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camo · Senior Member

RE: How is your crow hunting this season?

Dixierunner · Veteran Member

Nice going Camo!!!

Island Shooter · Guru

Good going, Camo. You are learning how to break the code. It will become easier and easier as you progress!

Demi

FarmerScott · Veteran Member

The double is an AYA Model 4-53. It's a nice little box-lock that handles very well and is a pleasure to carry in the field. I've been real happy with it. I realize it is not an ideal crow hunting gun for a variety of reasons, but for this specific hunt, with a one crow objective, I felt it was a perfect choice.

Mainehunt · Guru

FarmerScott wrote:
The double is an AYA Model 4-53. It's a nice little box-lock that handles very well and is a pleasure to carry in the field. I've been real happy with it. I realize it is not an ideal crow hunting gun for a variety of reasons, but for this specific hunt, with a one crow objective, I felt it was a perfect choice.

Very nice. Any more photos of it? I love the side by side doubles.

camo · Senior Member

FarmerScott wrote:
Still very new at learning how wary and observant crows are. Adjusting my ways a step at a time as I go along. Got my very first crow on a brief and focused hunt in the early afternoon of the 29th of January. Snuck in a hunt for about 45 minutes before a meeting. No decoys. One guy, one old FoxPro call, grey gloves, old camo jacket and the shady side of a cedar tree for concealment. Had a handful of 28 gauge shells in the right front pocket of my blue jeans. Not a crow in sight or in earshot at the start. 20 minutes of patient calling ... was rewarded with my first crow. I wasn't imagining big numbers at all - I just wanted to get one to get started. Marinated in Italian dressing overnight, pan fried in garlic and olive oil. Taste reminded me a bit of liver. Looking forward to the next hunt!
It's hard to get much glory with one crow when some of them here get over 100 in a day. But i say CONGRATS on your first one !!! May you get many more. Shed the blue jeans for some camo & glad you ate him. I'm waiting to try some wrapped with bacon in the smoker, just like i do the doves.

-- Edited by FarmerScott on Wednesday 14th of February 2018 08:36:34 PM

Island Shooter · Guru

camo wrote:
FarmerScott wrote:

It's hard to get much glory with one crow when some of them here get over 100 in a day. But i say CONGRATS on your first one !!! May you get many more. Shed the blue jeans for some camo & glad you ate him. I'm waiting to try some wrapped with bacon in the smoker, just like i do the doves.

-- Edited by FarmerScott on Wednesday 14th of February 2018 08:36:34 PM
And don’t fret about small numbers. Everyone here has been where you are! The numbers don’t diminish that special feeling of accomplishment when you outsmart your prey. And when you learn from your experiences, those numbers will continue to climb.
Demi

FarmerScott · Veteran Member

First of all, I appreciate the encouraging words and hints which I took to heart. Yesterday was a cold and windy day. Wearing full camo yet making good use of natural vegetation and shadows, I patiently waited near 1/2 dozen Boondocker Flocker decoys. One decoy was perched on top of a few bones placed over an the old FoxPro Spitfire. This time I called a bit less often, also less loudly, from selected recordings of the "Bob Aronsohn 10 Pack Crow Sounds." After a while a single silent scout cruised in to see what these 'birds' were up to. It was a good hunt. Used my little 28ga dbl again. One shot one bird.

camo · Senior Member

Good job ! I like those boondocker stackable decoys. It appears you dont have a large crow population in your hunting area. I'm in Oklahoma which some call crow central. The reason i say that is that some times just setting out the decoys here brings them charging in without any calling. Here when you do a set up like you did most times you will get over run with up to 15 crows just swarming you within literally seconds. Provided they haven't been trained ! of course one shot & they usually scoot. Several years back i set up for the first time with a johnny stewart card caller i purchased. When i turned it on i got swarmed with 10 to 20 crows flying and landing in trees all around me within 30 seconds ! They made more noise than the caller. I killed 4 or 5 & said that was fun and easy. Not knowing better i did it again frequently with less & less results as they got trained. ( big mistake ) Everyone needs to have at least one of those swarming experiences ! something you wont forget.

oldshotty · Veteran Member

Went out today but I couldn't even get close, as soon as I turned on the call they took off. They are much easier to call in the early season. It hard to believe how smart they are and there eye sight is amazing.

camo · Senior Member

oldshotty wrote:
Went out today but I couldn't even get close, as soon as I turned on the call they took off. They are much easier to call in the early season. It hard to believe how smart they are and there eye sight is amazing.

Oldshotty, your crows are trained / educated , like the ones near my acreage. The proper method is to give them a month before hunting them again but sometimes we just want to get em ! This has worked for me, dont use the electronic crow calls any more,you can use the electronic coyote invite call or even rabbit distress, or the fawn bawling call on very low volume. I call coyotes at my place also and the trained crows will almost always send out a scout, or several to these sounds. Not only is their sight amazing but they can hear just as well. you wont get a lot of crows but you should get a few. The best option is a mouth call rather than the electronic . they would probably fall for that at least once. also, some decoys with no caller at all will trick some. as far as being seen ,i have to go out before daylight here or i'll get spotted. sometimes after i turn my coyote call off the crows will come investigate about 10 minutes later.