Crow Busters Forum

Dixierunner · Dixierunner

Went out this morning and had a fighting setup. 2 Crow, Fish fighting over a crumpled up red bandana with 6 others looking on. Things were really slow. All of a sudden, a Coopers Hawk swoops in and snatches one of the decoys and flies away!!! Not realizing that it was a cardboard silhouette! Well, it gets...

KenCrow · KenCrow

It has been 50 years ago today, Oct. 28, 2017 that I officially started my crow hunting sport. I was living in Atlanta, Ga. at the time, and went hunting with a friend in Newnan, Ga. We hunted in Stewarts pecan orchard, and I killed 12. My friend died 15 years ago, and I now live in Winston Salem, N.C. I still...

boba · boba

I was out in the country today and pulled in to an old fond memory. It was the farm where it all started back in November of 1968 with my father. The farmer and his wife are both gone now 49 years later! Only some one from that era would remember all the crows that once were in Reno County. A housing developer d...

dust · dust

I took my new shotgun to the range after my first and first unsuccessful run and gun. I shot Federal Ultra Clay and Field 1 1/8 oz 6s, with a modified choke, but am thinking I should consider the Gun clubs in #8 or an IC choke. What say the group? Federal #6 IC choke at 20 yards same as above with mod choke 1 1/8...

John · John

Im in Moore Co. North Carolina.I have a old 20 tree pecan orchard.The last couple years the crows have abused us pretty bad.Seems like 2 groups of 20 to 30 crows.One group of 20 or so comes in gets pecans flies out,then the other 20 or so fly in and get pecans. They are eatin up all of my short drought year cro...

Butch · Butch

Hunted an orchard I killed 120 so-lo last year, was optimistic on the way there as the owner had called and said they were there. Well they moved out and we killed 21, seems like I'm chasing ghosts. Going to take off a week or so and try to kill a good buck up in Ohio and maybe things will turn on down here by th...

John · John

Need someone in Cameron,NC. They are skinnin my 20 pecan trees on already short drought crop. We are infested with crow.They need thinnin bad.

nhcrowshooter · nhcrowshooter

Almost 70 degrees again today in the northeast. They say we are on track for an all time record warm October. The impact on hunting has been terrible. This is normally the time of a big migration. So far nothing seen to speak of. Farmers only brought in their corn a week ago. I am hoping things turn on soon....

Ben · Ben

Got 105 crows near milledgeville today.

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

If I had known that there was going to be this much law enforcement involvement, I might not have gone after this hunt! Well...all things considered, it was a fun experience that will be the makings of some good fireside stories. Here are the details: Strike One A subcontractor of ours put me on to a ne...

Elkhunter · Elkhunter

I knew the birds were not in good numbers yet, but I still had to give it a try. Shot in a pecan orchard in Dallas County. Same one we killed 161 in last year. I picked up 46. I was on a dang good roll for a while. I killed 40 of the first 43 birds I shot at. Some I did shoot at more than once. Then things went south. I...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

A month ago, two of us shot a new pecan orchard site that was very productive. We killed 107 birds and since then, the crows have returned to the point it needed to be hunted again. This time, the owner's friend wanted to shoot so I agreed to take him and another buddy of mine. I set the blind up last night...

Butch · Butch

Thats what I'm doing, trying to find them! Bobs Hurricane post on crows leaving may be spot on. Strange lack of birds on prime property here. Made a hunt Saturday a:m on a spot that is not one of my best but we have averaged around 60 here in the past. Anyway it was overcast 69 degrees and 8 to 12 wind, not b...

Dixierunner · Dixierunner

Was able to slide out this morning and shoot. I had found a place along the C&D Canal that had the potential to be a good spot. The nasty boogers were crossing the canal along a high line from south(farm land) to north(dairy farm). Only thing was the high line was in DE about 400 yrds from me legally try...

Bob O · Bob O

I just got a lead on a farmer that is having a crow problem on his 1,500 acre farm (corn), and he has passed on his name and phone number for me to call him. I haven't called him yet as I want to make sure I'm able to do this legally. From what's listed below, a Federal Permit is not needed to take crows under c...

Butch · Butch

Got out after them this a:m, was hoping weatherman would be right but the cooler weather slowed down and instead of mid to low 60's it was 73 when we parked the truck. Started off real slow as crows didn't respond to the E-Caller, finally close to 7 a:m they started moving some and the mouth calls were kin...

Bob O · Bob O

[video=https://youtu.be/mcjT6FH5y7...

M12Shooter · M12Shooter

Shot another 18 this evening...only minutes north of my home. Bet if I climbed a good sized tree I'd be able to see my house😀 Packed of my 12's this time and had plentry of ammo as well. Used only one box less a round though Ted

Dixierunner · Dixierunner

Traveled home last week and was able to get a short hunt in amongst family business. Set up at the edge of a cut corn field and started calling. Like a flight of stealth fighters, the first group came over tree top high and silent from behind and caught me looking elsewhere. Not to be outdone, hit them with...

Elkhunter · Elkhunter

While it is still early, the crows seem to be hanging around the pecan orchards some already. My peanut farmers all planted late this year so it looks like it will be Oct before they start to harvest. I am ready to hammer some of the ole black bandits!

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

Had an interesting hunt on Monday. A close friend who sells fertilizer has helped me connect with several farmers with crow problems. One of his friends said he had some, so I asked both of them to come along on a hunt...this trip was more social than about crow numbers. The farmer is a well-heeled ma...

Gadget Bob · Gadget Bob

Hi boys, Chasing some bandits last Friday...

M12Shooter · M12Shooter

As said feeling a bit restless this evening as I have been in a training course this past few weeks. Threw my sons light little 20 auto in the truck and grabbed a box of 20 gauge fodder in the unlikely event that a few crows could be had before dark only a few miles from my home. Once the caller was activated, t...

New Member in Hanover, PA · EdSy

Hi All: I just joined and my shooting buddy and I are looking forward to learning more about crow "busting" techniques. We have an electronic caller and decoys. Both of us are experienced hunters and shoot sporting clays and skeet weekly year round. We are located in south, central PA near Hanover...

boba · boba

Here is a photo of Drew Moore and I in Oklahoma. He wrote the article "Ole Time Crow Hunting in the 21st. Century" it can be read in the Advanced Reader section of Crow Busters. We spent a week together hunting crows, Drew was from Kentucky. Drew mentioned in the article that on the first hunt we shot ove...

nhcrowshooter · nhcrowshooter

I had a good laugh this morning when a so called crow hunting expert on another forum told me he hides all his dead birds because it makes crows circle out of range. Certainly crows that glide and crash outside of shotgun range will cause a crow to stop and circle but most will then continue on towards the...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

Two of us went out this morning for some pre-season crow control in a pecan orchard in nearby Hollywood, SC. Had one earlier hunt in the summer to chase off some local crows out of a melon patch, but this morning's hunt was real... Real (migratory) birds, real numbers and REAL fun! The crows worked in...

M12Shooter · M12Shooter

I have been chasing a good sized fall flock this past few weeks...I'd say perhaps 3000 birds. Bounced a few hundred as these have now smartened up to my operation as remain cautious to calling. Time to hunt some edible game. Had my 13 year old out this past weekend and he shot his first duck...actually du...

Elkhunter · Elkhunter

Just about to finish up on another summer of killing hogs down here in Alabama. Starting to see and hear a lot of crows. Looking forward to switching gears from hunting furry creatures at night to hunting flying creatures during the day! I see I have missed out on a bunch of threads on here. I got some cat...

Butch · Butch

Finally got in the game! Brother and I made a couple hunts this weekend, was his 3rd and 4th crow hunts. Anyway we were rusty but of course there's only one treatment for that and we accepted it readily. First a:m was 70 degrees at first light, no wind and 88 % humidit, not the best conditions but you take i...

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	Crow, Fish takes one for the team! (Preview) Went out this morning and had a fighting setup. 2 Crow, Fish fighting over a crumpled up red bandana with 6 others looking on. Things were really slow. All of a sudden, a Coopers Hawk swoops in and snatches one of the decoys and flies away!!! Not realizing that it was a cardboard silhouette! Well, it gets...	Dixierunner	4	313	Oct 30, 2017 by Island Shooter
	50th Anniversary (Preview) It has been 50 years ago today, Oct. 28, 2017 that I officially started my crow hunting sport. I was living in Atlanta, Ga. at the time, and went hunting with a friend in Newnan, Ga. We hunted in Stewarts pecan orchard, and I killed 12. My friend died 15 years ago, and I now live in Winston Salem, N.C. I still...	KenCrow	5	249	Oct 30, 2017 by Island Shooter
	Visiting the first place I ever hunted in Reno County Kansas. (Preview) I was out in the country today and pulled in to an old fond memory. It was the farm where it all started back in November of 1968 with my father. The farmer and his wife are both gone now 49 years later! Only some one from that era would remember all the crows that once were in Reno County. A housing developer d...	boba	5	317	Oct 30, 2017 by boba
	How do these patterns look for run and gun? (Preview) I took my new shotgun to the range after my first and first unsuccessful run and gun. I shot Federal Ultra Clay and Field 1 1/8 oz 6s, with a modified choke, but am thinking I should consider the Gun clubs in #8 or an IC choke. What say the group? Federal #6 IC choke at 20 yards same as above with mod choke 1 1/8...	dust	13	1055	Oct 29, 2017 by Skip
	Help ! (Preview) Im in Moore Co. North Carolina.I have a old 20 tree pecan orchard.The last couple years the crows have abused us pretty bad.Seems like 2 groups of 20 to 30 crows.One group of 20 or so comes in gets pecans flies out,then the other 20 or so fly in and get pecans. They are eatin up all of my short drought year cro...	John	3	248	Oct 29, 2017 by Skip
	Mid-Week Hunt (Preview) Hunted an orchard I killed 120 so-lo last year, was optimistic on the way there as the owner had called and said they were there. Well they moved out and we killed 21, seems like I'm chasing ghosts. Going to take off a week or so and try to kill a good buck up in Ohio and maybe things will turn on down here by th...	Butch	2	240	Oct 28, 2017 by Top Cat
	Lookin for Tarheels (Preview) Need someone in Cameron,NC. They are skinnin my 20 pecan trees on already short drought crop. We are infested with crow.They need thinnin bad.	John	3	242	Oct 25, 2017 by John
	Warmest October on record (Preview) Almost 70 degrees again today in the northeast. They say we are on track for an all time record warm October. The impact on hunting has been terrible. This is normally the time of a big migration. So far nothing seen to speak of. Farmers only brought in their corn a week ago. I am hoping things turn on soon....	nhcrowshooter	4	232	Oct 25, 2017 by Bob O
	First orchard shoot of 2017 (Preview) Got 105 crows near milledgeville today.	Ben	14	389	Oct 21, 2017 by Ben
	The Law Says 3 Strikes And You Are OUT!! (Preview) If I had known that there was going to be this much law enforcement involvement, I might not have gone after this hunt! Well...all things considered, it was a fun experience that will be the makings of some good fireside stories. Here are the details: Strike One A subcontractor of ours put me on to a ne...	Island Shooter	16	487	Oct 20, 2017 by Mainehunt
	First shoot (Preview) I knew the birds were not in good numbers yet, but I still had to give it a try. Shot in a pecan orchard in Dallas County. Same one we killed 161 in last year. I picked up 46. I was on a dang good roll for a while. I killed 40 of the first 43 birds I shot at. Some I did shoot at more than once. Then things went south. I...	Elkhunter	6	274	Oct 17, 2017 by Elkhunter
	A Return To The Pecan Orchard (Preview) A month ago, two of us shot a new pecan orchard site that was very productive. We killed 107 birds and since then, the crows have returned to the point it needed to be hunted again. This time, the owner's friend wanted to shoot so I agreed to take him and another buddy of mine. I set the blind up last night...	Island Shooter	5	274	Oct 17, 2017 by Bob O
	Crow "Hunting" (Preview) Thats what I'm doing, trying to find them! Bobs Hurricane post on crows leaving may be spot on. Strange lack of birds on prime property here. Made a hunt Saturday a:m on a spot that is not one of my best but we have averaged around 60 here in the past. Anyway it was overcast 69 degrees and 8 to 12 wind, not b...	Butch	7	444	Oct 17, 2017 by Butch
	C&D Crows (Preview) Was able to slide out this morning and shoot. I had found a place along the C&D Canal that had the potential to be a good spot. The nasty boogers were crossing the canal along a high line from south(farm land) to north(dairy farm). Only thing was the high line was in DE about 400 yrds from me legally try...	Dixierunner	2	251	Oct 14, 2017 by Dixierunner
	Taking crows under Federal Law - Questions (Preview) I just got a lead on a farmer that is having a crow problem on his 1,500 acre farm (corn), and he has passed on his name and phone number for me to call him. I haven't called him yet as I want to make sure I'm able to do this legally. From what's listed below, a Federal Permit is not needed to take crows under c...	Bob O	32	564	Oct 5, 2017 by Bob O
	Saturday hunt (Preview) Got out after them this a:m, was hoping weatherman would be right but the cooler weather slowed down and instead of mid to low 60's it was 73 when we parked the truck. Started off real slow as crows didn't respond to the E-Caller, finally close to 7 a:m they started moving some and the mouth calls were kin...	Butch	13	355	Oct 3, 2017 by Dixierunner
	All my crow hunting vids from the 2017 season (Preview) [video=https://youtu.be/mcjT6FH5y7...	Bob O	6	336	Sep 29, 2017 by Dixierunner
	Bounced a Few More (Preview) Shot another 18 this evening...only minutes north of my home. Bet if I climbed a good sized tree I'd be able to see my house😀 Packed of my 12's this time and had plentry of ammo as well. Used only one box less a round though Ted	M12Shooter	2	241	Sep 29, 2017 by Bob O
	Bayou Busting (Preview) Traveled home last week and was able to get a short hunt in amongst family business. Set up at the edge of a cut corn field and started calling. Like a flight of stealth fighters, the first group came over tree top high and silent from behind and caught me looking elsewhere. Not to be outdone, hit them with...	Dixierunner	2	232	Sep 28, 2017 by Bob O
	Little noise in Bama (Preview) While it is still early, the crows seem to be hanging around the pecan orchards some already. My peanut farmers all planted late this year so it looks like it will be Oct before they start to harvest. I am ready to hammer some of the ole black bandits!	Elkhunter	2	220	Sep 28, 2017 by Bob O
	Crows, Sod & Seed (Preview) Had an interesting hunt on Monday. A close friend who sells fertilizer has helped me connect with several farmers with crow problems. One of his friends said he had some, so I asked both of them to come along on a hunt...this trip was more social than about crow numbers. The farmer is a well-heeled ma...	Island Shooter	5	256	Sep 27, 2017 by Butch
	TCP in Action - "Sound Collision!" Texas Crow Patrol (Preview) Hi boys, Chasing some bandits last Friday...	Gadget Bob	6	662	Sep 27, 2017 by Butch
	Evening Shoot (Preview) As said feeling a bit restless this evening as I have been in a training course this past few weeks. Threw my sons light little 20 auto in the truck and grabbed a box of 20 gauge fodder in the unlikely event that a few crows could be had before dark only a few miles from my home. Once the caller was activated, t...	M12Shooter	4	241	Sep 26, 2017 by Bob O
	New Member in Hanover, PA (Preview) Hi All: I just joined and my shooting buddy and I are looking forward to learning more about crow "busting" techniques. We have an electronic caller and decoys. Both of us are experienced hunters and shoot sporting clays and skeet weekly year round. We are located in south, central PA near Hanover...	EdSy	4	244	Sep 26, 2017 by Bob O
	A great old photo from 2001. (Preview) Here is a photo of Drew Moore and I in Oklahoma. He wrote the article "Ole Time Crow Hunting in the 21st. Century" it can be read in the Advanced Reader section of Crow Busters. We spent a week together hunting crows, Drew was from Kentucky. Drew mentioned in the article that on the first hunt we shot ove...	boba	4	269	Sep 26, 2017 by boba
	Dead birds in the decoys (Preview) I had a good laugh this morning when a so called crow hunting expert on another forum told me he hides all his dead birds because it makes crows circle out of range. Certainly crows that glide and crash outside of shotgun range will cause a crow to stop and circle but most will then continue on towards the...	nhcrowshooter	31	500	Sep 23, 2017 by Top Cat
	First "Real" Hunt of the Season (Preview) Two of us went out this morning for some pre-season crow control in a pecan orchard in nearby Hollywood, SC. Had one earlier hunt in the summer to chase off some local crows out of a melon patch, but this morning's hunt was real... Real (migratory) birds, real numbers and REAL fun! The crows worked in...	Island Shooter	14	403	Sep 22, 2017 by Top Cat
	Fall Crows (Preview) I have been chasing a good sized fall flock this past few weeks...I'd say perhaps 3000 birds. Bounced a few hundred as these have now smartened up to my operation as remain cautious to calling. Time to hunt some edible game. Had my 13 year old out this past weekend and he shot his first duck...actually du...	M12Shooter	6	301	Sep 21, 2017 by M12Shooter
	Been busy! (Preview) Just about to finish up on another summer of killing hogs down here in Alabama. Starting to see and hear a lot of crows. Looking forward to switching gears from hunting furry creatures at night to hunting flying creatures during the day! I see I have missed out on a bunch of threads on here. I got some cat...	Elkhunter	7	342	Sep 19, 2017 by Island Shooter
	First Hunt Fall 2017 (Hot & Muggy) (Preview) Finally got in the game! Brother and I made a couple hunts this weekend, was his 3rd and 4th crow hunts. Anyway we were rusty but of course there's only one treatment for that and we accepted it readily. First a:m was 70 degrees at first light, no wind and 88 % humidit, not the best conditions but you take i...	Butch	8	295	Sep 19, 2017 by Butch
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