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Friday/Saturday Combo
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Our season is coming to a close so I have been trying to squeeze in a few extra hunts. Friday was kinda special for me, I got to take my son-in-law that only gets to go with me once a year. I had one other A-Team member join us for what turned out to be a super day for three guys. We had no game plan, so we just hea...
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My new ammo :-(
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FFS, just putting the ammo away and looked in the box, thought those look bloody small. Too damn right, the idiot only gave me 50 grain 223 instead of 50 grain 22-250 GRRRRRRRRRRR I'm annoyed to say the least So just rang said I'd come straight down and change them so I could go out tonight. Only problem...
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Fox shooting, a likely ban in the UK
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Please everyone vote here, as depending on how this vote goes, will probably depend on whether we have fox shooting still, or it becomes banned as happend with fox hunting. this is how the fox hunting ban in the UK started, and now they are after stopping shooting too. anyone from anywhere can vote, and...
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Primos Alpha Dogg and eBay/PayPal
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So, this morning, decided to order a Primos Alpha Dogg electronic caller from the states via eBay.
All went well till it said confirm and pay, then I did so, and it said, transaction not complete, please return to the item and order again. So I checked my purchase history, nothing there, so did it again...
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A-Team Gets it Done in the wind
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Boy what a hard hunt. Last Saturday we had an invitation to hunt the same farm as two weeks ago but this time the wind was blowing 25mph and our hide was all wrong. The farmer said the birds were back in there in good numbers but with Mr. Wind was in full command. We went for it anyway and only managed to ki...
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shooting in the rain
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Well i know how Redditch is feeling as all we have had to day is mostly rain, got soaked setting the decoys up, then after a while the sun peeked thu and i got a nice pic of 'two rainbows' then we had a hail storm with thunder, back to rain, after not even getting a shot, i packed up and it did start to clear a bit s...
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The A-Team's 5th Hunt of 2013
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The A-Team gathers at our local meeting place for our 5th hunt together of the season. This was to be a special event for us. We were to be joined by our close friend Kim that had traveled from Weyburn Saskatchewan to hunt with us for a few days. As with any long distance travel it has it’s draw backs. He had h...
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Gary
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Dead crows
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Two hundred dead crows were recently found near LittleRock Ark. There was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows and confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu ... to everyone's relief. However, he determined that 98% of the cr...
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A-Team hits the road 2013
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The A-Team started its season on a good note. Last Friday was our first outing as a group. It was a cold and crisp 28F and the crows were on the move to find food. We had to ride a few miles to find them in numbers but when we did we made short order of them.. I do not know if age has anything to do with it, but I j...
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New Crow decoys
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So, had been using flocked decoys, but they tend to be easily damaged, and don't stand up to rain and freezing very well (they split), plus they cost £7.50 each plus P&P
So, was looking on EBAY and came across an offer of 24 decoys for £48.00 including P&P which was too good to miss.
So ordered t...
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Fog
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I had mentioned in one of my post about hunting in the fog last week. Really my first experience after 30 years of crowing of hunting in thick fog. I was curious about other hunters experiences crowing in the fog and how did your birds respond ?
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Disaster strikes....
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The story of an otherwise successful hunt.... Got up yesterday to the soothing sound of falling rain at 4:20 to meet my friend at the place where we had shot 42 a couple of weeks ago. We were hunting a field that is constantly fertilised with vegetable farming waste. A really good spot that always draws...
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Difference between USA and UK/European crow shooting
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I've noticed that in almost al, the USA crow shooting videos I have seen, not ONE, not a single one, has used a whirly, and very few use floaters. I suppose its because your crows are a migratory species, and you are constrained by seasons too,mso people can't be bothered to invest in equipment other tha...
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New high seat
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I have a few fields that are very hilly, which makes shooting rabbits and foxes on them (despite the fact that are literally teeming) extremely difficult.
So, I've bought one of these high seats, which will put me 17 feet high and give me a birds eye view of the fields. Ideal for my 17 HMR and 22-250 rem.
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Finally arrived...
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One tough month to wait! But finally it has arrived in the post via Arizona and another station...!
The Suckerpunch raffle call.
And let me tell you, this call is precisely what I hoped it would be!! As if it had been truly custom made to my specifications!
A true sweettalker! Much lower in tone th...
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Bad Press for crow hunters across the pond
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This is just nuts... a propaganda piece if I've ever read one... Click HERE to read this disgusting article. SHAME ON YOU ABC NEWS.. -- Edited by Splash One on Thursday 22nd of November 2012 05:16:04 PM
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My back field
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This is the field at the back of my house. Nearly everyday since it was harvested its had crows on it. Today aren't many compared to normal, as its raining hard. The crows continue to the left behind the trees and to the right behind the building, about 100 yards each side
Also behind the hill will probab...
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Audacity Software
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Admittedly I am behind the times and still using some cassette callers, they are cheap and work great in the field IMO. With my home stereo system I have the ability to record cassette to cassette and from CD to cassette and I keep 10ga and I supplied with fresh tapes as needed. I have the Johhny Stewart...
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Last year was a bit wet
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Thought I'd throw up a few pictures of the muddiest day I've ever hunted crows..and the shooting wasn't even that great...but the 4x4 was. The war wagon had so much mud on it's tires that I had to stop and dig out the wheel wells.. there was clay from the tire all the way to the top of the well. [IMG]https://...
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Disgrace! Catholic church denies hunters holy mass!
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Every year the hunters in germany celebrate the "Hubertusmesse" on the 3rd November to celebrate the day of our patron St. Hubertus. Now a Cathedral got protests from antis. In the process access to the cathedral to have a church service was denied by the church authorities. If this is not...
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Splash One's Owl Decoys
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Out the next few days
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So, got a phone call from one of my farmers today. He sewed two fields of winter barley, one yesterday, one today, and the crows are already ripping into them. So, next few days are gonna be busy again -- Edited by Redditch on Thursday 25th of October 2012 04:16:02 PM
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Score from an antique shop
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I know they are warped.. I can fix that... I'm just excited to have them.. Johnny Stewart was a pioneer, and leagues beyond other game call recordings of his time. I paid a buck a piece.
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hooded crow
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ive now been a keen crow shooter for 5 years, and ive never shot or seen a hooded crow arround here, today when i pulled up at the pig pens, i coudent beleive it, there in amongst the carrion crows was a 'hoody' !!!!!!! i slid the gun out of the case, and practicly crawled up to the edge of the pen, the carrion...
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Good Day
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Me and my partner killed 35 in a little less than 2 and half hours. It was hard to keep rounds in the guns a few times. We had a blast. There are only 33 in pic because two went into deep jagger bushes and I wasn't going in after them
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This weekend....
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Lads, I have an excellent weekend coming.... Driven hare, maybe some partridge, ducks, wild boar, fox and possibly crows are on the menu. Weheyyyy :)
Pics to come...
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my weekly trip to the hog farm
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got down to one of the hog farms i shoot on, and after a bit of rain it cleared out in to a nice sunny day, made my hide up in one of the empty pens, and it started out pretty good with quite a few 'customers' dropping in, had several skiens of geese pass overhead thu the day, as they have now come down from the nor...
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A morning in franconia...
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Call yesterday morning: "Am sick, can't make it, you're on your own!"
So, hit the accelarator, Blind up, got annoyed with Sentinel poles (bending ), Decoys up, car moved, run back,
sentinel put up properly, into blind, mask, gloves, hearing protectors, lanyard on, gun loaded......
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stuffed fox
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heard a lot about people using stuffed fox or a owl to try and lure crows in so finally tried a stuffed fox, it was in the spring time must admit i had a lot of crows come in to the surronding trees and mob the fox, but they stayed well out of range, and only managed to shoot a few, but will have to try the owl and s...
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dont blame me
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dont blame me if your pork dont taste right LOL. got to the hogfarm before feeding time today and what ever crows fell in the pig pens did not lay there long
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