Its been a while since I was here last, but, I wanted to drop a few photos and some video links from my recent hunts. Crow Bustin' has been slow here in Charles County, but, it's good hunting regardless.
Enjoy ! Uncle D
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I've tried 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. #4 Copper Plated is where the game changes. I have used nothing but #4 CP in my Crow Hammers for the past many years. #6 is fine, but, that borders on decreased kills. #4 will make burger before they hit the ground. 4, 5, & 6 is fine. anything smaller like 7 or 8 is just throwing sand at them. My preferred shot is #4 in a 3" shell with 1-1/4 oz. I reload my own shells, so, these are not the low-powdered factory store bought garbage. You have to pay extremely good money for a decent factory shell.
This was a 585 bird shoot (flyway shoot on roost bound birds) during the afternoon hours. It would have gone over 600 if I was not outside the blind taking photos of the action.
Just a trap load of 7 1/2's and 8's were used. All 12 gauge.
This was a 585 bird shoot (flyway shoot on roost bound birds) during the afternoon hours. It would have gone over 600 if I was not outside the blind taking photos of the action.
Just a trap load of 7 1/2's and 8's were used. All 12 gauge.
I'm not going to say that little 7 or 8 shot won't work, but, it's fine if that what someone wants to use. I have just never found it as effective as a slightly larger shot.
Here is a 506 bird shoot with a 20 gauge using a 7/8th ounce load of # 8 shot.
I went back the next day to pick them up and the coyotes had already chowed down on over a hundred of them over night. There are 386 in the photo, it took me over an hour to pick them up and setup that photo so the birds would be in a grid pattern.
This was a morning hunt that ran into the afternoon hours. Skies were clear with a 10 mph northeast breeze, 32 degrees out.
