listen to the ravens

A friend of mine and I had just shot a wolf and were howling to try to bring the pack back in to get a shot at another. The wolves were howling, we were howling and withing a few minutes there were ravens flying in from all directions. I have heard that ravens and wolves work together to get game, could be true.

I also observe ravens to help me pin point game in the bush. They quite often will do a little hover move for 2 wing beats when they fly over something while they are taking a look. They do it to me when I get spotted that is how learned to identify it.
 
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I also observe ravens to help me pin point game in the bush. They quite often will do a little hover move for 2 wing beats when they fly over something while they are taking a look. They do it to me when I get spotted that is how learned to identify it.
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I've had this happen to me a lot ....when you move slightly the raven will do a frantic dip and dive outta there .
I've read other stories over the years about ravens leading hunters to hidden(live) game , but never had it happen to me .
Once, during a heavy snowstorm, I shot a young buck, dressed it then carried it a couple hundred yards and hid the deer under the low spreading branches of a big balsam(to protect the meat from the ravens). When I got back about 3 hrs. later the ravens had consumed most of the tenders around the upper hind quarters.:mad:
I don't know how they could have found the deer , unless they do have great sense of smell .
 
After gutting out a deer in dense bush, I covered the liver under branches, while I went for my hunters partners to help me out to bring the deer out to the truck. When I came back for the deer, the ravens had found and eaten most of the liver !
 
I wonder about the sense of smell in birds. Can Ravens even smell at all? I don't believe turkeys can at all. Can Vultures smell?? lol.
I'm no expert thats for sure but in my experience I don't believe we can even comprend a birds sense of vision.
 
According to Biologists, the sense of smell in birds is very primitive, and not their primary food-getting option. However, birds vision IS very highly developed, with some birds of prey having vision that equals 10X glass. Ravens are not quite that good, but very good nevertheless. Add to this the fact that Birds see in vivid color gives them a great advantage in locating edible goodies. I do know that Ravens, Crows, Magpies, Whiskey Jacks and a couple of other species can learn about the sound of gunshots, and will attend a kill very shortly after it occurs. I have had Whiskey Jacks perch on a moose carcass while I was still dressing it. REgards, Eagleye.
 
well, the ravens must have carried it away (or else it melted with the snow), went back there today and the carcass is gone, nothing but a couple of tufts of hair.
 
the added bonus to a successful moose hunt is the revisiting of the gut pile..
alway,s get to see the many ravens and the great bald eagles.
just watching these great birds is one of the greater parts of my hunt:)
 
I don't know about Ravens sense of smell, but I do know that vultures can actually use their sense of smell to locate rotting carcasses. The Sask. Natural History Society reports that one experimenter hid an animal carcass in a manure pile. A couple days later vultures found it, despite the obvious "cover' scent and no visual clues. Birds are amazing!
 
The ancient wise Viking God, Odin, had two ravens named "Hugin" (thought) and "Murin" (memory), which indicates that even back then, the ravens were recognized for their intelligence in this pagan religion.

Odin also had two wolf's, named "Geri" and "Freki".
 
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