M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
How many have taken one hundred or more crows in a day? If you have then you are a member of the century club!
Crow hunting... Anyone in the "century club"?
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TheCoachZed
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Nowhere close for me. We don't have the kind of numbers around here for that. If you were really really good you might get a dozen in a day here in one spot - but then there'd be none left.
- Location
- Kawartha Lakes
Ummm......I've never seen a hundred cows in one day ??
Turkeyslayer 1300
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Russell, Ontario
Some people like to shoot crows, I never really understood it I believe it originates from the days when people claimed they decimated game bird populations and crops. Too each their own though. My grandfather raised tame crows for awhile, smarter than any parrot and better mimics too. I don't shoot them as a result.
BlazinDayz
Regular
- Location
- Niverville, MB
Yep crows, ravens as well as magpies are quite smart. The magpie can even mimic human speech better then parrots. Don't know why but my father in law hates magpies with a passion and will shoot them any chance he'll get.
TheCoachZed
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I hunt them because it's "sporty" (as my old hunting book claims) and because the season is open year-round, not because of any particular dislike for crows. I find them very interesting birds, actually, and would consider having a tame one myself if it was legal.
I would love to have a season on magpies and starlings instead! Starlings especially are an invasive species and I would terminate as many as I could!
I would love to have a season on magpies and starlings instead! Starlings especially are an invasive species and I would terminate as many as I could!
Starlings are generally in the city, no? Which is why they aren't 'fair game'.
Seriously, the only birds you see in the city nowadays are crows, starlings (or grackles - what's the difference?), robins, gulls and pigeons. There used to be all kinds of different songbirds in Wpg when I was a kid.
Seriously, the only birds you see in the city nowadays are crows, starlings (or grackles - what's the difference?), robins, gulls and pigeons. There used to be all kinds of different songbirds in Wpg when I was a kid.
TheCoachZed
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I'm in NB. Starlings are off-limits unless you shoot them as pests on your own property, which I can't do.
Northern Boater
CGN Regular
- Location
- Northern BC
I dont think you are allowed to shoot crows in BC.
You need to familiarize yourself with the regs crows and magpies can be "killed anytime" as well as others on the list.
TheCoachZed
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Is it seagulls then that you cant shoot?
Yeah, they are off-limits.
Northern Boater
CGN Regular
- Location
- Northern BC
The regs are online there are two lists of species, one can be killed if damaging property only on private property. The other can be killed anytime and anywhere it is legal for you to shoot. I kill both crows and magpies every chance I get, they are very hard on other species when nesting and I would much rather have nesting Orioles ect than crows/magpies. They actually gather in raiding parties on our property during nesting season, the noise gives them away and the the 12 gauge looks after it from there.
