Crow Busters Forum

Right, was up at 02:00, had breakfast, and made a thermos of coffee, then walked the dogs, and at 04:20 made a bee line for the field.

So, got to the field, and discovered that it HADN'T been fully combined, as the combine had broken again (a belt had broken, so they had to wait for a new one).

So, there were TWO flight lines, one at the top of the field, and one at the bottom of the field. As I was on my own, I decided to set up half way down the field between the two flight lines, my back to one block of wheat behind me, and my front about 30 metres away another block of wheat. Set crows to the left, and pigeons to the right. 

On revision, I would have been better to set crows to the right and pigeons to the left, as crows will cross pigeons, but pigeons won't cross crows, and it was easier for the pigeons to see from the bottom of the field Flightline, than from the top of the field Flightline. 

The morning started slow, first a magpie, then a grey crow, then a pigeon, and then mostly corvids in 10-15 minute intervals. Then at 10:00 the flights dried up, but I knew the pigeons still had to come, so stayed put.

At 11:15-11:30 the pigeons started coming, but Sod's law stated that whichever way I was looking, they came from the opposite direction LOL.

That's where two shooters (better two hides with two shooters in each) would have been far better

At 14:00 the farmer had repaired the combine and began again, so I started packing up. 

Finished packing up at 15:00 and had picked 23, which meant a further 36 are still in the crop :(

I usd 83 cartridges, so shot a bit crap, but hell, can't have everything LOL 

The farmer wasn't too happy, but as I said to him, I just shoot them, where they fall is out of my control, and I WAS expecting a completely cut field 

Still, he was happy enough with the results, so that's the main thing :) 

(I took one of my dogs with me, but although she found most of the corvids, she seemed to have difficulty finding the pigeons in the wheat, and it was causing her to sneeze, while she has no problems in grass or water)