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pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

2010 PA State Crow Shoot

Bob · Guru

Hello Mike,

Keep us posted on the crow totals for each of the teams. Plus how many guys participated in this event.

Bob A.

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

Bob - I will do that. It is a fun hunt.

Puppypopper · Senior Member

Now that sounds like fun.

Jon, thats one heck of an idea.

jonthepain · Guru

yeah we'll have to talk about that for NC - but i think there'd have to be one category for the A-Team, and another for everybody else...

nice avatar btw. you handsome devil you

-- Edited by jonthepain on Saturday 19th of June 2010 01:22:07 PM

Skip · Guru

The Henderson Junior Chamber of Commerce..back in the late 60's...and I think 1970-71 held a crow shooting and crow calling contest. The intent was to raise money for the Chamber. Competition consisted of "singles"and "doubles".. meaning the morning round ( 2 1/2 hours of hunting ) consisted of one shooter and one official attending each stand ( it was run & gun only ). Afternoon competition consisted of 2 shooters, 2 1/2 hours..and one official ( a JCC member ). Crows had to be retreived and returned to headquarters for offical counting. A crow calling contest was held later in the evening.. with 4 game wardens.. 3 state and 1 Fed . doing the judging. They all sat with their backs to the callers so they did not know the identities involved. It lasted 4 or5 years and was discontinued mainly due to the "anti's" complaining. I was sad to see it pass. I met some folks there that are still good friends today.

-- Edited by Skip on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 12:42:47 PM

woodchuckkyle · Newbie

Hi ive heard alot about this PA State Crow Shoot and it seems like its been run for quite a few years with alot of popularity and ive been talking to a few of the crow hunters this year and ive heard that theres going to be alot more prizes and theres even a raffle gun which is great ! good luck with shoot

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

woodchuckkyle,

The shoot is going to be fun this year, and I hope everyone likes the improvements. Let me know if you want some more information to register.

Mike

CroKiLR4evR · Veteran Member

Oh Boy, I would love to join this! How many people on average usually join this shoot??

woodchuckkyle · Newbie

from what i hear from all my buddies its usually around 40 - 50 people who love to slay crows and yes mike i would love to join its a pretty short drive from where im from, now all i need to do is just find me a shootin buddy

Doug · Veteran Member

Mike:
Your Crowmart merchandise is on its way. I threw in some give-aways compliments of Crowmart.

Doug @ Crowmart

jonthepain · Guru

wow! that's one heckuva trout!

-- Edited by jonthepain on Tuesday 6th of July 2010 10:25:20 PM

Doug · Veteran Member

jonthepain wrote:

wow! that's one heckuva trout!

-- Edited by jonthepain on Tuesday 6th of July 2010 10:25:20 PM

Took that 6 1/4 lb. brown on the White River in Arkansas. My partner and I took 87 rainbows and 8 browns in 1 1/2 days of fishing...browns being the priority. The river is top shelf if you like trout fishing. Quite different from the rock, flounder and croaker here on the Chesapeake.

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

Doug,

Thanks very much and I appreciate your generosity. I will definitely give Crow Mart / Crow Busters recognition when I give away the donations. It is shaping up to be a good turnout. The weather is looking good too.

Mike

Polish Hammer · Senior Member

Mike,

Is there a way that I can check on when the PA State Crow Shoot will take place (2011)? Then I can make sure I don't have anything scheduled. I am from NW PA and I have a trip to Waldameer (in Erie) planned with the family on Sunday so I won't be able to join you for the fun.

My brother-in-law and I would love to be in the next one.

OH.. How do you determine what Class you hunt in (Novice, Intermediate, Super Expert)? Most crow hunters would like to think they are Super Experts..haha.

Wish everyone that participates Good Luck and have a safe day of hunting.

Hammer

skinny2127 · Newbie

Looking forward to Sunday! Thanks for picking up the resposibility of running this shoot, it would have been a shame if it went away, it's a guarantee on my schedule every year. You kinda mentioned about the time this shoot has been running, I know my father has not missed one of these shoots in over 30 years and I have been doing the shoot for 20+ years, I started doing this shoot as a "spectator" when I was just 10 years old so I could learn how to crow hunt.........20+ later I'm still learning.........Corvis sure can be humbling!

See You Sunday,
SKINNY

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

Polish Hammer - the shoot is usually the first Sunday in July, but if that falls too close to the 4th then we push it to the following weekend. Next year the first Sunday is on the 3rd, so I will have a vote at the meeting after the shoot on when we should have it. I would guess that we will push it to the next Sunday (July 10th), because that will be a long holiday weekend for most and they will likely have family functions. If you want you can e-mail (pacrowshoot@gmail.com) me your address and I will put you on the mailing list for next year. The paperowork gets sent out usually about one month prior to the shoot. Also, I will likely post it on here next year.

New teams are classified as Novice the first year. Then depending on the number of crows they shoot they can move up to Intermediate the next year, and Super Expert the next. It is 0-15 birds for Novice, 16-24 birds for Intermedtiate and 25 or more for Super Expert.

Skinny2127 - it has been more work than I expected, but I am enjoying organizing the shoot. I also would have been bummed if no one would have volunteered, so I figured I would give it a shot. I am trying to build it back up to what I hear stories from the years gone by, and I am adding some additional prizes for this year. Not much, but more stuff to make it worth while. Good luck this year, and I can't wait for Sunday either.

Mike

woodchuckkyle · Newbie

Good luck to all that are doing the shoot!! theres a couple good shots that signed up

jd1983 · Senior Member

Be there or be square :)

all set for sunday mike. got my first spot scoped out. if you need me to do any thing drop me a line you got my address.

i drive by them black bandits each day on my way to work .have been for 4 5 days now

watch come sunday they will move

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

Good to hear guys. We are getting everything wrapped up for the shoot. Just have to do some grocery shopping for the picnic lunch, and some other minor last minute stuff.

Doug @ Crowmart - I got my order today. Thanks a bunch for the upgraded order. You can bet that all the shooters will know about Crowmart / Crow Busters on Sunday when I'm giving out the prizes.

Mike

jd1983 · Senior Member

I will take some pics and postem on here from Sundays shoot

Doug · Veteran Member

CrowMart and Crowbusters wishes you a great shoot.

jd1983 · Senior Member

Weather looks ok no rain in sight cooler temps than the last week.

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

I have been watching the weather for about a week, and this is probably the one time that they kept the forecast the same for the weekend. You couldn't ask for better weather in July. Hopefully the crows like it. Probably the most action will be in the morning and then taper off as it gets warmer.

jd1983 · Senior Member

Mike was that you today busting some crows north of the edinboro ski lodge south of 6 N was it? Saw a few guys hunting while I was working they shot 8-10 times had them fired up. I yelled over to them if they got any but I was a few hundred yards away from them when they were walking out . There calling sounded good. Didn't know it wasn't crows till they started shooten.

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

Wasn't me. Had to work. We'll get them on Sunday. We're gonna do some more scouting tomorrow am, so we will be all set.

jd1983 · Senior Member

Huh

skinny2127 · Newbie

Mike and the guys did a great job on the shoot, also thankyou very much to Crow Mart and Crow Busters for the support. Look forward to next years shoot. Good job again guys!

jd1983 · Senior Member

I am sure mike will post some more details later
My novice 2 man team shot 12 crows
total bird count for every one who shot at the shoot today was 251 crows
Door prizes

trophys

shooter board

50/50 was 44 dollars I think
the decoys for the door prize was a crow shooters prize PAC it had 6 decoys fully flocked 100 rds 12 ga shells and a crow call included. Every shooters name was in a bin and pulled for door prizes. The person who won the PAC was there first time shooting in this shoot. We also had a few gas cards for the drivers to put there name in for and drew them a prize also. The team that shot the most crows over all got 6 boxes of shells They shot 33 birds.

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

Justin - Thanks for posting your pictures, and I do have a group picture from the shoot but I haven't had the chance to get them on the computer.

We had a total of 33 shooters which was up from last year, and the total bird count was 251. That's not bad for a half day hunt in our area. Hopefully next year we will get the word out even more and get a couple more teams interested. It appeared that everyone had a good time. I didn't have any complaints, so to me it was a success.

Mike

-- Edited by pacrowshoot on Monday 12th of July 2010 05:04:35 PM

Bob · Guru

JD 1983,

Get in touch with me before you're next crow shoot in PA. I'll donate some copies of "Crow Shooting" the dvd.

Bob A.

jd1983 · Senior Member

Thanks mike or myself will be in touch. Thank you

I think the shooters were kind of aw struck when mike started pulling tickets for door prizes.

Crowmart got quite a few plugs on Sunday mike also handed out contact info for all the donations. So maybe people will support them

jd1983 · Senior Member

This was the window decal we gave all the shooters and drivers one each

Doug · Veteran Member

JD or Mike:
Crowmart would love to have a decal if there are any left.
Doug @ Crowmart

SHANEDOG · Guru

Kudo's to you PA.guys that put that shoot on!!! smile

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

Doug - I was planning on sending you one very soon as a thank you. I would have sent it out this morning, but I didn't have the proper sized envelope. Hopefully it will go out tomorrow.

SHANEDOG - I am very pleased with all the good comments that we are getting from the shoot. I was a little reluctant about what everyone was going to think, and was thinking that the hard work would go unnoticed. I am now happy that me and the others volunteered to continue the tradition. We are already starting on getting plans together to make it even better next year.

jd1983 · Senior Member

I my self thought we had bit off more than we should. When the previouse guys announced this was there last shoot a year ago. It was my first and loved it and when mike was the only one out of a room full of guys to speak up I had to help so I also said I'd do it. Then Dave a father of some shooters spoke up. I am glad we kept her going. And hope to make it bigger and better.
Yup it's been less than a week since the shoot and mike Dave and my self have been shooten e mails about next year.
But I still have to tip my hat to mike for being the first to commit to this undertaking of the shoot. He had more brass that day than I did.

Justin

Polish Hammer · Senior Member

Looks like you guys had a great day of crow hunting and camaraderie. I've been talking to Mike through email and I would like to participate next year in the hunt. I'm from NW PA (not quite as north as most guys). Definitely looking forward to it.

Mike - you have my email...if I can be of assistance next year, please let me know.

Happy hunting guys!

Hammer

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

Hammer - thanks for the offer. I will let you know when something comes up.

jd1983 · Senior Member

Hammer what part north I talked to some guys 2 years ago that they said they were from around barkeyville I80 area that's a poke south.

Polish Hammer · Senior Member

Hey JD

I from the Clarion County area. Waterford is about an hour/hour and a half drive for me. Just have to do my killing early so I can head north by 10:30..haha.

jd1983 · Senior Member

Hey this year I checked in a little after 11 cause I ran threw my spots quick.And I live bout 40 min south of Erie. It's nice when you pre register cause in all acuallity you could find that one spot first thing in the morning hunt from bout well this year from 6 am to 10-1030 that's still 4 hours of shootin. Just find that good morning stand and wack a few. It's a good time , and it will be better and better if we get more guys to BS with after the shoot is over.

jd1983 · Senior Member

If you are interested get a hold of mike

jonthepain · Guru

Great work guys!