We had a really good day today in spite of several bumps in the road. The first was finding goose hunters in the field we planned to hunt. The next was a walk back to the truck for another gun for me after two shots when my Browning Double Auto jammed because a spent primer fell out of a shell and jammed the action. Our first spot was slow so at 9AM we headed back to the first place we wanted to hunt hoping the goose hunters were gone and they were. The initial big balls of migrating crows around 10AM wouldn't come down into good range and we had wind gusting to 30 mph (per Intellicast), combined it made some tough shooting. As the hours passed the shooting go better and by 12:30 or so we had about 90 down. We didn't see any more big migrating balls of birds but we got some occasional shooting. We stayed to 3:00PM and it payed off as we ended up with a total of 103 birds.
-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Thursday 25th of October 2018 08:57:08 PM
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This has got to be the epitomy of eloquence!!! My favorite line ever written by NHC....
Hey Mr NHC:this has got to be your best year yet along with Ten Gauge-right? Keep up the good work!!
I hope to get out this week in spite of potential showers...hopefully the foot will continue improvement....
Great to see the Century Hunt! That is truly the sign that you are doing it right. And the fall colors must have been icing on the cake for that outing. Nice picture!
On the Browning Double Auto, I just got back shooting at the Nationals in San Antonio and while at one event a squad mate had his BDA jamb so bad that the referee, who was also a gunsmith, couldn't fix it right away. I told him "I've got something that will fix that problem...an Over & Under!" So I shared my Zoli with him to finish the event. I think he will be re-thinking which gun he shows up with at the next tournament.
Back to your hunt. You have many of your decoys oriented in one direction, like cows in a field. I've never seen a group of crows on the ground lined in the same direction as they are always watching each others' backs. May want to add a little more variety in the spread next time. Just a thought.
Keep them thumping!
Demi
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Pete: Wonderful report, sir!! I love the picture!! Reminds me very much of my home state.. North Carolina. The cut corn, flat field, mostly hardwoods in the distance...and a very fine assembly of dead crows!! Well managed, sir!!
Back to your hunt. You have many of your decoys oriented in one direction, like cows in a field. I've never seen a group of crows on the ground lined in the same direction as they are always watching each others' backs. May want to add a little more variety in the spread next time. Just a thought.
Keep them thumping!
Demi
Most of the decoys were kind of facing into the 25 mph wind we were having, live birds don't like having their feathers ruffled , so they like to keep the wind in their face as much as possible , so we ( I) set them like that on purpose .
Back to your hunt. You have many of your decoys oriented in one direction, like cows in a field. I've never seen a group of crows on the ground lined in the same direction as they are always watching each others' backs. May want to add a little more variety in the spread next time. Just a thought.
Demi if you think the direction the decoys are facing or something like the brand name of your decoy matters when crows come to an e-caller to investigate you are overthinking the game. We don't need them to land we just need to get them to come within 35 yards. However with that said birds land and mostly feed into the wind, ducks, geese or crows.
