Crow Shooting from a pallet hide
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Tom Sykes heads out for a spot of crow shooting using his new pallet hide
Putting it to the test
Once again I have been out mopping up some troublesome crows that have started to cost the farmer money with their relentless attacks on the sheep feeders. With the Mark1 hide straight off the production line, I took it down and set it up in the problem area to put a stop to the free banquet. I set the hide up about 10 yards from the hedge to enable me to see any birds approaching from the rear, and placed it between a large ash tree in the hedge and the two sheep feeders from which the crows were feeding. After leaving the hide in place for a couple of days, I headed back with a few decoys with my Nova pump action. As the birds would have acclimatised to the hide by now, I opted to put in my Kicks half choke - it is a good all-round choke for up-close-and-personal shooting, as well as making light work of wary birds passing at range.
Decoy spread
I used a mixture of decoys to create the perfect pattern with some full bodies lofted in the ash tree, some on top of the feeders, a few rags dotted about and a couple of floaters to guide the birds in. Within a matter of minutes the trap was set and I was in my hide ready for the fun to begin. It turned out to be a very good afternoon’s sport, with a lot of the crows sailing in on the wind without any reaction to me or the hide, enabling me to pick off some real sitters at incredibly close range. The down side, from a control point of view was the weather; the wind picked up, which made it incredibly difficult to shoot right-and-lefts as, after the first shot was fired, the second bird could simply tip its wings and disappear into the distance. Despite this challenge I still bagged a tidy number of birds which made the survivors think twice before revisiting.
Don't you just love it when a shooter goes out into his professionally thought out hide and gets what he was after. Well done buddy just love the blues music too, keep them comming great shooting. 👍
Thank you once again for your positive comments Philip
Great stuff again. Totally inspired me to make one and great to see the pump back in action!
Did you end up making one? The pump is always fun, the problem is I have to much choice when it comes to guns. It's not a bad position to be in though
Yes I did, set up next to cattle sheds just where the birds begin their approach to get in to the cattle feed. 82 mixed crows and jackdaws within 2 hours last Tuesday. When's the next video coming?
+bruce6341 That's great news. I really like it when people have success with my mad ideas! I'm hoping a short pigeon shooting video will be uploaded today. We have a fantastic video coming out at the beginning of July that is jam packed with shooting footage!
great shooting buddy, love the music to, keep up the good work from another crow shooting enthusiast
Thank you very much. I'm glad you like the footage. The films are evolving all the time so subscribe for the latest films on shootinguk and my personal chanel.
Great shooting and the music really adds to the effect yet again !!
Thank you
Good work , well done and good shooting
Nice 1 Tommy, you had fun.
Thank you
I never played loud music while shooting crows like this...this is ridiculous...
Why do ppl kill for sport? Its absolutely sickening
what size of shot are you using? I live in california so we can't use lead we have to use steel shot.
what cartridges used ?
What was the total then ? And what birds did you get ?
The total was around 30 for a couple of hours shooting. It was a mixed bag but mainly rooks. It kept the farmer happy as the remaining birds have left his sheep feeders in peace since then