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Butch · Butch

26 degrees, 72% humidity and 10 to 20 mph winds make an Alabama a:m Crow hunt a challenge. And boy did my son and I stink it up, we shot the worst. I got all the excuses, heavy clothes, cold, birds that did things and flew by like F-16's. But joking aside they put it on us, we had one of those days you just have to...

Assassin79 · Assassin79

We had a pretty big storm roll through on Sunday night and that always gets the crows moving well around here. I watched a really big feed on Monday about 3 concessions away from the roost and decided to get after them on Tuesday. I set up on the edge of the bush with a layout blind and snow cover. I know a l...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

There are so many crow hunting videos out there. Many are long, boring and include mostly missed shots. But a few videos float to the surface as great videos... some because of content, others because of the well known hunter(s), video techniques can do it, but then there are the ones that just capt...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

We had a good hunt at one of the dove fields that I have been recruited to keep devoid of crows. This is one of our more productive fields because it is quite close to the County Landfill, so we can attract many of the crows headed to or returning from the dump. Maybe they want to rid the taste of garbage wit...

boba · boba

Here is a sight few crow hunters get to see. Crows descending on a peanut field. We took the back off the blind so I could get some of these action photos.

Assassin79 · Assassin79

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpjIEEbzuNU&feature=youtu.be

Assassin79 · Assassin79

I had a few days of travel this week for work attending committee meetings so stopped in to visit a good friend and do a little crow hunting. We could only manage to get out for a few hours in the morning but it was a great shoot and I managed to get a few good photos as well. [URL=http://s559.photobucket....

Elkhunter · Elkhunter

Two new crow busters came into the world on Dec 6th. Both of my daughters gave birth on the same day. The morning started at about 5AM with my youngest daughter calling and telling us that she was starting labor. About 45 minutes later my oldest daughter called with the same news. My wife and I decided to d...

KenCrow · KenCrow

I officially started my crow hunting romance on Oct. 28, 1967. Yep, 1967! As years went by, I enjoyed periods of intense pursuit, but for many years, I was literally absent from the sport. Even though I have killed a few thousand crows, there was one thing that I had never experienced, until last Frida...

Butch · Butch

60 plus days without a drop, finally got some and should get more, hope this helps our situation with the crows. This roller coaster season has ben a head scratcher for sure. Was about to call it a year and just stay after deer but this might be what we need to get these rascals back on track somewhat. Got a...

Redditch · Redditch

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"...

Big Honkers · Big Honkers

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...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

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...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

http://www.audubon.org/magazine/march-april-2016/meet-bird-brainiacs-american-crow

nhcrowshooter · nhcrowshooter

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...

Top Cat · Top Cat

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...

Redditch · Redditch

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...

Redditch · Redditch

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...

nhcrowshooter · nhcrowshooter

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...

Minnesota John · Minnesota John

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?

watch em fall · watch em fall

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...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

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...

Shamrock · Shamrock

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...

BAYMAN718 · BAYMAN718

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...

nhcrowshooter · nhcrowshooter

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...

Butch · Butch

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...

Day Day · Day Day

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...

Butch · Butch

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...

hvtrapper · hvtrapper

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...

Lefty2Barrels · Lefty2Barrels

Where do I enter my Crow Busters member number to receive the member discount? Is it the "coupon code" window?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Sporty Monday Hunt (Preview) 26 degrees, 72% humidity and 10 to 20 mph winds make an Alabama a:m Crow hunt a challenge. And boy did my son and I stink it up, we shot the worst. I got all the excuses, heavy clothes, cold, birds that did things and flew by like F-16's. But joking aside they put it on us, we had one of those days you just have to...	Butch	6	406	Dec 24, 2016 by M12Shooter
	Snowstorm Bandits (Preview) We had a pretty big storm roll through on Sunday night and that always gets the crows moving well around here. I watched a really big feed on Monday about 3 concessions away from the roost and decided to get after them on Tuesday. I set up on the edge of the bush with a layout blind and snow cover. I know a l...	Assassin79	9	586	Dec 21, 2016 by Elkhunter
	What Is Your Favorite Video? (Preview) There are so many crow hunting videos out there. Many are long, boring and include mostly missed shots. But a few videos float to the surface as great videos... some because of content, others because of the well known hunter(s), video techniques can do it, but then there are the ones that just capt...	Island Shooter	6	574	Dec 20, 2016 by Top Cat
	Good Hunt (Preview) We had a good hunt at one of the dove fields that I have been recruited to keep devoid of crows. This is one of our more productive fields because it is quite close to the County Landfill, so we can attract many of the crows headed to or returning from the dump. Maybe they want to rid the taste of garbage wit...	Island Shooter	4	392	Dec 17, 2016 by Big Honkers
	A few interesting photos from this season. (Preview) Here is a sight few crow hunters get to see. Crows descending on a peanut field. We took the back off the blind so I could get some of these action photos.	boba	26	881	Dec 16, 2016 by boba
	Video From This Week's Hunt (Preview) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpjIEEbzuNU&feature=youtu.be	Assassin79	8	426	Dec 16, 2016 by boba
	Fun Weekday Shoot! (Preview) I had a few days of travel this week for work attending committee meetings so stopped in to visit a good friend and do a little crow hunting. We could only manage to get out for a few hours in the morning but it was a great shoot and I managed to get a few good photos as well. [URL=http://s559.photobucket....	Assassin79	15	581	Dec 13, 2016 by Assassin79
	Babies (Preview) Two new crow busters came into the world on Dec 6th. Both of my daughters gave birth on the same day. The morning started at about 5AM with my youngest daughter calling and telling us that she was starting labor. About 45 minutes later my oldest daughter called with the same news. My wife and I decided to d...	Elkhunter	8	437	Dec 12, 2016 by Elkhunter
	Forty-nine years later (Preview) I officially started my crow hunting romance on Oct. 28, 1967. Yep, 1967! As years went by, I enjoyed periods of intense pursuit, but for many years, I was literally absent from the sport. Even though I have killed a few thousand crows, there was one thing that I had never experienced, until last Frida...	KenCrow	10	650	Dec 6, 2016 by Old Artilleryman
	RAIN !!! (Preview) 60 plus days without a drop, finally got some and should get more, hope this helps our situation with the crows. This roller coaster season has ben a head scratcher for sure. Was about to call it a year and just stay after deer but this might be what we need to get these rascals back on track somewhat. Got a...	Butch	7	499	Dec 6, 2016 by Butch
	Crow brains and behaviour, well worth the reading (see the "Bird Brainiacs" post too) (Preview) 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"...	Redditch	5	577	Dec 5, 2016 by Redditch
	Post Halloween Celebration With Crows (Preview) 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...	Big Honkers	13	751	Dec 5, 2016 by Elkhunter
	Sky High Blind (Preview) 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...	Island Shooter	6	501	Dec 2, 2016 by Island Shooter
	Bird Brainiacs (Preview) http://www.audubon.org/magazine/march-april-2016/meet-bird-brainiacs-american-crow	Island Shooter	4	356	Nov 30, 2016 by nhcrowshooter
	25,000 Crow Hunters? (Preview) 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...	nhcrowshooter	4	461	Nov 27, 2016 by jacobhwrd
	Roost Eradication! ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	Top Cat	54	6847	Nov 25, 2016 by Top Cat
	Crow shooting in Ireland (Preview) 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...	Redditch	5	678	Nov 25, 2016 by Redditch
	Flappers (Preview) 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...	Redditch	8	700	Nov 24, 2016 by Redditch
	Crow Hunter Survey Results (Preview) 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...	nhcrowshooter	19	684	Nov 24, 2016 by boba
	OKay start for the year (Preview) 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?	Minnesota John	1	328	Nov 19, 2016 by Gadget Bob
	Shot Size Myth (Preview) 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...	watch em fall	43	13953	Nov 18, 2016 by BAYMAN718
	Crow Week - Part "B" (Preview) 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...	Island Shooter	5	499	Nov 17, 2016 by Island Shooter
	First Time Post (Preview) 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...	Shamrock	5	323	Nov 16, 2016 by Shamrock
	today was a good one!!! (Preview) 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...	BAYMAN718	10	437	Nov 16, 2016 by Old Artilleryman
	A good solo hunt for NH today (Preview) 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...	nhcrowshooter	12	574	Nov 15, 2016 by BAYMAN718
	"Hott Shoot" (Preview) 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...	Butch	10	716	Nov 15, 2016 by BAYMAN718
	Talk me into or out of a new caller (Preview) 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...	Day Day	8	1113	Nov 14, 2016 by BAYMAN718
	Midweek Hunt (Preview) 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...	Butch	7	375	Nov 14, 2016 by BAYMAN718
	10 gauge loads for damascus SxS (Preview) 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...	hvtrapper	9	1097	Nov 13, 2016 by hvtrapper
	Crow Mart ordering (Preview) Where do I enter my Crow Busters member number to receive the member discount? Is it the "coupon code" window?	Lefty2Barrels	1	338	Nov 12, 2016 by Day Day
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