shot a crow,all hell broke loose. :)

FLHTCUI said:
I fear a "Best Crow Defense Gun" thread coming into play soon.
Is body Armour needed too?
They are intelligent crittes and a flock of Crows is called "a murder".
Tight Groups,
Rob
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lol
"Best Crow Defense Gun" thread :cheers: just kidding...
However on the other hand... 870 Express, just because
 
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FLHTCUI said:
I fear a "Best Crow Defense Gun" thread coming into play soon.
Is body Armour needed too?
They are intelligent crittes and a flock of Crows is called "a murder".
Tight Groups,
Rob
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I was waiting for the "Best crow defense gun" thread thing. 12 gauge with 00 buck at the minimum is my vote.
 
dtkb said:
Peta, dont hate my deceased grandfather, but he caught a baby crow years ago and wondered if he could get it to talk like a parrot. He split its tongue, and cut it loose from the bottom beak so it had more movement. He talked with it quite a bit and claims that it could repeat some simple words. Unfortunately it was before my time so I cant confirm or deny, but he wasnt a bullsh!ter by nature. If you put in your time an effort, you could catch your crows and teach them to sing songs by Waylon Jennings. Would be relaxing instead of aggravating.....
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Back in the good 'ol days when young boys spent their free time outside, harrassing and maiming the local wildlife population instead of rotting their brains on the X-Box, running cars into pedestrians on Grand theft auto 5. :p
 
Recently I shot one in my front field with a .22 and then went in to finish breakfast. When I shot it it was the only one around but when I came out again there were about 30 of them in the trees making all kinds of noise. I went out and threw the dead one in the bush and after a while the rest went away. It was weird. They saw the dead one and started calling.
 
peterf said:
Recently I shot one in my front field with a .22 and then went in to finish breakfast. When I shot it it was the only one around but when I came out again there were about 30 of them in the trees making all kinds of noise. I went out and threw the dead one in the bush and after a while the rest went away. It was weird. They saw the dead one and started calling.
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Called the "mourning call". They often croon over one of their fallen comrades to the point where it might distract and thus interfere with incoming crows to a blind.
 
PBinWA said:
As soon as I crack a window at my place the crows are gone. :)
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Me too! They are smart buggers!

When I started shooting them at my place, at first they didn't know what was going on and would just sit in the tree and let me hit them. Then, they got a little smarter. I could walk in the yard, but only if I wasn't holding a rifle. They actually knew that that was what I was using to kill them.

Once they figured that out, I could only shoot them by cracking the window or patio door and popping them from in the house...now, just the sound of a window cracking is enough to send them scattering.

Funny thing about them recognizing a rifle though, they were smart enough to tell the difference between a rifle and a broom. Sometimes, just to see what they would do, I would walk out the door with a broom and shoulder it like a rifle. They'd just look at me. Try it with an actual rifle, different story.

It almost sounds insane to give them that much credibilty in regards to intelligence, but it's the truth.
 
Personally I only shoot animals I plan to eat...And I try to avoid eating crow when I can. :D

Crows and Ravens are actually very smart birds and if you get them on your side they can make pretty handy watchdogs for your property. Try sneaking through a yard with crows watching... You won't get far before all hell breaks loose, lol.

Trivia: If food is spotted the juveniles use a "recruitment call" to call in more numbers of crows... Safety in numbers and safer to steal from each other. Grab and jump away is also a survival trait.

They are tool users and will use twigs to hook or scoop food out of places their beaks can't reach. Also crows and raven are to few birds that actually play. They can count to a degree and they can most certainly recognise faces.

They also learn by observation and are keen problem solvers.

If your area has a lot of crows then it most likely means you have a lot of wasted food left around. I'd rather have crows then rats.
 
The intelligence of the genus "corvus" cannot be disputed.

30 years ago, I lived in a small town for some time.
We were allowed to shoot at the local dump.
We practiced on crows, and got to respect their intelligence.

At first, they were an easy mark, and I shot some with the 22 rimfire and 12 ga.
They soon learned to stay out of rimfire range, so I switched over to the 222 Rem.
In a short while, they learned to stay outside of 222 reach as well.

Out came the 220 Swift.
Took them a bit longer to realize they were not safe inside of 400 yards, but they figured it out.
Eventually, when my vehicle was spotted, they all flew off to a safe distance.
If I drove away, they would quickly return.

I had to "eliminate" a family of them in my backyard this spring, since the songbirds were absent as long as the crows were here.

I do not kill many crows anymore though. Usually no real reason, except as noted.

Regards, Eagleye.
 
DFarmer said:
This is just animal rights crap. I don't know about crows, but geese are also supposed to 'mate for life". This just means that as long as they are both alive, they will be a pair. If one dies, the survivor will find a new mate.
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I also read somewhere that Penguins are not as monogamous as they were thought to be and that some of them can even be "###".
 
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