Cattle farm crow decoying

When crows, rooks and jackdaws hit the cattle feed, this Sussex farmer calls in Tristan Surgey. Tris explains how he decoys the corvids - and he gets some help from farmer’s son Aiden (who should be revising for his A-levels).
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Why shoot corvids?
Crows, rooks, magpies and jackdaws are a farm pest that eat crops and animal feed. They are on the ‘general licences’ for shooting across the UK, with some local variations. They are usually shot over decoys.
They 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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[@hc9195]

It’s amazing how well you do this I have just got my shotgun certificate and I’m trying to control the crows. There’s a lot more thought than just the shooting.

[@buckshotaaa]

Very professional and informative. Good job.👍

[@specdel]

Lots of really useful advice here, well done and many thanks.

[@hijixxy7790]

Great video always make great content

[@davidcaul7836]

Brilliant stuff 👏

[@jamessparrow6549]

Some good shooting there 👍🏻.

[@abramoo5420]

Greaaat.

[@Retired-Tom]

Corvids but few pigeons, could be here

[@sekipkoc4856]

your life is screwd ! killing crows gives u bad luck!

[@rogerofrhodri]

Grow up, it's bad luck for the crows

[@sekipkoc4856]

u have such a big brain but u realy just use 0,3 % of it? its like im trying to explain ia microbe the universe

[@charleskittler4330]

We would go walked up pheasant hunting in the USA our young pointer would get the last 2 miles to hunting spot running beside the car so young spirited dog would just be right to obey and not over running the hunting area 👍👍

[@42Redeyes]

What do you do with the shot birds

[@fieldsportstv]

They go in the farm renderer.