That is quite a pile of birds! The dog seems happy after a full day's work.
I would like to know more of what sort of decoy setup you used, and how you got that many crows and ravens to keep coming in. Did your dog keep removing them from the field as you shot, or did you just leave them out there as more decoys?
I have only had crows keep coming in when I wounded one, and it lay on the ground, calling. They seemed to want to come rescue it or avenge things, and I shot some more, but nothing like that of yours.
The bag consisted of Rooks, Crows, Jackdaws, and pigeons. Raven are a protected species here.
I was shooting over drilled barley, in May, a few years ago.
On the first day I used four crow decoys, and,a dozen pigeon decoys. As birds were shot, I added them to the decoys. I only sent the dog for runners.
My hide is in the Whin (Gorse) bushes in the above picture. Well hidden, I used a call to get the birds to come in.
Over four days I shot (picked) 308 birds. Without looking back in my records, I can not remember numbers of each species, I'm afraid, but do recall that I fired about 600 cartridges.
By the fourth day, the birds remaining decided it would be better to eat elsewhere.
I have shot many decent bags of crows, during the Winter, when they have been on sheep feed. Again, a good hide is essential. Do not move until the bird is so close that it can not get out of range before you can shoot.
Steve.