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Crow brains and behaviour, well worth the reading (see the "Bird Brainiacs" post too)
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I have a pigeon, a grey crow, and two rooks captive at this moment. All were shot, but only hit in one wing, so survived, and now I have them captive and feed them twice an day, and give them water too. Although they realise I'm the one who shot them, the grey crow and pigeon are already becoming "trusting"...
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Post Halloween Celebration With Crows
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Greetings All, Halloween has come & gone but the pumpkins continue to serve a purpose. Well, for the crows anyway. A pumpkin producer here in the midwest called me to say the crows were all up in his business. He had his pumpkin patch cultivated and the crows were stopping for an orange treat dur...
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Sky High Blind
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Being Thanksgiving, my son flew in for a visit and a little hunting. In anticipation of his arrival I set up a blind out back in a field we use for clay pigeon shooting, including the use of a scaffold tower that I use for launching clays (it's sometimes nice being a contractor). Due to the large number o...
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Bird Brainiacs
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http://www.audubon.org/magazine/march-april-2016/meet-bird-brainiacs-american-crow
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25,000 Crow Hunters?
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According to this article a biologist in PA reported there were 25,000 crow hunters taking 200,000 birds in that state. I doubt very much there are 25,000 crow hunter in the entire country! Four birds per hunter, I think that estimate is way off base as well. What is your guess on how many folks are...
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Roost Eradication!
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You folks here have seen far worse happen than I to be sure particularly you foplks in the big crow states with hundreds of thousands of crows. Well it had to have happened here...? I only counted about 20 tops in a roost formerly 150 maybe? And crows were mighty scare too! I could see crows in the distanc...
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Crow shooting in Ireland
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A film by an Internet aquaintence of shooting crows in Ireland (not sure North or South) on this you can see what we call a Grey crow (opposite of your Piebald, as it has a grey body and black wings. We also have grey backs, that only have a grey back, the rest being black. They are all mutations of the Carr...
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Flappers
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Admin, delete if not allowed Most important with ANY make of flapper, including the FF5, break the wings of any dead bird you mount, if you don't, although it will work to start, as rigorous mortis sets in, there will be increasing resistance as the time goes on and will then burn out the motor when it g...
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Crow Hunter Survey Results
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Here are the results of my brief survey. There were 36 responses which I think represents the most active participants on this website at the current time. Q. How long have you hunted crows? The majority responding are grizzled veterans with 64% answering 10 years or more. Another 11% answered th...
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OKay start for the year
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Gadget Bob I hope you are doing well these day! Anytime we get up into the 4 digit count by T-day it is going to be a good year! Low and Slow is that me in Avatar or you?
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Shot Size Myth
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I know this is a sensative topic so go easy on me. Small shot such as 71/2 and 8 shot is all you need to kill crows. The reason why people don't believe it is because most shells in those shot sizes are inferior loads. Try Rem nitros ,AA Win,or any good load and you'll be impressed with results and glad about r...
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Crow Week - Part "B"
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We just completed our second half (Part “B”) of Crow Week. This is where we put together hunts with Jerry Tomlin, expert crow guide from Milledgeville, GA, but base it out of a family home between Aiken, SC & Augusta, GA. The point is that crow hunting can be a part of a fun package when done in conju...
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First Time Post
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Evening all, To introduce myself I have been an avid crow hunter for the past 5 seasons. I have learned many things from my mentor who introduced me to this great sport. My mentor has been hunting crow since he was about 7 years old, he would get paid a nickel for every crow he brought to his uncle who owned a...
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today was a good one!!!
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BIRDS HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED.... got out for 4 hours this morning by myself and put 33 crows in the dirt by 10 am....if i was able to sit all day i would have broken 60 easy...excited for next weekend!!!! -- Edited by BAYMAN718 on Monday 14th of November 2016 03:01:02 AM -- Edited by BAYMAN718 on Monday 1...
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A good solo hunt for NH today
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Hunted almost all day today from a single stand. Weather was mostly cloudy with a west wind at 10 to 20 mph with a few 30 mph gusts. Shooting started slow but really picked up in the 10AM to 1:45PM window. I ended up with 66 birds down for 105 shells. The highlight of my day happened at 1:30 when a long str...
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"Hott Shoot"
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Temp at sunrise 75 an was 93 at 10 a:m when we stopped. Crows cooperated and we picked up 91. This was the first crow shoot for a old friend of mine and I think he will go again. He had a gun malfunction early and cost him a few birds but he got my spare and shot well. He and I have enjoyed some great deer hunting t...
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Talk me into or out of a new caller
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Currently using a Primos Alpha Dogg, this will be my third season using it and have had decent success with it. It's borrowed from someone who never used it and they told me to keep the call as long as I wanted, but in the end it's still not mine so the day may come when I have to give it back or if anything happe...
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Midweek Hunt
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Went out solo this a:m an shot a new property for the first time, didn't have a lot of confidence because of the drought conditions that has left me scratching my head after having some tough hunts and after Elkhunter had the tough hunt it was looking bad. Well Crows have a way of making you a hero or zero an...
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10 gauge loads for damascus SxS
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I'm an experienced reloader with 40+ years of hand loading for rifle/handgun/shotgun. I've shot/reloaded modern 10 gauge ammunition, but now have a new challenge for a new-to-me Remington 1894 with damascus barrels. The gun has been checked out by my gunsmith and is in shooting condition with the...
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Crow Mart ordering
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Where do I enter my Crow Busters member number to receive the member discount? Is it the "coupon code" window?
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Veterans Day
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THANKYOU !!! VET's Your service and sacrifice is appreciated and "We the People" are hopeful this new administration will correct the disservice you have received. You deserve the best. Hope you have a Great day in your Honor! A Gratefull Nation -- Edited by Butch on Friday 11th of November 2016 0...
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Late season again?
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I saw this happen a couple of years ago or so...about late November a river of crows with but two days to end the NH season....all the mean whiles we had to plug away and be ever vigilant which is hard to do given that my areas often require a couple hours or so one way...when I saw that particular river of c...
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Latest hunt
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I ended up going by myself last Saturday to south Dallas County here in Bama. The morning started out okay but faded fast after 8:00 AM. Ended up with 46 birds. I am guessing the heat and the drought are keeping the birds north. I didn't hear a single fish crow all morning.
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The Election???
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I've been waiting for someone to bring it up?? Not much interest lately. I have been following closely the candidates. I was leaning toward Cruz, but I'm starting to think the best guy for the job may just be Jeb Bush! All around he seems to be the most level headed of the bunch.. Im certainly not a Trump sh...
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The election
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Crow Hunter Survey
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I thought this might be fun so I created a short crow hunter survey. It's anonymous, I will give it a little while and then post the results. Please make a comment that you completed the survey so I can keep count of how many of us filled it out. SURVEY IS CLOSED 11/10/16 -- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Thur...
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Fun With Fish Crows
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We were ready to re-try a dove field where we were "Trumped" on our last visit due to a Donald Trump rally across the street. The rally scared off all the crows, but it has been resting ever since. The map pin marks our blind location next to the circle of trees in the field. You can also see the landfill...
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Big Honkers
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Got to know the story on the new Avatar Pic, Thats a quality mullet for sure. Butch
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Blind locations
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Hey all! I'm fairly new to crow hunting. I have a question (many actually...) but concerning locating a blind. When hunting a field is it ok to place your blind on the edge in the treeline? or is it better to get out into the field as I have seen boba do in some of his posts? I am worried the crows may hang...
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How to get and keep permissions in ANY country.
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I returned to the UK in Oct 2010, and moved back to NI in February 2011 i had been gone for 38-39 years, and had travelled the world. I had lived in 22 countries (some for months, some for years) and worked in 38. I simply got fed up of speaking every other language than English, and yearned for some English...
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