Out With Rapid Mk1 This Morning

[j j m 6,630]

went up the golf course this morning 5 o clock as i couldnt get back to sleep,as i pulled in to the car park there was a crow eating out of fish and chip wrappers,it flew to a near tree as i drove in i drove 30 yards past it wound passenger side window down and waited for it to come back down ,after a few minutes and a bit of shouting its head off it come down for seconds ,gun out of bag i put the cross right on its head 22 accupell straight to the head stone dead,i picked it up walked over to the first green and placed it at the feet of my decoy eagle owl,i stayed in the bushes plenty of cover after 10 minutes a couple of magpies appeared shouting there heads off but were very nervouse.eventually one come in to range i went for a heart shot as it would not keep its head still it rolled over lovely i left it where it was after what seemed ages another crow appeared i took him out at 45 yards with a head shot he would not go to near its dead mates but come close enough to get shot all in all a nice hour out and some food for my sparrow hawks love the rapid

[Bunnyblatter 1,012]

Nice morning out mate.

Well done on the corvids. Do you find the owl a good decoy ? Been thinking of getting one for a while now

[j j m 6,630]

yes mate it is a good decoy as long as you moove it around a bit and dont keep it in the same area after a few kills as the corvids seem to wise up to it

[bigmac 97kt 13,842]

Top class mate as all ways

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[David.evans 5,323]

Totally agree with Jjm

I've got the little owl , and it does work , but moving it around a bit helps greatley

I've had a good few crows / bandits , doing the same

Atb lads

Ps

Great shooting mate !

[ftm 3,357]

I use the eagle owl and a crow/magpie caller once I spot the 1st on coming in they seem a bit less scared once they hear another corvid cackling -billy

[j j m 6,630]

Good luck tonight mac mate look forward to reading about it tomorrow mate,i was going to have a night out with you and sean, but im having a night in with the family im still in the dog house mate ha ha

[j j m 6,630]

David I used to get good results with a liuttle owl it was the flapper one it used to pull the maggies in mate

[j j m 6,630]

Ftm the callers are good for pulling them in, I hate the magpies there my top of the list bird to shoot

[mark williams 7,568]

Nice one ftm, the call is a must , i like a bit of blue tac on the owls bill with a length of light fishing line attached and a "few downy feathers" attached to the end, tends to simulate the owl actively feeding and drives the corvids very angrily in, when there`s a dead bird at the owl`s feet.

Gets me how they fall for the downy feather trick with a dead rabbit as well, must look like gut fur to them

Edited July 25, 2015 by mark williams

[The one 8,600]

Been hissing down with rain all my days off I'm jealous

[j j m 6,630]

Hopefully you will get some good weather soon mate

[j j m 6,630]

I bit of feather on the decoy birds beake always works wonders