Ravens ??

I like ravens too, & won't shoot them, although I'll admit I don't know much about their bad behaviours. I really like all the different sounds they make. Crows just seem to make the cawwww sound with some variation, & tend to annoy me. I don't generally shoot crows, but if it's legal in your area, go for it.

George
 
DVXDUDE said:
crows are real smart though, can't imagine how intelligent a raven is.
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I hunt crows quite often and there are a ton of ravens around also. I can tell you the raven is so smart that they know I wont shoot them.:)

As soon as I flip the caller on there are ravens dipping and diving all around me offering cream puff shot after cream puff shot. I swear they know I'm cursing them under my breath, wishing just one would make a "Caw!!" instead of a "Rapppp" so I could start blasting.:D ..


I watched a pile of crows fly right over my head and not get a shot off becasue I couldnt identify them as crow. Now I can tell them apart almost at any distance.
 
Republic of Alberta said:
After that raven talked to me I reserched it and found that if you cut somthing on thier tongue they can be trained to talk.
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They call it "splitting the tongue" and its just about the best way to get a front row seat of a raven bleeding to death.
 
Was up north last weekend at a friends when the sound of 200 crows in a large tree out back his farm drove him to his 12 gauge. I watched him stand 25 yards from this massive, nearly leafless tree and drop close to 15 birds in a single shot! It is the only tree close by as all the fields are being farmed so the stupid ass birds circled for a min or 2 and then to both our amazement most landed back on the same tree! Followed by BOOM! another 5-8 birds. lol. So as for everyone saying they're smart... Not these ones!;)
Mike
 
I had a raven scoop my sun glasses off the roof of the car while I was setting up camp. Lucky the little prick didn't scoop the car keys that were laying beside my glasses. I've heard they usually have quite a collection of shiny objects in their roost.
 
ravens are the spawn of the devil quite similar to their brothers the seagulls and arctic turns
 
After spending a few years on drilling rigs and such in NE BC I would simply delight in shooting any and all ravens I see...Truly a filthy, wretched creature.
 
Republic of Alberta said:
After that raven talked to me I reserched it and found that if you cut somthing on thier tongue they can be trained to talk.
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Same thing with crows... if you separate the tongue from the bottom beak they can talk just like a parrot.
One of my friends in Public school had a pet Crow named Joe... his dad razored the tongue when it was a hatch-ling. It flew around the neighborhood for years spewing the curse words we taught it.
We had a young Italian couple move into the house behind us and the woman who could not speak English was hanging laundry. Joe flew down into the Cherry tree and she tried to shoo him off... he stood his ground and told her to f**k off. She ran into the house screaming and making the sign for evil...
Funniest s**t I ever seen.:cool:
 
2fat2fly said:
I had a raven scoop my sun glasses off the roof of the car while I was setting up camp. Lucky the little prick didn't scoop the car keys that were laying beside my glasses. I've heard they usually have quite a collection of shiny objects in their roost.
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No doubt.....both crows and ravens are extremely intelligent and "street smart." Some years ago, a friend and I were relaxing in at a pool side after a dip when a crow swooped down and snatched his gold Rolex from a side table and flew right onto the top of a tall palm tree. If we hadn't personally witnessed the act my friend would have gone screaming theft in a 5-star hotel :p

Fortunately, one of the pool attendant was able to climb up and retrieve that watch from it's nest :) Due to many similar incidents involving the crows - the Hotel Management eventually had to supply a couple air rifles to the pool staff for crow population control :D
 
jennis said:
After spending a few years on drilling rigs and such in NE BC I would simply delight in shooting any and all ravens I see...Truly a filthy, wretched creature.
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Bingo!, I couldn't have worded it any better myself ! As a bonus to shooting the wretched things .... the wing feathers make great cat toys, they Love them. Turns even the oldest moldy ol feline into a kitten when you wave one under their nose.

Has anyone else ever heard the tale that Ravens are reincarnated Natives ??? Not sure if that is just a tale here out West or if it's back East as well.
 
Crows are angelic compared to Ravens....Ravens seem to delight in making as much of a mess and as much noise as they can...sun up to sun down
 
uphere said:
you won't like them when you see them scooping up goose eggs and goslings
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I'd rather see a raven eat than see the ministry oiling and killing hundreds of thousands of eggs.
Just my 2 cents.

I remember reading "Lost in the Barrens" and apparently Native canadians see the raven as the brother of the deer/caribou.
Im not sure if its true, but its allways stood out to me since.

Definately one of the most facinating birds I've ever watched/Listened to.
 
I heard that wolf and Ravens will hunt together. I guess that a raven will see a pack of wolfs, follow them around and begin to call and chase game they spot from the air.

I also herd that a raven is the only other animal a wolf will let eat beside it.
 
Republic of Alberta said:
I heard that wolf and Ravens will hunt together. I guess that a raven will see a pack of wolfs, follow them around and begin to call and chase game they spot from the air.

I also herd that a raven is the only other animal a wolf will let eat beside it.
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Bears too! Crow/Raven calls work well for bears out here...
 
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