Earlier this week I was talking with a brother in law and quite naturally the conversation turned to crows. He mentioned that there were a few birds hanging around some fields near a piece of property he hunts. He refers to this particular land owner as "The Junk Collector." The size of the property is quite large and we did 2 quick run-n-gun type set ups on opposite ends of the unit. There are beloved (and some not so loved) items all over. I will say that the shear volume of objects throughout the landscape made it pretty easy to hide without a blind. We used no decoys, caller only.
Stand #1: 5 crows on the barbie!
Stand #2: 6 crows down, but only 5 were available at bath time.
Used to have an area like that years ago but not as big but very,very effective...and for what it is worth...my partner and I would get around 18 birds...it too eventually dried up...but like you said; didn't need a blind!
And another thing, never saw anyone taking a bath while crow shooting...
Neat pics from your "junk yard" hunt. I have hunting some of these places and as you note, it is easy to hide in this old equipment. Part of the charm of crow hunting is the variety of locations that can produce. This little video below is part of a "junkyard complex" on a creek in central Texas. I was hunting it with Lone Star Phil when I got this video on my Epic 1080 "helmet cam" a couple of years ago.
I bet you could call some raccoons or coyotes into your junkyard, too. We do at this site in the video.