Amazing photos, a bold and brazen crow and I think it could potentially be a new national symbol for our country. (Oh my and it's my 1000th post too, what a doozy)
Without question, a symbol of many a Democrat in this country..
While driving back from Wyoming two weeks ago, my buddy and I saw a very similar thing... a bird landed on a hawks back and rode him for a for ~100 yards be fore we lost sight.. we both pointed at what we just witnessed.. the smaller bird was a little upset with Mr Hawk.. Love Nature..
Without question, a symbol of many a Democrat in this country..
While driving back from Wyoming two weeks ago, my buddy and I saw a very similar thing... a bird landed on a hawks back and rode him for a for ~100 yards be fore we lost sight.. we both pointed at what we just witnessed.. the smaller bird was a little upset with Mr Hawk.. Love Nature..
Hahahahahahahaha, the caption could read, here's a check and some cheese
As mentioned, we were out in WY two weeks ago hunting prairie dogs.. Mr crow came in and began feeding on some soft tissue from a prairie dog that a 65 gr Vmax just exposed.. I ranged him and he was +400 yds..not knowing the crow season in WY and land owners feelings toward crows.. I "placed on" just to his lower left side.. message was " no free lunch" here.. He got the message and left..
Mark: seeing you almost added a Wyoming crow to your TBC while controlling prairie dogs, I must add this bit. The same time you were elevating prairie rats in Wy...I was in South Dakota with the same mission. This was my 12th year of helping with the "dog" population and I am always on the lookout for crows as I rarely seen any this time of year. BUT... on our 3rd day out, we spied 5 South Dakota crows feeding. We dispatched one with a well placed Vmax and the 4 survivors flew off into a gully full of short bushes. I managed to plug one myself before they flew off with my .20 Tacatical! What a joy... my first South Dakota crow! Dr. V-max made a house call!!
We added those two to our mixed bag of prairie dogs, prairie rattlers and a few jack rabbits.. and like I have said for years: crows are to shotgunners what prairie dogs are to riflemen!!
Skip
PS: I failed to mention that the dispatching of that crow enable me to stop taking my daily does of "Crowzac" for near 72 hours!!
-- Edited by Skip on Monday 6th of July 2015 01:34:34 PM
Skip, it is so true... what you said.. I certainly would not want to ever give up one over the other.. Crows are so much fun when they decoy well. The "C" flat they make when they hit the earth.. and occasionally the "crow snow" from lead cutting their dander and down.... most satisfying..
-- Edited by Mark on Monday 6th of July 2015 07:43:51 PM
Crows like other birds try to peck the bird of prey and no question in my mind that crow would have delivered a disabling rippling blow to that eagle if it could...I saw a red winged black bird land on a red tailed hawks' back and deliver a hell of a head ache and that hawk sent that bird violently tumbling through the air briefly... was bird watching and the hawk became distracted spotting us just below tree top level!
"Rim shot" to you, Sir!