail shotgun has practically no noticeable kick,it is to lengthen my stock,I'm 6-5" and have some long arms,have to make do with what I got,and although I have a mag extension for that gun ,I only use it for snowgoose hunting and ZOMBIES.
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Sounds and looks like your 7 /12's did some fine work with you as the operator!!
Skip
I agree great report and enviable shooting success. L&S's shooting sounds stellar, however he said some birds took multiple shots. If that means he missed some before hitting them that happens to all of us. However if that means some birds took multiple hits to bring down I'd say he should try some number 6 shot and I think he will find fewer birds will need multiple shots to be brought down. Each person needs to experiment for themselves.
L&S do you reload or shoot factory shells?
I do not reload, I shoot whatever is on sale in a 7-1/2 or 8, and some birds I was just missing them because of wind or rushing shot etc. but 7-1/2s have been my go to load ,and they do a great job making it rain bandits.
-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Monday 24th of September 2012 03:06:11 PM
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Sounds and looks like your 7 /12's did some fine work with you as the operator!!
Skip
I agree great report and enviable shooting success. L&S's shooting sounds stellar, however he said some birds took multiple shots. If that means he missed some before hitting them that happens to all of us. However if that means some birds took multiple hits to bring down I'd say he should try some number 6 shot and I think he will find fewer birds will need multiple shots to be brought down. Each person needs to experiment for themselves.
L&S do you reload or shoot factory shells?
I do not reload, I shoot whatever is on sale in a 7-1/2 or 8, and some birds I was just missing them because of wind or rushing shot etc. but 7-1/2s have been my go to load ,and they do a great job making it rain bandits.
-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Monday 24th of September 2012 03:06:11 PM
7 1/2 and 8 shot absolutely crushes clays at normal shotgun ranges. No reason to believe it will not do the same with crows and other medium sized birds for that matter.
Ted
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