scottx
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Reged: 07/03/2008
Posts: 13
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Been shooting clays since I was younger but now the farmer next to me has told me that he is putting some maize in this year for feed.
The problem is that we have a great number of wood pidgeon and crows on the land and he wants me to help keep numbers down.
What would be the best shot size to use for this?
Thanks
Scott
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sandersj89
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Reged: 26/01/2007
Posts: 156
Loc: Sussex or Devon
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30gr 6 shot for most of my shooting on pigeons and crows.
You dont need anything fancy to be honest.
Jerry
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scottx
member
Reged: 07/03/2008
Posts: 13
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Thanks for that.
Will have a look round for cheap deals now.
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ROBERT6500
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Reged: 21/09/2007
Posts: 129
Loc: SOMERSET
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It`s a personal thing but I like to use 5s for crows and rooks because they are a very tough bird a rook and you can get a few walkers with anything smaller I have found. If your not going to eat the pigeons then I would use 5s for them aswell as it gives a better instant kill rate. Also use some choke at least quarter/half out of respect for the quarry for cleaner kills.
Remember don`t use plastic wads because they leave an awfull mess in the field and can be eaten by livestock, not to mention the farmer may not ask you back again because of it.
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bothedirtydog
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Reged: 20/04/2008
Posts: 7
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had a few days on pidgeon last year,they were on maize. found it expensive after about three days and loaded up on cheap size 6 from trago mills. shot was poor,saw a lot of feathers,struggled with high birds had been hitting previously, and picked up less than half the birds i shot. charge was poor and used remaing shot on clearing some rabbits. would spend few extra pound for better quality improves experience nothing worse than not hitting birds.
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