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M12Shooter · M12Shooter

Very early spring here, plenty of bird species here a good 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Crows were no exception... I have been out half dozen times with the typical 20 or so bagged each morning. Not a lot compared to others but this is within 20 minutes of my home. After a bleak winter this is a purely spir...

boba · boba

SOS........ Pete or Lefty can you post two film clips on this thread I have started. One is "Arkansas River Crow Shoot" and the other is titled "Father & Son" it is film footage from 1951 with the three of us, my dad, my second cousin Lee Aronsohn, he is the one with the leather jacket. Then there is me a...

8fishermen · 8fishermen

Hey guys, I haven't been around for a while but hope all is well. We moved and have been working on our new homestead so haven't taken the time to hunt much lately. There is a disagreement on the ID of the bird in this video. Is it a crow or a raven? Location is in West Virginia with confirmed sightings of...

BAYMAN718 · BAYMAN718

have a guy on facebook claiming his buddy shot 450 crows by himself between sunrise and sunset... 250 i could buy....but 450....sounds like bs to me...what do you guys think

KenCrow · KenCrow

Killing a lot of crows in a day is always gratifying. But quantity is not the only prerequisite of good, and fun, crow hunting. Quality of the hunt is also required to have a good day in the field, including good weather, a lot of crows to shoot at, a good total score, and a high percentage of hits. Thinking...

RAIN-N-CROWS · RAIN-N-CROWS

A guy in my area who does fairly well on crows says to get well away from the woods when hunting crows. I was wondering if any of you actually set up in the woods to hunt them and are you being successful? It seems like it would be a lot of fun if they do respond at all.

BAYMAN718 · BAYMAN718

https://www.federalpremium.com/ammunition/shotshell/type/hi-bird/

boba · boba

This photo sits on my desk in the crow museum. It is a photo of Dick my crow hunting partner in India hunting tigers. The other is my father with a big bull elephant in Africa.

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

One of the owners of the many dove fields around here called to ask for help with a crow problem again. We hunted this field a couple months back and bagged 65. He recently re-planted the field and the crows had returned to pull up the sprouted seeds. Our season is over but crop damaging crows can be hunted...

thunderbird · thunderbird

Hello fellow Crow Busters, Has anyone tried or have had any experience with the Primos Old Crow Call? It has some potential but mine at the moment sounds more like a New Years Party 'blower' . The body is wooden and the mouthpiece is plastic with a reed inside of it of course. In comparison, the HS Hammeri...

KennyT · KennyT

I have been hunting my friend's 250 acre farm evey couple of weeks since mid winter. During the coldest weeks there was scarcely a crow to be found. In the last month the activity has really been picking up. This past Thursday I was on the edge of a corn field surrounded by pine trees and shrubs setting up m...

Gadget Bob · Gadget Bob

Hi boys, With all of the recently shared crow hunting history, I thought you might enjoy this photo and information... Regards,

Wingsetter · Wingsetter

Iowa's season opened again last weekend. Got out Sat. Afternoon and tried a place I thought would have some birds passing through but only shot 3. Next morning on was one of my river spots and rolled 34 of them. Then got out this morning and busted another 35. Did get one triple and a couple doubles. Popp...

NCbowjunkie · NCbowjunkie

Here's a few crow calls that I finished up today, left to right olive wood Stubby style, Gibson had this one started ,glad he gave it to me to finish. Middle call is another Stubby style from bocote and bamboo, next is a long range bamboo/ pau ferro with myrtle laminates. My bowling pin style . Thks for loo...

TexasMatt · TexasMatt

I had the pleasure of testing Gadget Bob's Leupold LTO Tracker thermal device this past weekend. I shared my experience with Skip, who suggested I also share it with all of you gentlemen, in case any of you are considering purchasing one of these devices. My field report is below, enjoy! Bob graciou...

KenCrow · KenCrow

When crow hunting, there is nothing more aggravating than equipment failure. Especially when it's 6:00 AM, 15 degrees, and still dark. I have had this happen to me about 50 times during the past 8-10 years. I finally got tired, fed-up, and disgusted beyond endurance, and became determined to fix a p...

Big Honkers · Big Honkers

Here is a picture from earlier in Michigan's season...when we actually had some snow. This is the 4th year in a row that I shot a piebald from this same blind location. Dont start asking me about genetics of birds around here, lets just give Lady Luck the credit on this. This one worked in nice and tight...

boba · boba

The first photo is of my dad and I in 1957 when I used an air rifle for the cripples, I was 9 years old in this first photo. The second photo is of my dad's stuffed owl where his head and wings moved on a timer. He had a live owl also! The third photo was taken in the fall of 1965 in South Dakota.

10gacrowshooter · 10gacrowshooter

Bob, Are you close to fires in Hutchinson? hope not and all's well. scott

nhcrowshooter · nhcrowshooter

I had dinner tonight with a waterfowling friend who lives in Salisbury MA. His father and uncle were avid crow hunters back in the day, 1950's and early 1960's. Bill Mitchell was from Lowell MA and Ray Slater was from Chelmsford MA, their other hunting partner (who is still alive) Sonny Burbank was a...

RAIN-N-CROWS · RAIN-N-CROWS

Is the Jack Mincey (JLM) cocobolo custom call the same call that comes with Bob's CD/call combo? If not, what are the differences? Thanks!

ecuchief · ecuchief

Hello All! It's been some time that I have been able to join in the conversations and even longer getting into the field for crows. Well, I finally did get to call some and I also introduced an extended family member, John, to the fun of crow hunting. I went to Delaware for the conservation snow goose seas...

boba · boba

Pete (NH Crow) got me enthused to post some of these photos. I have posted some of them in the past but if you think about how fast time goes by just look at the time span between Pete's photos from 1953 and 1954 to a mere 10 years later in some of the waterfowl photos. The crow hunting photos date back to 1974 t...

RAIN-N-CROWS · RAIN-N-CROWS

For me, its the fighting crow on my FoxPro and a little custom made bite down rabbit in distress caller! When the fighting crow sound starts to wind down a bit or I need to turn some crows, I can hit that bite down while the fighting crow is still playing and can get some amazing results! Its just that little...

Lefty2Barrels · Lefty2Barrels

I need some help fellas. I want to build a portable blind thats quick and easy to assemble in the field Other than brushing in. It needs four sides so we can use it in the middle of a large feild, big enough for two hunters sitting side by side, and light weight. So if you would please post your pictures and id...

Lefty2Barrels · Lefty2Barrels

We had our best morning to date! The morning was very calm and pretty cool. The birds trickled in pretty steady for the 2hrs we called and shot. We would have stayed longer like normal but my buddy had to be some where at 10am. Neither one of use wanted to leave. He got his first double and got "high bird" of t...

NCbowjunkie · NCbowjunkie

turned a bocote/bamboo Stuby style at Gibson shop yesterday

JTNorthArk · JTNorthArk

Just generally speaking what camo patterns has everyone used and what did you like most? I've really come to like Mossy Oak Brush myself, yeah it's a brush pattern more targeted for open fields but I have found it blends against rocks very well. Realtree Xtra is also a good one, does anybody use any digi...

BAYMAN718 · BAYMAN718

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/taginfo.htm

BAYMAN718 · BAYMAN718

hey gang...got out today for a solo hunt....weather continues to be down right WACKY....with temps now in the MID 70S!!! ( week ago it was 2 ft of snow and 20 degrees)....i normally dont hunt the same locations more then once every two weeks.....but with the temps rising and all the fields i have permis...

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	Spring Shooting 2017 (Preview) Very early spring here, plenty of bird species here a good 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Crows were no exception... I have been out half dozen times with the typical 20 or so bagged each morning. Not a lot compared to others but this is within 20 minutes of my home. After a bleak winter this is a purely spir...	M12Shooter	6	449	Apr 12, 2017 by Gadget Bob
	The making of a Crow Hunter. (Preview) SOS........ Pete or Lefty can you post two film clips on this thread I have started. One is "Arkansas River Crow Shoot" and the other is titled "Father & Son" it is film footage from 1951 with the three of us, my dad, my second cousin Lee Aronsohn, he is the one with the leather jacket. Then there is me a...	boba	19	691	Apr 11, 2017 by boba
	ID this bird. (Preview) Hey guys, I haven't been around for a while but hope all is well. We moved and have been working on our new homestead so haven't taken the time to hunt much lately. There is a disagreement on the ID of the bird in this video. Is it a crow or a raven? Location is in West Virginia with confirmed sightings of...	8fishermen	7	377	Apr 10, 2017 by 10gacrowshooter
	do you think it is possible for one man to shoot 450 crows in one day? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) have a guy on facebook claiming his buddy shot 450 crows by himself between sunrise and sunset... 250 i could buy....but 450....sounds like bs to me...what do you guys think	BAYMAN718	76	5529	Apr 8, 2017 by boba
	Crow shooting scores without a miss (Preview) Killing a lot of crows in a day is always gratifying. But quantity is not the only prerequisite of good, and fun, crow hunting. Quality of the hunt is also required to have a good day in the field, including good weather, a lot of crows to shoot at, a good total score, and a high percentage of hits. Thinking...	KenCrow	15	675	Apr 6, 2017 by M12Shooter
	Who hunts them from the woods? (Preview) A guy in my area who does fairly well on crows says to get well away from the woods when hunting crows. I was wondering if any of you actually set up in the woods to hunt them and are you being successful? It seems like it would be a lot of fun if they do respond at all.	RAIN-N-CROWS	31	1148	Apr 1, 2017 by boba
	thoughts on federals new " HI-BIRD" load designed for piegon and crow shooters.... (Preview) https://www.federalpremium.com/ammunition/shotshell/type/hi-bird/	BAYMAN718	26	38506	Mar 30, 2017 by Top Cat
	A great old photo! (Preview) This photo sits on my desk in the crow museum. It is a photo of Dick my crow hunting partner in India hunting tigers. The other is my father with a big bull elephant in Africa.	boba	6	402	Mar 29, 2017 by boba
	Disappointing Return - What Do You Think? (Preview) One of the owners of the many dove fields around here called to ask for help with a crow problem again. We hunted this field a couple months back and bagged 65. He recently re-planted the field and the crows had returned to pull up the sprouted seeds. Our season is over but crop damaging crows can be hunted...	Island Shooter	10	540	Mar 28, 2017 by Butch
	Primos Old Crow Call - Any way to tune it? (Preview) Hello fellow Crow Busters, Has anyone tried or have had any experience with the Primos Old Crow Call? It has some potential but mine at the moment sounds more like a New Years Party 'blower' . The body is wooden and the mouthpiece is plastic with a reed inside of it of course. In comparison, the HS Hammeri...	thunderbird	8	936	Mar 27, 2017 by thunderbird
	Found the roost (Preview) I have been hunting my friend's 250 acre farm evey couple of weeks since mid winter. During the coldest weeks there was scarcely a crow to be found. In the last month the activity has really been picking up. This past Thursday I was on the edge of a corn field surrounded by pine trees and shrubs setting up m...	KennyT	1	364	Mar 27, 2017 by Top Cat
	Crow Hunting History - North Dakota OUTDOORS Texas Crow Patrol (Preview) Hi boys, With all of the recently shared crow hunting history, I thought you might enjoy this photo and information... Regards,	Gadget Bob	3	1008	Mar 26, 2017 by Gadget Bob
	Good start to Iowa's second season ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Iowa's season opened again last weekend. Got out Sat. Afternoon and tried a place I thought would have some birds passing through but only shot 3. Next morning on was one of my river spots and rolled 34 of them. Then got out this morning and busted another 35. Did get one triple and a couple doubles. Popp...	Wingsetter	83	4430	Mar 25, 2017 by Wingsetter
	A few new calls that I finished up today (Preview) Here's a few crow calls that I finished up today, left to right olive wood Stubby style, Gibson had this one started ,glad he gave it to me to finish. Middle call is another Stubby style from bocote and bamboo, next is a long range bamboo/ pau ferro with myrtle laminates. My bowling pin style . Thks for loo...	NCbowjunkie	1	386	Mar 22, 2017 by Lefty2Barrels
	Field testing the Leupold LTO Tracker. Texas Crow Hunting (Preview) I had the pleasure of testing Gadget Bob's Leupold LTO Tracker thermal device this past weekend. I shared my experience with Skip, who suggested I also share it with all of you gentlemen, in case any of you are considering purchasing one of these devices. My field report is below, enjoy! Bob graciou...	TexasMatt	1	1235	Mar 22, 2017 by Big Honkers
	'nuff is a damn 'nuff (Preview) When crow hunting, there is nothing more aggravating than equipment failure. Especially when it's 6:00 AM, 15 degrees, and still dark. I have had this happen to me about 50 times during the past 8-10 years. I finally got tired, fed-up, and disgusted beyond endurance, and became determined to fix a p...	KenCrow	4	567	Mar 19, 2017 by Old Artilleryman
	Piebald From the SAME Location 4 Years In A Row. Yup. Pic. (Preview) Here is a picture from earlier in Michigan's season...when we actually had some snow. This is the 4th year in a row that I shot a piebald from this same blind location. Dont start asking me about genetics of birds around here, lets just give Lady Luck the credit on this. This one worked in nice and tight...	Big Honkers	14	557	Mar 17, 2017 by Top Cat
	Crow photos from the late 1950's and late 1960's. (Preview) The first photo is of my dad and I in 1957 when I used an air rifle for the cripples, I was 9 years old in this first photo. The second photo is of my dad's stuffed owl where his head and wings moved on a timer. He had a live owl also! The third photo was taken in the fall of 1965 in South Dakota.	boba	11	508	Mar 15, 2017 by Top Cat
	fire (Preview) Bob, Are you close to fires in Hutchinson? hope not and all's well. scott	10gacrowshooter	14	616	Mar 13, 2017 by boba
	Old School MA and NH Crow Hunters (Preview) I had dinner tonight with a waterfowling friend who lives in Salisbury MA. His father and uncle were avid crow hunters back in the day, 1950's and early 1960's. Bill Mitchell was from Lowell MA and Ray Slater was from Chelmsford MA, their other hunting partner (who is still alive) Sonny Burbank was a...	nhcrowshooter	23	660	Mar 12, 2017 by Chrisnick
	Hand call question (Preview) Is the Jack Mincey (JLM) cocobolo custom call the same call that comes with Bob's CD/call combo? If not, what are the differences? Thanks!	RAIN-N-CROWS	2	425	Mar 11, 2017 by RAIN-N-CROWS
	DE Crows (Preview) Hello All! It's been some time that I have been able to join in the conversations and even longer getting into the field for crows. Well, I finally did get to call some and I also introduced an extended family member, John, to the fun of crow hunting. I went to Delaware for the conservation snow goose seas...	ecuchief	5	432	Mar 11, 2017 by Old Artilleryman
	Classic old crow hunting photos. (Preview) Pete (NH Crow) got me enthused to post some of these photos. I have posted some of them in the past but if you think about how fast time goes by just look at the time span between Pete's photos from 1953 and 1954 to a mere 10 years later in some of the waterfowl photos. The crow hunting photos date back to 1974 t...	boba	2	474	Mar 10, 2017 by boba
	What sounds are you not leaving the house without? (Preview) For me, its the fighting crow on my FoxPro and a little custom made bite down rabbit in distress caller! When the fighting crow sound starts to wind down a bit or I need to turn some crows, I can hit that bite down while the fighting crow is still playing and can get some amazing results! Its just that little...	RAIN-N-CROWS	2	440	Mar 7, 2017 by RAIN-N-CROWS
	Portable blind frame work ideas (Preview) I need some help fellas. I want to build a portable blind thats quick and easy to assemble in the field Other than brushing in. It needs four sides so we can use it in the middle of a large feild, big enough for two hunters sitting side by side, and light weight. So if you would please post your pictures and id...	Lefty2Barrels	1	436	Mar 7, 2017 by Old Artilleryman
	Great morning, personal best (Preview) We had our best morning to date! The morning was very calm and pretty cool. The birds trickled in pretty steady for the 2hrs we called and shot. We would have stayed longer like normal but my buddy had to be some where at 10am. Neither one of use wanted to leave. He got his first double and got "high bird" of t...	Lefty2Barrels	9	472	Mar 6, 2017 by Island Shooter
	Turned a new call yesterday (Preview) turned a bocote/bamboo Stuby style at Gibson shop yesterday	NCbowjunkie	4	404	Mar 5, 2017 by RAIN-N-CROWS
	What Camo Pattern Has Worked Best For You? (Preview) Just generally speaking what camo patterns has everyone used and what did you like most? I've really come to like Mossy Oak Brush myself, yeah it's a brush pattern more targeted for open fields but I have found it blends against rocks very well. Realtree Xtra is also a good one, does anybody use any digi...	JTNorthArk	8	522	Mar 4, 2017 by Troy Seal
	anyone ever shoot one of these "tagged " crows... (Preview) http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/taginfo.htm	BAYMAN718	7	637	Mar 4, 2017 by Troy Seal
	THE END IS NEAR???? ( or maybe i screwed up) todays hunt... (Preview) hey gang...got out today for a solo hunt....weather continues to be down right WACKY....with temps now in the MID 70S!!! ( week ago it was 2 ft of snow and 20 degrees)....i normally dont hunt the same locations more then once every two weeks.....but with the temps rising and all the fields i have permis...	BAYMAN718	3	404	Mar 2, 2017 by boba
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