secretagentmole 1,701 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Last night I decided to have a couple of hours down the permission, got permission from the land owner, notified the constabulary, checked air pressure and went shooting. The pigeons were not evident, I think their roost changes, there were shotguns a couple of fields away and this may have meant that they thought it was a bit dodgy getting home! Same with the pheasants. So I decided to look for tree rats, when I hear them. There are a few crows about and one of my permission holders is expecting a few lambs soon, you do not want crows and new born lambs! I could see this thing up a tree against the setting sun sky, this is one that has been winding me up all summer, one of my silent quests. Well I managed to get a good shot at it, aim, one under, fire, thwack, head shot crow. Well that is one of the evil gang out of the way and that will make my permission holder happy! Next try to find it, the sun sets behind a flood bank, meaning that it may still be up, but light there is none on teh ground, try finding a black bird, in rapidly encroaching darkness! Managed to see a bird like shape, there it was, deaded! Then I went to take a photo, the one thing I did not check was the battery level in the camera, switch on meep whir, dead, switch on, meep whir dead, oh bother, hey, the torch, the mobile phone, why have I never thought of this before, so lousy photos, but I got a crow!!! Edited January 20, 2012 by secretagentmole Quote Link to post
77 si 21 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Nice shooting pal, its always nice when you can get crow. I have always found them to be very cunning and clever and certainly not the easiest animal to get in the bag with an air rifle. Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 I know what you mean, first sight of a man with a rifle, indeed just a man, these birds make for the hedges, trees, miles away! I just managed to get this one as it was getting ready to sleep, it got a rapid sleeping tablet! Quote Link to post
zini 1,939 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Nice shot Mike. Another happy land owner Si. Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 You did well to whack the crow in the dark, the darkside is on your side Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Thanks guys, it has been hard to get one of these and finding it afterwards was a pain! Mary has got one before but she was using a Nissan Sunny 1.3 calibre! Edited January 20, 2012 by secretagentmole Quote Link to post
davyt63 1,845 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 hi mike nice shot Davy Quote Link to post
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