Crow shoot: 180-bird day

Matt Turley and Nigel White know how to put on a good day. It's 100-200 birds and it only costs £20 for the day. Matt looks after corvid control at a pig farm outside Taunton in Somerset. The pig nuts are popular with the birds, so you can shoot as often as you like - they still come in.

To go crow shooting with Matt, email [email protected]

Matt's gun is a Remington Model 11-87 FAC semi-auto
Nigel's gun is a Beretta A400 Xcel semi-auto
Matt uses Gamebore Super Steel 32g 5-shot cartridges
Nigel uses Gamebore Clear Pigeon 30g 6-shot cartridges
Cradles are by Jack Pyke
The Whirly is by A1 Decoys A1Decoy.co.uk
The Flapper is the FF5 by FlightlineDecoys.co.uk
Hide netting is by Jack Pyke

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Why shoot corvids?
Crows and magpies are omnivorous predators and occur across all habitats. They are major predators of ground-nesting birds, waders and song birds, consuming both eggs and young chicks.
Corvid predation particularly impacts thrushes (White, P.J.C., Stoate, C., Szczur, J. & Norris, K.J. 2014). Research has shown that the populations of curlew, golden plover and lapwing are significantly improved by controlling corvid numbers (GWCT Research Waders on the Fringe 2010).
Crows also predate on lambs and young livestock, and can damage newly-sown cereal crops, particularly in winter and spring when other food sources are scarce.

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