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DarnCrows · DarnCrows

Greetings! I recently picked up a vintage P.S. OLT Crow Call - No. 348205 for a dear friend of mine who has been wanting to get into crow calling (and she also enjoys vintage things!). It's in good shape but it's dusty inside and I also know she will want to be assured that the call has been thoroughly clea...

Old Artilleryman · Old Artilleryman

https://www.wsj.com/articles/proving-hitch****-right-the-birds-are-turning-violent-this-summer-11563201968

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

Recently I was fortunate enough to be invited to a pigeon & dove hunt in Bolivia. The farmers in many of the South American countries including Bolivia count on at lease 25% crop loss due to birds (mainly doves, pigeons, parrots & parakeets). To help with the problem, they work with many out...

oldshotty · oldshotty

Crow season opens Sunday at noon. I am going to clean the Ithaca tonight and swap out the choke for a new extended full I got from Briley. I am going to step it up a little this year with more choke and use #6 heavy field loads hopefully it will help me make more kills. -- Edited by oldshotty on Tuesday 17th of...

nhcrowshooter · nhcrowshooter

Big and not so good things happening on the other side of the Atlantic. The anti-hunting movement grows in strength every year. Breaking: England bans pigeon and crow shootingApril 23, 2019 The Government has bowed to Chris Packham and is banning most pigeon, crow, gull and Canada goose shootin...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

Better use high-brass #5’s for this one! http://flip.it/FRP7Wn Kinda Creepy! Demi

Crowpocalypse · Crowpocalypse

Good morning, Do to work I’ve recently relocated to the mountains of Northern Pennsylvania. Just went scouting to learn the crows habits here. The crows are far and few in between. Lots of farms, no chicken farms. A few dairy farms. The crows are scattered here and appeared to be singles and cal...

Old Artilleryman · Old Artilleryman

Gentlemen, a little help, please...A couple of weeks ago, I received a surprise gift of a Winchester Model 1400 Mk II, semi-auto from a Navy Vet friend of mine as we prepared for our Memorial Day remembrances here in our small town. He had had this in the safe for years without touching it and had origina...

GEORDIE TOM · GEORDIE TOM

I have a OWL decoy several years and i have had crows show slight interest in it but it as never been that big of a successes for me i shoot open ground cover is scarce and i have just sighted the owl on gate posts or stone walls. I am not sure where to sight the decoy for best results. Any hints and advice ple...

camo · camo

I made it a point not to shoot my local crows on my property this year. instead i use them for a case study. I have 3 to 5 that show up daily. the last few days they have been trying to get at the scissor tail nest's and rob the egg's or newly hatched birds. when i see the scissor tail's swooping at the crow's i jus...

M12Shooter · M12Shooter

Run and gun a few times a week, usually evenings as time permit. Nice to soon six or eight crows every few days because it’s what I like to do. Shot this strange looking crow this evening with no upper mandible. Wouldn’t have bothered to recover this bird had it not landed in the middle of a country road. Ca...

boba · boba

I just got done adding up the numbers for this season. We averaged 172 crows per hunt between my partner and I. In 45 seasons the combined total of crows shot in my company comes to 254,109 crows. Weather conditions killed a lot of our hunting this past season and as a result we only hunted half of what w...

Crowpocalypse · Crowpocalypse

Gentlemen has anyone tried HECS camo? It’s been out since 2010. YouTube it, check out their website. It’s a game changer from what little information is on the web . My question is are the videos cropped? Does this new technology work? I’ve always wondered how animals can sense me when hunting, how ca...

Puppypopper · Puppypopper

I ran across this today and figured that someone might find a good use for it. I thought it was pretty cool. So if you need to stock up on ammo for the up coming season, go here. Now I entered 12 gauge, 2 3/4" shells and 7.5 shot size. This is what i got out of it. https://ammoseek.com/ammo/12-gauge?ss=7....

nhcrowshooter · nhcrowshooter

nhcrowshooter · nhcrowshooter

Yesterday I saw a video of a mall parking lot in Augusta Maine taken after dark on March 5th and there were 100's and 100's of crows on the ground, in the trees and sitting on the large snow banks. It was a news item for WMTW Channel 8 in Maine. Now I found this video posted yesterday by Maine Public Televisi...

Big Honkers · Big Honkers

Hello Fellow Crowbusters, I went on a hunt recently and Im not going to lie, I got a little scared. Several times. I was hunting by myself and having a good time. I had to walk into this spot so I traveled light only bringing one decoy to rest atop my crowpole. I was set up at the end of a scrub brush tree ro...

M12Shooter · M12Shooter

First crow of the 2019 season. Welcome back to Canada. Ted

mach1cj · mach1cj

What's the best or average 12 ga. load for crow shooting, and what is the preferred choke to use? What shot size? thanks

andrews1958 · andrews1958

I have bought a number of crow calls from both this site and others who handle the recommended calls mentioned. While using/ blowing into one of them ( I do not remember which one as they all look pretty much the same) just stopped working. All the calls I have bought to date are all of $25.00 each so wo...

Big Honkers · Big Honkers

Spring is close and the birds know it. There has been lots of honkers and crows on the move the last couple days. The history in my journal shows that traditionally the best crow migration movements will occur in my area sometime between March 10 thru March 25. This year is no different. Good hunt...

Puppypopper · Puppypopper

So if you want to find out just how many birds are in your local city area. Put your Foxpro in the back of your truck, turn on the crow fight and just drive around. I must say, it is really awesome. In the event if you pull this to the right point, you can get them pulled to a good shooting location. I did it just f...

andrews1958 · andrews1958

Curious, I was looking on eBay and found an amp for Johnny Stewart’s old cassett players. It looks like it must attach sepperatly between the call and speaker. Has anyone used the amp? Is it required to get good high quality sound out the speakers? How is the quality of the sound out of these older casset...

Crowpocalypse · Crowpocalypse

Gentleman there is an add for Crow meat here. I believe it’s illegal to sell wild meat. Unless it is farm raised with the proper requirements met by federal regulations. Thus it has to be game raised in captivity a few generations Removed from the wild. I know the Department of Natural Resources had...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qecfygvecypki6w/Crow%20Skip%20vid.mp4?dl=0=

Granite Jaw · Granite Jaw

We got a couple hunts in before the first of the year, but have been after 'em more diligently since, especially when the second half of our split season opened on 14 Jan. We've noticed the numbers wintering here are down significantly. Probably less than half of last winter and we thought they were d...

andrews1958 · andrews1958

I have looked for some time now trying to find Jonny Stewarts crow calling CDs s like the one shown in the link below. I understand that the cds are the only way that you can down load his sounds to my FoxPro Prairie Blaster. Does any one know where I can buy them or if you have them would you consider sell...

Crowpocalypse · Crowpocalypse

I’ve studied crows feeding in the 200 acre pumpkin patch and arrange my decoys in the same manner. I believe I’m doing it correctly because Mr. crow and his accomplices land with the decoys.

Crowpocalypse · Crowpocalypse

There are two basic types of caws. Context calls and companion calls. Context calls are a broad category of calls that can be linked to specific events taking place in the landscape. Food scorce, a hawk, an owl, fighting, Danger, etc. Companion calls (Non-Contextual vocalizations) usually 1-...

mach1cj · mach1cj

Hi, new member here and I've always wanted to try to shoot some crows. I have bought a low cost caller so far and I would like to get some decoys. The only ones available in my area are the Flambeau Hard Crow Decoy #5900cr. They are normally $14.99 and are on sale for $7.99. Will these work and how many will I...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	How To Clean Vintage Crow Call? crow calls cleaning crow calls how to advice newbie vintage crow call (Preview) Greetings! I recently picked up a vintage P.S. OLT Crow Call - No. 348205 for a dear friend of mine who has been wanting to get into crow calling (and she also enjoys vintage things!). It's in good shape but it's dusty inside and I also know she will want to be assured that the call has been thoroughly clea...	DarnCrows	2	610	Jul 25, 2019 by DarnCrows
	Another reason to blast bandits (Preview) https://www.wsj.com/articles/proving-hitch****-right-the-birds-are-turning-violent-this-summer-11563201968	Old Artilleryman	1	690	Jul 20, 2019 by Island Shooter
	Helping the Farmers on Two Continents! (Preview) Recently I was fortunate enough to be invited to a pigeon & dove hunt in Bolivia. The farmers in many of the South American countries including Bolivia count on at lease 25% crop loss due to birds (mainly doves, pigeons, parrots & parakeets). To help with the problem, they work with many out...	Island Shooter	8	693	Jul 19, 2019 by Martins97
	Crow Season Starts July 1st (Preview) Crow season opens Sunday at noon. I am going to clean the Ithaca tonight and swap out the choke for a new extended full I got from Briley. I am going to step it up a little this year with more choke and use #6 heavy field loads hopefully it will help me make more kills. -- Edited by oldshotty on Tuesday 17th of...	oldshotty	30	6319	Jul 17, 2019 by oldshotty
	England Bans Crow and Pigeon Hunting (Preview) Big and not so good things happening on the other side of the Atlantic. The anti-hunting movement grows in strength every year. Breaking: England bans pigeon and crow shootingApril 23, 2019 The Government has bowed to Chris Packham and is banning most pigeon, crow, gull and Canada goose shootin...	nhcrowshooter	20	1294	Jul 13, 2019 by Nastygunz
	Now This Is An Odd Bird!! (Preview) Better use high-brass #5’s for this one! http://flip.it/FRP7Wn Kinda Creepy! Demi	Island Shooter	1	722	Jun 25, 2019 by Crowpocalypse
	Mountain Crows (Preview) Good morning, Do to work I’ve recently relocated to the mountains of Northern Pennsylvania. Just went scouting to learn the crows habits here. The crows are far and few in between. Lots of farms, no chicken farms. A few dairy farms. The crows are scattered here and appeared to be singles and cal...	Crowpocalypse	15	884	Jun 14, 2019 by watch em fall
	Acquired a "new" crow gun. Questions. (Preview) Gentlemen, a little help, please...A couple of weeks ago, I received a surprise gift of a Winchester Model 1400 Mk II, semi-auto from a Navy Vet friend of mine as we prepared for our Memorial Day remembrances here in our small town. He had had this in the safe for years without touching it and had origina...	Old Artilleryman	2	3505	Jun 13, 2019 by Butch
	OWL Decoy Advice. (Preview) I have a OWL decoy several years and i have had crows show slight interest in it but it as never been that big of a successes for me i shoot open ground cover is scarce and i have just sighted the owl on gate posts or stone walls. I am not sure where to sight the decoy for best results. Any hints and advice ple...	GEORDIE TOM	15	781	Jun 9, 2019 by killer Crowalski
	crow , bird , Hawk & squirrel excitement in the yard ...... (Preview) I made it a point not to shoot my local crows on my property this year. instead i use them for a case study. I have 3 to 5 that show up daily. the last few days they have been trying to get at the scissor tail nest's and rob the egg's or newly hatched birds. when i see the scissor tail's swooping at the crow's i jus...	camo	2	476	May 27, 2019 by killer Crowalski
	This is One Freak Crow (Preview) Run and gun a few times a week, usually evenings as time permit. Nice to soon six or eight crows every few days because it’s what I like to do. Shot this strange looking crow this evening with no upper mandible. Wouldn’t have bothered to recover this bird had it not landed in the middle of a country road. Ca...	M12Shooter	5	615	May 21, 2019 by M12Shooter
	165,825 crows in 45 seasons. (Preview) I just got done adding up the numbers for this season. We averaged 172 crows per hunt between my partner and I. In 45 seasons the combined total of crows shot in my company comes to 254,109 crows. Weather conditions killed a lot of our hunting this past season and as a result we only hunted half of what w...	boba	12	819	May 19, 2019 by Crowpocalypse
	HECS technology (Preview) Gentlemen has anyone tried HECS camo? It’s been out since 2010. YouTube it, check out their website. It’s a game changer from what little information is on the web . My question is are the videos cropped? Does this new technology work? I’ve always wondered how animals can sense me when hunting, how ca...	Crowpocalypse	4	593	May 19, 2019 by Crowpocalypse
	This may or may not help with cutting costs on shells (Preview) I ran across this today and figured that someone might find a good use for it. I thought it was pretty cool. So if you need to stock up on ammo for the up coming season, go here. Now I entered 12 gauge, 2 3/4" shells and 7.5 shot size. This is what i got out of it. https://ammoseek.com/ammo/12-gauge?ss=7....	Puppypopper	5	528	May 17, 2019 by Granite Jaw
	Is this you? (Preview)	nhcrowshooter	3	625	May 11, 2019 by boba
	Lots of Crows in Maine (Preview) Yesterday I saw a video of a mall parking lot in Augusta Maine taken after dark on March 5th and there were 100's and 100's of crows on the ground, in the trees and sitting on the large snow banks. It was a news item for WMTW Channel 8 in Maine. Now I found this video posted yesterday by Maine Public Televisi...	nhcrowshooter	8	844	Apr 30, 2019 by andrews1958
	Look Out Below! (Preview) Hello Fellow Crowbusters, I went on a hunt recently and Im not going to lie, I got a little scared. Several times. I was hunting by myself and having a good time. I had to walk into this spot so I traveled light only bringing one decoy to rest atop my crowpole. I was set up at the end of a scrub brush tree ro...	Big Honkers	15	683	Apr 7, 2019 by killer Crowalski
	Welcome Back (Preview) First crow of the 2019 season. Welcome back to Canada. Ted	M12Shooter	4	696	Apr 5, 2019 by KennyT
	12 GA (Preview) What's the best or average 12 ga. load for crow shooting, and what is the preferred choke to use? What shot size? thanks	mach1cj	35	935	Apr 4, 2019 by Granite Jaw
	Newbie Question on Hand Calls (Preview) I have bought a number of crow calls from both this site and others who handle the recommended calls mentioned. While using/ blowing into one of them ( I do not remember which one as they all look pretty much the same) just stopped working. All the calls I have bought to date are all of $25.00 each so wo...	andrews1958	15	569	Mar 27, 2019 by GEORDIE TOM
	The Migrants. Bless Them. (Preview) Spring is close and the birds know it. There has been lots of honkers and crows on the move the last couple days. The history in my journal shows that traditionally the best crow migration movements will occur in my area sometime between March 10 thru March 25. This year is no different. Good hunt...	Big Honkers	5	587	Mar 17, 2019 by Big Honkers
	Scouting City Birds (Preview) So if you want to find out just how many birds are in your local city area. Put your Foxpro in the back of your truck, turn on the crow fight and just drive around. I must say, it is really awesome. In the event if you pull this to the right point, you can get them pulled to a good shooting location. I did it just f...	Puppypopper	5	678	Mar 15, 2019 by jonthepain
	Johnny Stewart Call Amp (Preview) Curious, I was looking on eBay and found an amp for Johnny Stewart’s old cassett players. It looks like it must attach sepperatly between the call and speaker. Has anyone used the amp? Is it required to get good high quality sound out the speakers? How is the quality of the sound out of these older casset...	andrews1958	3	496	Mar 9, 2019 by Crowpocalypse
	DNR/ Game Commission (Preview) Gentleman there is an add for Crow meat here. I believe it’s illegal to sell wild meat. Unless it is farm raised with the proper requirements met by federal regulations. Thus it has to be game raised in captivity a few generations Removed from the wild. I know the Department of Natural Resources had...	Crowpocalypse	1	584	Mar 9, 2019 by Puppypopper
	Skip Woody Becomes Even More Famous! (Preview) https://www.dropbox.com/s/qecfygvecypki6w/Crow%20Skip%20vid.mp4?dl=0=	Island Shooter	9	581	Mar 7, 2019 by Skip
	Working on the crows ( 1 2 ) (Preview) We got a couple hunts in before the first of the year, but have been after 'em more diligently since, especially when the second half of our split season opened on 14 Jan. We've noticed the numbers wintering here are down significantly. Probably less than half of last winter and we thought they were d...	Granite Jaw	59	1515	Mar 6, 2019 by Granite Jaw
	Johnny Stewart Crow CDs (Preview) I have looked for some time now trying to find Jonny Stewarts crow calling CDs s like the one shown in the link below. I understand that the cds are the only way that you can down load his sounds to my FoxPro Prairie Blaster. Does any one know where I can buy them or if you have them would you consider sell...	andrews1958	5	683	Mar 5, 2019 by Crowpocalypse
	Decoys (Preview) I’ve studied crows feeding in the 200 acre pumpkin patch and arrange my decoys in the same manner. I believe I’m doing it correctly because Mr. crow and his accomplices land with the decoys.	Crowpocalypse	33	758	Mar 3, 2019 by boba
	How to understand Crow language (Preview) There are two basic types of caws. Context calls and companion calls. Context calls are a broad category of calls that can be linked to specific events taking place in the landscape. Food scorce, a hawk, an owl, fighting, Danger, etc. Companion calls (Non-Contextual vocalizations) usually 1-...	Crowpocalypse	11	572	Mar 3, 2019 by Crowpocalypse
	A real greenhorn (Preview) Hi, new member here and I've always wanted to try to shoot some crows. I have bought a low cost caller so far and I would like to get some decoys. The only ones available in my area are the Flambeau Hard Crow Decoy #5900cr. They are normally $14.99 and are on sale for $7.99. Will these work and how many will I...	mach1cj	6	436	Mar 3, 2019 by Crowpocalypse
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