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M12Shooter


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Went out for crow with the Master Saturday morning. Took a bit of C4 to get an 11 year old out of bed at zero dark thirty but the effort was well worth watching my son knock crows from the sky with his 410. Morning started "bluebird" clear and frosty. Had good numbers of crows entering the kill zone between 0700 and 0830. Boy managed to kill four crows out of the first half dozen groups that arrived... with only one needing a second shot. Wind picked up shortly after strong from the south and he didn't knock a feather off after that. Was quite frustrating to him as he couldn't deal with the crows slipping back as they do in a wind. I let my boy do most of the shooting as we finished  up with 15 kills and a possible at 0900.  Let IMG_3085.JPGIMG_3086.JPGFullSizeRender-2.jpgmy boy do most of the shooting and the body count suffered accordingly...but this morning was all about him! Pics of his first two kills, a "high flyer" that some how 5/8 oz. of 7 1/2 brought crashing down and some of our combined kill.

 

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All this is pretty cool unquestionably...fascinating how your Son can consistently nail crows with a .410....and how do you still have crows flying about in shootable numbers? They are fairly quiet now around here....I guess they are warming their eggs....no cover and all that...they begin early here regarding the young...then the songbirds suffer their voracious appetites...
But the crow hunting I knew going back maybe 25 years is all gone...a pellet rifle enthusiast would find targets but all the old farmers either passed away and their offspring have little enthusiasm for farming these days...that an d international imports which is noticeably annihilating this country...
So if you don't have to drive a couple hours to shoot then you got it made!

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Just Super! Photos and all.

Thanks for sharing and for raising your son with an enthusiasm for the outdoors.



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Ted,

You have a good looking kid.

It will not be much longer ( perhaps 12 or 13 years old) before he can handle a 12 bore. Do you own a 20 gauge?

Do you reload for the 410? I think you do since you mentioned he shoots the 5/8th ounce load in the 410.

I'm sure it makes your heart feel good seeing your boy get better as the years roll on by. Give him four more years and he will be getting doubles and triples if the birds cooperate!

I used to shoot a 20 gauge model 12 when I was 15 years old on run & gun hunts. By that time I could call them in with a hand held crow call in up state New York. I thought it was a big deal for a kid and it was to shoot 300 odd crows during the summer months by myself.

Keep us posted!

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Bob- Only own 12 and 16 gauge shotguns. I'm planning on moving my boy to a 20 soon though, had a line on an older 1100 20 but the deal fell through. Have to be 12 years of age here to legally hold a licence and hunt after passing Provincial safe hunters programme. My kid has been shooting and doing a bit of hunting under my direct supervision since he was 9 though. 410 was my way of getting a 9 year old used to shooting a smooth bore. Very poor training tool as the aforementioned is only a good choice in the hands of a exceptional shot. Also a correction, should be 11/16 oz not 5/8 oz payload as printed. My friend who owns several 410's loads a few boxes of fodder as we use it. Blessed to be within 20-30 miles of decent crow shooting year round...sorry guys about the askew pics...guess I should have resized the first couple photos.

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Ted,

Enjoyed your pics and hunt, thanks for reminding me of how hard it was to get my boy out of bed (lol) Good times for sure!


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Hi Ted,

Top notch work. Your boy has skills, that is for sure.

BH

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Great story Ted.  Fine looking young man, too!



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