Crow Traps- lets talk.

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So, the old Crow is noying me, an possibly breaking our Chickens eggs? each morning and afternoon a mob of them fly in , well a murder of them drop by......
ive tried BBs amd SSG however they smarten up to it an take off real quick, the odd one gets a 222 from long range while in the tree but i need something i can leave out an get em!

anyone got anything thats workin, that i could make :)

thanks!!
 
this will hopefully be an interesting topic.
Ravens like to sneak in an rob the chicken coop here and over at a friends place that has a small farm
They have pretty much tried everything and like you say..... the ravens get wise real quick.
But at my friends place they have 40 laying hens and some days get less than a dozen eggs. They have ruled out pack rats, martins, coyotes ect and have seen the raven fly out with an egg in its beak.
My buddy is going to try a tunnel for the chickens to travel thru to enter the nesting coop. He is going to make it from chicken wire fencing about 16" or so high at the apex and 5ft long.
Figures the ravens won't risk travelling down the tunnel to get at eggs .
curious to hear others plans
 
Corvids are one of the smartest animals on earth. Able to make and use tools and also solve multi process puzzles.

I am interested to see if they will be out smarted.
 
This work ?

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Grizz
 
You could try a one way door like this, used for pigeon coops. Doesn't take the birds long to figure it out I'm not sure if the crows would fall for it after seeing buddy trapped though.
 

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If your Australian crows act similarly to North American crows you could try hanging a few dead ones in the trees - or up on poles - around your chicken coup.
 
i gots to catch the baatards first :D :p

or shoot but , the trap door or cage trap sounds good but they are Crows, typically a bit clued on to this sort of stuff!


but you give me a nice idea with the one way door, i could maybe set something up that one way into the chook shed, nesting box but then it can stay there lol... then i rekon a slug gun would fix him :D !

Stay Tuned.... this will be a thread in progress...
 
Had the crows trained at my old place. Could walk around the yard with a rake, stick or hoe in your hand and the crows would go about their business usually well within centre fire range. Sneak the barrel of the 243 around the corner a little to quick and they were gone. Great fun trying to sneak them from the yard using various cover as they were onto the window being opened on the back of the house.

Good luck as they are crafty buggers
 
I set up a blind using camouflage burlap on tomato stakes in the treeline on the edge of a field I have scouted previously. I set up the blind in the darkness in the predawn. I dress head to toe in camo including my face and stay very still as the sunlight comes and the crows wake up. In front of me I setup 6 decoys with plenty of space between them all facing inwardly. This is to mimick a feeding. When the crows wake up and start cawing I call them in with a mouth call. If you fool them they will come in aggressively and arrogantly. I dispatch them with a 12 gauge pump using 7 1/2 shot target loads. Often times one will come in to check the situation out, if he sees you and realized what is up he will let a out a warning call to the others which is three long equal "CAWS" if this happens the jig is up, you have been made and no more crows will come in. You can either stay hidden from this sentry or you can pop him before he opens his beak. I prefer the latter. I use purpose decoys but you can make some with wire coat hangers and black plastic bags will be adequate. It seems like a lot of work to shoot some pesty birds but as others have mentioned they are incredibly intelligent. I have shot hundreds of crows and they never cease to amaze me with how they are able to foil my best laid traps. Good luck.
PS this described common crows in Canada your Australian corvids may differ.
 
I would suggest you try baiting them near the chicken coop.

the bait will distract them and keep them off the coop. If you want to shoot them, have some kind of blind close to it. angle the field of shooting away from anything you don't want to damage. after a few days of baiting, they'll show up regular like. get a semi auto and wait in the blind. when they feasting, blast away.

otherwise slowly moving the bait away and drawing them off. It'll get kind of expensive long term.
 
Fill a garbage bag with acetylene and oxygen (same mix you use when cutting with the torch) and stick the female end of an extension cord in it, with a paperclip shorting out the terminals (tape the bag shut around the cord). Lay bait around the bag and lie in wait near your outlet. When they come for the bait, plug it in.

Crows were trying to get into any garbage bag they could see. After one of those experiences, you could see them divert their course around the shop for a year later.
 
Every Crow you see on the side of the road was killed by a truck

As you all know, crows are extremely intelligent and can talk to each other

The issue is they can only say Car, Car, Car .....


Ill see myself out :)
 
Jmcc said:
Every Crow you see on the side of the road was killed by a truck

As you all know, crows are extremely intelligent and can talk to each other

The issue is they can only say Car, Car, Car .....


Ill see myself out :)
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Surprisingly a few magpies bite the dust as well. :)

Grizz
 
Jmcc said:
Every Crow you see on the side of the road was killed by a truck

As you all know, crows are extremely intelligent and can talk to each other

The issue is they can only say Car, Car, Car .....


Ill see myself out :)
Click to expand...

LOL I needed a chuckle this morning and that fit the bill. :)
 
Make a donation in the name of the crows to the Clinton Foundation. Within a couple of days the problem should be taken care of.
 
Years ago a Swiss born dairy farmer neighbour had a great way of dealing with crows. He made a rectangular cage out of chicken wire about 3'x6'x2 feet high with a hole about 12-18" in the top. He would put stale bread inside and sprinkle some on top, the crows would strut around on top looking at the bread inside and would eventually hop in through the hole in the top. But they couldn't fly back out, their spread wings wouldn't fit through the hole. Self resetting and the more crows in the cage the better it worked! When he had accumulated a dozen or more he would invite a few friends over with their shotguns, release one at time for a crow shoot. RIP Joe
 
cant you use a dog to protect them?

I like crows and toss food out on my street and offer them treats. So I don't see them as pests. But they do hate when my dogs are out in the yard.

but I can relate if you have birds and you want to keep them safe.
 
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