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In 1997 I hunted alone a lot that season because Boyd Robeson's health would not permit him to hunt anymore. Here are how some of the shoots went that particular season, and what a season it was.

559  Jim Lundquist & I
284  Jim & I
368  Jim & I
475  Jim & I
308  Just me alone
308  Bob Cook & I
269  Bob Book & I
284  Bob Cook & I
108  Just me alone
186  Just me alone
117  Just me alone
306  Just me alone
289  Just me alone
103  Just me alone
246  Just me alone
307  Just me alone
205  Just me alone
423  Just me alone
536  Tedd Kimmel & I
400  Just me alone
224  Just me alone
380  Just me alone
404  Bob Cook & I
104  Bob Cook & I
114  Bob Cook & I
142  Bob Cook & I
242  Just me alone
141  Just me alone

These were just the noteworthy shoots of the 1997 season. This was the season I shot 6,349 crows by myself. I used 9,144 hulls for a 69% average for the season.

At the end of the 1997 season my crow count was up to 86,042 crows with 129,328 hulls = a 67% average over a 24 year period.

Crow hunting history was indeed set that season.

Hope you guys don't think I'm being self serving when I give you these stats, that is not my intention at all. I just want to give you a glimpse into the past is all. I'm just sorry Bert Popowski didn't keep records that we could view today!

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Awsome,hunting is just something that just keeps us going!! you have to get in as much as you can before you chec out!! and the older I get the more I lust for it!!

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Bob, it's not self serving, you're serving us entertainment. I really enjoy your hunting stories.

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Shane,

You just gave me the best laugh I've had in months!

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Hi Levi,

I'm glad you feel that way.

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Any idea who made them owls with flapping wings years ago?? I can't find a name on mine,but I think I got him out of Gander Mountain?? And that was years ago!!

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Hizz,

My fathers old mechanical owl from the late 1940's was made up from a real stuffed horned owl. There is a black & white photo of his owl decoy in the Beginner Section under "Crow Hunting History" The photo was taken in Brooklyn, New York where my father bought the owl from a guy who was making these decoys at that point in time.

This decoy came with a battery and a timer that you set for how often you wanted the owl's head and wings to move. It was way ahead of it's time!

I think Carry-Lite made those owl decoys where you could yank on the cord to make the wings flap. I had one, it was a big oversized owl decoy.

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Yes you are right about it being over sized,but I can't find a name,will check it out further!

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Bob, I see from your 1997 stats that you hunt alone quite a bit. I too enjoy hunting crows alone. Find that the overall kill is not too much larger when another shooter joins me in the blind. Companionship is nice at times but I mostly like getting away from it all and enjoying some quiet time alone while dropping crows in the grassbiggrin .

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Hi Ted,

I enjoy the company, especially in the evening when you are loading up the pickup and it's almost dark outside. It can be a lonely feeling when you are in the middle of nowhere and all you hear are the coyotes howling! Other than that I've never minded hunting alone, it's just more fun to have someone along.

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Yea Bob,
           Always great to have help with the chores,no doubt! Even greater when you have a buddy to compliment/comment on the shooting/shots!!smile

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Yea Bob,
           Always great to have help with the chores,no doubt! Even greater when you have a buddy to compliment/comment on the shooting/shots!!smile



Good comment. Seems the most fantastic shots I have ever pulled off were allways when I was solo. Nobody to witness the even but me, myself and Ibiggrin

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Yup, I know what you mean, that is why the day Tedd & I shot over 500 crows I knew it was going to be a good one ahead of time and asked him to come along the next day. Part of my enjoyment is to see a fella get a real good shoot with me. Sometimes the Gods are not with you no matter what you do that particular day.

My old pal Boyd Robeson used to get a big kick out of showing me a good shoot when I was a rookie. The first 500 birder I ever had with Boyd was very (to use Drew Moore's words) surreal. "talk about flying high"

I've been hunting with Jerry Byroade for the past 5 years and we have yet to get a 500 bird shoot together, we have had a few shoots in the mid 400 range but never 500 or more. The way I look at it is if we do we do, if we don't we don't.

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When you mentioned HIGH FLYERS, well I got a buddy that hunts with me off and on both ducks and crows and I nic named him AAC AAC, he thinks he's shooting that 5" gun you were on! NOTHING IS TOO HIGH!nononoconfuse

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Hi Hizz,

When I said flying high I meant how I felt that day, not that the birds were flying high.

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I hear you on that!  but I still think of AAC AAC when I hear that word High, almost like NIAGRA FALLS, SLOWLY WE TURN, STEP BY STEP............HAHAbiggrin

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If you can remember that scene from Abbot & Costello you are dating you're age group.

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Or the Susqahanna Hat Company!!!

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THE THREE STOOGES!biggrinbiggrin

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Hizz,

Wait a second, it was Laurel & Hardy not Abbot & Costello.

If the Three Stooges did that routine it must have been many years later.

Remember who's on first, with Abbot & Costello? That was a funny routine.

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Yes I do and my favorite show growing up was "COMBAT" with Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders!!

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Remember "The Untouchables" with Robert Stack? My dad and I would always watch that show. Remember "Play House 90" How about "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood?

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Hi Bob,

As you know, but some others on this forum might not be aware, the star of the Untouchables - Robert Stack - was a fine shotgunner and a national level champion at skeet.  I beleive he held the skeet 20 gauge national consecutive string record at one point.

Here is a little video of him instructing Arthur Ashe at the 1984 Olympics on the game of international skeet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ScegDK10DY 

I enjoy Clint Eastwood's acting and used a S&W .44 Magnum to bag my first deer last fall as my tribute to Inspector Harry Callahan.  SFPD badge 2211!  I liked his style of police work and he was good in Rawhide, too...  Head 'em up, move 'em out!

Hi Hizzoner,

I was a big fan of Combat, too...  "White Rook, this is Checkmate King Two over." 

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Gadget Bob,
                  Clint Eastwood = "KELLY'S HEROE'S"  biggrin
Lt.Hanley,Kirby,Little John,Cage,Doc
And you are right Bob Stack was an avid skeet shooter and a promoter of shotgun sports
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Hello Hizz,

In you're August 24th post you mentioned how nice it was to have a partner with you to compliment some of the good shots.

That brings to mind hunts that I've shared with Jerry Byroade, Jerry sometimes feels as if I don't compliment him enough. The reason why is because it has to really be a good shot not a so so shot before I will say anything. If I had to compliment every shot he made that was a little harder than your average shot I wouldn't be able to talk by the end of the day lol.

Now Dick Kilbane is more like me in this regard, it really has to be a "good one" before he will say anything.

I've been very blessed to have shared a blind with men like Boyd Robeson, Jim Lundquist and Jerry & Dick over the years. I've shared some wonderful memories with those guys over the past 36 years.

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Bob, your 67 and 69% averages are outstanding. Any crowshooter who is .500 and better is a helleva shot.

I think you are right the big owl decoy with moveable wings was made by Carry-Lite and was imported from Italy. My partner has one. I have seen them on Ebay a couple of times, they both went for around $250.

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Hello NH,

A fella called me last nite from Michigan wanting a dvd of The Art of Crow Hunting, I refered him to CrowMart.

The subject came up about owl decoys. He said an old Herters balsa wood owl decoy just sold for $ 1500.00 to a collector! The owl decoy sold new for around fifteen bucks years ago!

When you mentioned "Parkers" in a previous post that brought back fond memories, I used to shoot an old Parker DHE Grade bored modified & full. Man did that gun like number 5 shot for waterfowl! I used to love pass shooting black ducks in those days on Manhassett Bay, Long Island, New York. I liked the Parkers more than the model 21's.

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Hizzoner wrote:

Gadget Bob,
                  Clint Eastwood = "KELLY'S HEROE'S"  biggrin
Lt.Hanley,Kirby,Little John,Cage,Doc
And you are right Bob Stack was an avid skeet shooter and a promoter of shotgun sports
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Best quote from Kellys hero's!!!   "YOUR CRABS ARE GONNA LEAVE NOW"

 



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Hello NH,

A fella called me last nite from Michigan wanting a dvd of The Art of Crow Hunting, I refered him to CrowMart.

The subject came up about owl decoys. He said an old Herters balsa wood owl decoy just sold for $ 1500.00 to a collector! The owl decoy sold new for around fifteen bucks years ago!

When you mentioned "Parkers" in a previous post that brought back fond memories, I used to shoot an old Parker DHE Grade bored modified & full. Man did that gun like number 5 shot for waterfowl! I used to love pass shooting black ducks in those days on Manhassett Bay, Long Island, New York. I liked the Parkers more than the model 21's.

Bob A.



I don't understand the prices on M21's,  most of them look like the box a Parker came in, they are boxy looking and the blued frames are not very attractive IMO.  To each their own I guess.

 



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Hello NH,

My father was a big gun collector, he had model 21's, model 12's, model 42's, model 70's (pre war) Parkers, Boss's, Purdey's (big big bucks) He shot an elephant in east africa with a 600 nitro express which shot a 900 grain bullet! He used a 577 double rifle to shoot a rino on the same safari. Both the .577 and the .600 nitro were Purdey's, both double rifles. Hey, you will like this NH, my dad used to pass shoot canadian geese with an old dog eared 10 gauge Boss, bored full & full back in the 1950's. He also used to handload for numerous wildcat cartridges and make his own bullets! He loved the .220 swift and the .219 Donnalson wasp. He used to hunt ducks with Harvy Donnalson the guy who invented the wasp. He also loved the .222 man you could drive tacks with them if you had a good load worked up.

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I was reading the last thread on this post about the .222 Shelin I owned many years ago. The guy who is coming over next week to trim some trees on my property still has my old .222, I sold it to him when I quit hunting prairie dogs back in the early 1990's. That rifle was a tack driver!

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I have one but never used it...it is a very interesting concept though..a carry lite with moving wings..very unique and interesting. I can only see in my mind one  area I could put it to practice though...hmm...!



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Here is an iconic photo.

It is rare to get a good shoot and have the right kind of spot to display the birds properly.



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