23 December 2008, 05:07
Tx6BRWest Texas Sandhill Crane
It has been quite a while since I have been on the site. Thought I'd post a few photos of what I've been up to lately. O'Brian and I have been pretty busy hunting sandhill cranes. We have been shooting over OB's decoys and setting up on flyways. I have limited out everday except for one. Most of my birds were taken with my Citori 525 12ga. That all changed last Saturday when I came across a new Benelli M2 12ga. I loaded it up yesterday evening with some Black Cloud #4's and set up on a favorite flyway. 1st two shots downed two high fliers. A couple of shots later I had another high flier on the ground. The pics are from Dec. 13th -21st.
Bob
M2
23 December 2008, 06:21
N E 450 No2Well done.
I have never hunted sandhill cranes, but I have eaten a few taken by my buddy. They are VERY GOOD eating.
He calls them the RIB-EYE in the SKY.

23 December 2008, 07:11
Tx6BRWho is your buddy???? I've heard that saying recently. OB and I usually just make jerky out of them. I plan on trying something diffrent soon. I'll let you know how it turns out after I try it.