Crow Hunt

DVXDUDE said:
It's amazing how smart they are. When I got my 17hmr when I was 18 I took that gun to the barn every morning to try and pick off a crow or two in the pasture. I didn't really shoot crows anywhere else. After a summer of that I don't think you could get within 300 yards of a crow until the new crop came next year.
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Crows are incredibly intelligent birds, there was a program on a nature show a few years back that was an hour long. It delved into the crow and its intelligence. If folks ever get a chance to watch that 1 hour documentary, it is very enlightening and well worth it.
Amongst other things, they showed that crows can convey information to their group and even describe things to the crows that have never seen such things. Why does the crow the off when you come out with a gun? ...... Because it recognizes the gun.
 
Butcherbill said:
Crows and ravens generally get a pass around the farm, they don’t fúck with the chickens and they both chase off predatory birds. The ravens do steal duck eggs from my one neighbor, but that’s a whole nother story in itself. Our chickens lay in the nest boxes and the crows and ravens never go in the coop.

If they were causing problems I wouldn’t hesitate to shoot them, lately it’s been squirrels and the odd flicker that cause issues.
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They put hell on my aunts cornfields, otherwise I wouldn't bother. Squirrels on the other hand are a bird feeder problem.
 
Guy JR said:
I don't want to eat a crow so I don't actively hunt them.
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Eat what you Hunt/Kill. So, Everyone in this thread is a 'Crow Eater'¿ {lol} I guess Crows aren't as smart as they say. {to get killed by s.h's} I've been Blessed, to have a couple 'Crow' companions. It was pretty amazing, how keen they were, & the obvious effort they gave me. Had one who would 'talk' .. I guess if I was starving... -a.h.pr if not.
 
I hunt them in the fall when they bunch up. Find a bush where they roost for the night, show up early with as much ammo as you can carry.

Hide at the edge of the trees. When they start to come you won't be able to reload fast enough. They won't stop coming until it is too dark to shoot.
 
I was scouting for turkeys today and I clearly saw a crow grabbing a small song bird mid - flight and started pecking it on the ground. That was some serious redneck safari seen through by binoculars.
 
Alon said:
I was scouting for turkeys today and I clearly saw a crow grabbing a small song bird mid - flight and started pecking it on the ground. That was some serious redneck safari seen through by binoculars.
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Wait till songbirds start laying eggs and the crows will switch to nest raiding until the young are fledged and can fly. Even then theyre fair game. I kill every crow I can. Time to put the caller back on and hang the decoys again. As mentioned, if a rookery can be found the shooting can be wild.
 
billbmcleod said:
I am not sure if we have crows or ravens around here. As a result I would not shoot in case it was a protected raven. I asked a CO once and he said make sure of your target!
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Bruce county Ontario? Pretty distinct size difference between the two, I’ve never seen a large group of ravens like you do crows
 
Seen the crows picking off ducklings right out of the nest ,sorry had to thin them down a bit ,don't know if it helped but local ducks seem to prosper.
 
We have been shooting them for a long time. If we hunt the same spots to often it is nearly impossible to get a crow within shogun distance. Best shoot was in a roost bush at evening and now we travel in SW Ontario to every public hunting area within 3 hours that allows hunting. This way they may come in to the call again. We use a fox pro, mouth crow owl call, decoys and a spinning wing crow and 4 shooters. Will be out this Saturday again and once turkey, deer and yote hunting starts we leave them alone.
 
At the risk of hearing the cliche "mushroom soup and a pressure cooker" again, I'll ask the captain obvious question:

What does crow taste like, anyway?
 
Not actively anymore, but used to do a few hunts every fall. Now I just move the decoys around, and wonder if the NiCad batteries for the FoxPro still hold a charge. lol

It is fun/challenging, and they do learn quick. No trouble finding them when I'm not in camo with shotgun. lol Their vision is great too, funny to see 1-2 on a fast approach to the decoys only to discover they're not real. I pay close attention to how far away they tend to hit the brakes and set-up accordingly. Or try. You can see one behavior and adapt to it, only to have them do something entirely different once you've changed spots/your spread, etc. The odd one will just stop and hover over them for a second, which is not a great decision.

I did once hunt with a guy down near Chatham, that redefined what I thought I knew about crow numbers. Allot of corn down there feeding an ethanol plant and I'm guessing...something unique about the climate too? Never thought so many could be in one place.
 
Wendell said:
At the risk of hearing the cliche "mushroom soup and a pressure cooker" again, I'll ask the captain obvious question:

What does crow taste like, anyway?
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When I was a kid my Dad told me that only an Italian would eat them (and Song Birds) and that they called it "Chicken with a black eye.

Years ago I told my Wife this, she said my Dad was a Racist, then one day National Geo came in the mail and there was a story about European Song Birds being threatened with a photo from Italy with a big casserole dish full of Song Birds. I couldn't show it to her fast enough, he did ride his Mars Motorcycle to Italy after all.
 
I will echo how smart they are. They learn quick and now I swear when they see my jeep, the ones 300+ yds away in the field that never used to pay me any mind now f-off as soon as I stop :) . And I think they learn to recognize the repeating loop of the various foxpro crow calls.

I ate one last fall. I was dove hunting with a friend and I shot a crow - breasted it and seasoned it with some sea salt and grilled it along side the dove breasts prepared the same way. It was edible and would do in a pinch but one bite was enough to know I'd never eat one again unless i really had to.
 
So got time for a quick hunt! Turned out rather well for us but not for them! None were eaten bye the way but I also don’t eat mice or rats, but suppose I should according too some on here!! Not gonna happen. Do you morons eat flies,mosquitoes or other vermin when you kill them?? End of story!!IMG_7838.jpgIMG_7839.jpg
 

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