Wednesday morning I had time and weather cooperates to get a shoot in on a small group of birds that were roosting near a farm I was able to get into. Stumbled upon about 50 crows in a field while scouting geese. Watched it for a few days waiting for the right wind, which turned out to be no wind. I was only about 1/4 mile from the roost but it was best I could do and make a decent hide that wasn't under 60-80ft trees.
I estimated about 50-75 crows in this group, was able to get shots at 12 or 13 and downed 7. Most action early then they started to get smart to the call So I threw out the Halloween party flying bat on top of a dead crow and it worked on a few!
Forgot to take pictures until I was all picked up almost but have a couple. Used a dozen cardboard silouettes to supplement my 4 full bodies I put in the trees near me.
Huh, even tried rotating image on my phone but still uploads 90 degrees off.
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Good report, Gary. You are learning their ways and making them pay!
Relative to the motion crow/bat, movement (not from the hunter) seems to keep their focus away from you. Good move. IMO, the ultimate motion machine is the FF5 flapper from England...expensive, but it does the trick. And the sideways photos are a routine problem for me as well these days. Must be a problem with the forum site, not our photos.
Stay after them and keep the reports coming.
Demi
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Thanks Demi. I'm aware of the ff5 you guys use, just trying to keep my wife from going bonkers on me with already buying the foxpro, decoys and panel blind. It's not quite as gear intensive as ducks and geese...but close! LoL
Our season closes here Oct 1 so I'm done for now. Will revisit with more intensity in February and March when reopens.
Off to NoDak in 5 days for ducks&geese, different kind of fun. Good luck to those just getting started.
