I officially started my crow hunting romance on Oct. 28, 1967. Yep, 1967! As years went by, I enjoyed periods of intense pursuit, but for many years, I was literally absent from the sport.
Even though I have killed a few thousand crows, there was one thing that I had never experienced, until last Friday, Nov. 11. I was in my blind happily chopping them down, when I routinely took a pop at one, and low and behold, TWO dropped from the autumn blue sky! Both were flying. Sure as death and taxes, TWO plopped the ground! Surprised is not the word for this experience. I was grinning like a mule eating briars!
I was only aiming at one crow, that's for sure, and I cannot take any credit for what was pure luck. It will probably not ever happen again. But it sure made me feel good! And lucky.
Have any of you ever been this fortuitous?
I scored 79 victims, but my shooting on this first outing of this season was atrocious....only 69.9%.
Can you imagine how unlucky a crow has to be to just happen to be in that particular spot in the air, at that particular altitude in that particular fraction of a second. Congratulations to you and horrible bad timing for the crow!
I can not remember prior to this year having a "Scotch" double, one shot two birds fall and this year it happened to me twice. Better lucky than good they say. Your complaining about essentially a 70% average on crows, I doubt you'll find much sympathy on that. It's good shooting any day and if you can maintain such an average for entire season on hundreds of birds you are a fine shot.
Nice post on several levels. Good history, good hunt, great moment!
Have I ever been that fortuitous? Yes, many times...with clay targets, but NEVER with crows! If it takes almost 50 years for me to acomplish this feat, I guess it will be done in Heaven!
Demi
P.S. Do you suppose they allow those "black icons of evil" in Heaven?
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Ken, it is a surreal experience! Sometimes I go for many years with out getting a scotch double, I got two this season and never have done that so close together in over 42 years. Congrats, very few are in the scotch double club on crows.
Still looking for my first "Scotch Double". Still looking to go 5 for 5 out of a single group. Almost did it a couple of years ago. Ole # 4 bird put a move on me and I missed it bad. LOL
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Congratulations! Still looking for my first scotch double... And I try whenever I get a chance, usually resulting in me missing both birds.
Texas Matt and I did earn an "E" for combat efficiency on Friday, when we dropped 14 of 15 birds we engaged. The one that got away did so in a degraded manner, and likely dropped out of the sky beyond our vision.
I had this happen last year. I didn't realize there was a term for it either. I have only been at this for a few years now so I guess I am really lucky to have already gotten one. I have had it happen a few times with dove but I have also shot them for many more years then crow. I was calling 2/3 birds with one fully loaded gun a double/triple and two birds with one shot a true double.
-- Edited by jacobhwrd on Wednesday 7th of December 2016 12:20:32 AM
A couple years ago two of us were hunting crows over a peanut field which was close to a county landfill. As we were shooting at some crows, a group of seagulls was flying above the crows. Along with dead crows falling, one seagull suddenly dropped into the spread. Don't know for sure if it was a scotch double, but neither of us were aiming at or even noticing the seagulls.
Guess this would not be a scotch double...more like an ebony and ivory double!
Demi
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A couple years ago two of us were hunting crows over a peanut field which was close to a county landfill. As we were shooting at some crows, a group of seagulls was flying above the crows. Along with dead crows falling, one seagull suddenly dropped into the spread. Don't know for sure if it was a scotch double, but neither of us were aiming at or even noticing the seagulls.
Guess this would not be a scotch double...more like an ebony and ivory double!
