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Virginia Crows
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Been hunting every chance I get since deer season ended. Killed 21 today, my best single day in the few years I have been hunting. Puts me at 46 in 3 days. Really starting to think about shooting crows all the time!
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Sunday's hunt
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Went out this past Sunday to a new location where I had thought I located a flyway. We got there an hour before sunrise, as we had never been there before. Found out there was little to no natural vegetation to work into a blind and the crows seemed very educated. The wind was also blowing 10-15mph with fai...
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Very good late season hunt yesterday
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Did some traveling yesterday and ended up with 192 for the day between my buddy and I. We shot 54 in the morning and 138 in the afternoon in two different cities. It sure was nice to hunt where there were some uneducated birds. It is almost impossible to have a good hunt around home, the birds have Phd's...
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gearly65
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crow shooting video of george digweed
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAWU-0RX-6g&feature=player_detailpage
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spud76
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I'm done for the season
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I shot 4,797 crows on 37 crow hunts. The total with an occasional partener once in a while brings the grand total too 6,339 crows which is 171 birds per hunt on the average. Been on 1,449 crow hunts in the past 38 crow seasons. In 38 seasons I've shot 144,187 crows. Here are some stats for the past 6 seasons....
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Bob
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CrowMart customer service
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Let's just say that I am very happy with how I have been treated as a customer! Excellent customer service!!
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Pickwick
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Question - Decoys in Trees
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Sorry if I seem to be full of questions. I've hunted crows off and on for years but never seriously like you guys. One area where I know my decoy setups are lacking is to have a "lookout" crow up in a tree watching the birds on the ground. I've never done this because I'm not su...
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Real-World Test of $11.60 Glowing Eye Bat
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Well, I know the suspense is just killing everyone, so...........Got the glowing-eye bat as mentioned in a previous post - as you might imagine, it is a cheezy Made in China item, BUT......it works pretty good! I did a couple of really simple mods (electrical tape over the eyes and the white paint on th...
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how rare is a piebald?
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i'm not even sure if a crow with some white feathers is called a piebald or a color phase or something...........but, anyway, i've seen one twice in the last month thats first five or six wing feathers coming off the body are white. the first time it jumped up in front of me while driving down the road and...
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Another DECOY idea
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How about this motion decoy for some added movement. Sells for $24.99 from Edge Expedite Decoys. Runs on 3 "AAA" batteries. With a qick coat of flat-black spray paint or get fancy with flocking and you'd be ready to go. Kev <><
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A casualty
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I should have taken a picture. 10gacrowshooter killed a tall one in front of the blind this afternoon. Dead fold, terminal velocity and it squared his styrofoam painted black flying duck decoy. Severed the head at the neck and broke the wings. Into the body shop for repairs if possible. It's fu...
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Foggy Morning Not So Good...
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For the crows! Skeetshooter and I killed 94 this morning before 10 and then packed up and headed out. It was very foggy and most birds stayed low. Strange wind direction and only set available to us in this area made for some challenging shooting. The slow moving birds and heavy fog really messed with my...
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Question - Flocked Decoys
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I just have the common hollow plastic decoys. I'm not sure i know what you guys are talking about when you say "flocked" decoys. I saw at the Crow store a flocking kit.....looked like some flat black paint that maybe adds surface roughness to the decoys so they don't glare? What do I...
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Cold and snowy hunt
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I went out yesterday morning with another guy to hunt crows in a gravel pit. It was only 6 degrees and wind was blowing. It started snowing about 9am. It wasn't a great day to sit in a blind, but it was opening morning so I had to go. At 6:30 am it was still pretty dark, especially with the clouds, but the crows...
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Bob's DVD's and Calling CD
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I recently purchased "The Bob Package" from Crowbusters. It was the "Art of Crow Hunting" and "Crow Hunting" along with the hand calling CD. I have to say that I definitely leaned some things from them. I would recommend that anyone new to crow hunting or even som...
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gearly65
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Another plus for reloading - harder shot
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Shot hardness is a critical factor in good patterns. The harder the better. The following results are from some testing by a member of a doublegun site. Seems even the Nitro 27's don't have shot as good as two of the leading bulk shot suppliers, Lawrence & Eagle. I seem to recall one member her...
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First hunt of 2012
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10gacrowshooter and I got out today in nearby Maine for our first hunt of 2012. It was cold 15 warming up to 20 degrees with little wind and light snow all morning. We were pleasantly surprised to see a lot of birds for this area and at this time of year. We had very steady shooting for the first hour and h...
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The sky was black
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Ok newbee here to crow hunting and i think i have found the jackpot. I have been hunting crows for maybe a month now. I am big into predator hunting but have never chased crows. So i went out today to a place where i have saw lots of crows in the past and set up. I didnt know that many crows could be in one area...
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TOTAL number of crow season days???
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Could you please tell which state you live in and how many total days of crow season you get each year? Can you hunt on Sunday? We can't hunt Sundays and we get 113 days (+ or - a couple days) this year. Thanks, Kev
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advice on spinning wing decoy
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I have a battery powered robo duck that I don't use anymore as the duck hunting just does not appeal to me now that I have started to archry hunt for deer and that seems to take up any time I have for hunting in the fall. My question is how effective do you think it would be if I were to paint it black (perhaps flo...
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shot size lead or steel
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I read the long post about factory shells vs reloads, steel vs lead. Here is my 2 cents. I have been reloading amost 50 years. Trap shooting on and off same period. I have two 9000 Mec loaders one set up for 1 1/8 and one for 1 oz. Before reading articles on Crowbusters I used to load# 6 up to 1450fps. Then I re...
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Crow hunting with a lab
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Greetings to all, My name is Paul and Im new to this forum, I have one question about using my lab to retrieve crows. I have heard thru the years they can be mean and hurt the dogs eyes if its cripple. I would love to spend from mid Feb. after late season gooose working my dog Boomer over them. There so much fu...
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My boys going into the studio Monday
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My two younger sons and their friend Joe will be going into the studio monday to record their first album. Woohoo! http://youtu.be/OajXM49Lo_M The name of their band is Albatross Landing. I tried to embed the youtube video, but it doesn't seem to be working. On my forums, I had to en...
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Mirror blind
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Ever see or use one of these? http://www.ghostblind.com/runner.html
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Flyway Question
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Hey guys, I just got into crow hunting a few years ago and I gotta say its a blast. Every year though on my property,only in the winter the crows early in the morning fly from the east heading west and maybe an hour before sunset they fly back from the west to where they came from in the morning in great numb...
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Question about motion decoy placement
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Hey guys I just joined the board after spending a couple weeks here just looking around. I first started crow hunting about 3 months ago because my friend said it is a fun thing to do over the winter and well now im hooked lol. Ok from reading these forums and basically just going out there and experimen...
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New call
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a new call added to the lanyard.
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Your Top 3 hints for newbies
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Hi guys, I'm writing an article for a waterfowl magazine about first-time crow hunting, and wanted to get your 2 cents. What are your Top 3 hints helps rules or suggestions for prospective crow hunters? (besides "keep out of my hunting spots" or "don't do it" or other non sequit...
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Filming a crow hunt
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I was just wondering for you guys that film your hunts if you have any set up suggestions. Been doing deer & turkey hunts for years, & my partner has done some waterfowl. The crow is probably the biggest film challenge I have seen so far. To all the MI. hunters out there is Feb. ever going to get her...
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Motion decoy VIDEO
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMSKTgh9mk&feature=related
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