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New roost in Oklahoma
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Last year I found a small roost just over the Kansas & Oklahoma state line of around 10 to 12 thousand birds. This year there are roughly 15 to 18 thousand birds using this roost, so things are looking up. I shot one of the small flyways leading to this roost and got 108 crows with 188 12 gauge trap loads...
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Texas Matt and I bagged a couple of piebalds along with...
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Hi guys, Yesterday, Texas Matt had a couple of good hours afield. It started with me at 7:20AM butchering a shot at 100 yards or so on a sitting crow in a jag with my .17HMR, then we set up a stand and starting grinding them with our Metro Maxus's. By 9:30AM we had 150 plus crows down including these 2 f...
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Hand Call Troubles
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I am having a hard time getting used to hand calling. I keep trying to put out air from the diaphragm as well as gargle/grunt/growl/etc but I find it to be difficult to get the air to come out right. I think I'm doing it right then I realize that my cheeks are puffing out. I know people put out words when blowi...
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Hello from the UK
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Good evening guys, just joined this group, and thought I'd be awfully British, and say hello! it's nice to be amongst like minded folk. I hope to make new friends, and gain some insite, to Crow shooting across the pond. Nick
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Tough day
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went out this morning for about three hours. Well long story short I got skunked so bad. I saw 3 or 4 singles that seemed to be flying about 100 feet in the air. I couldn't even get any to respond to my E-caller. I wonder if crow is always tough in Southern NH. I also gotta find some fields to hunt over. I need...
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Using a hand call ONLY, when do you stop calling and start shooting? Or do you?
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I would like some info from you more experienced guys. Is it practical to keep the call in your mouth and keep calling even as working the gun? That would seem ideal if possible. I haven't tried this yet, but I am sure I have been ceasing to call way too soon. So I intend to correct that. I'm trying to unders...
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Johnny Stewart sounds for my FOXPRO
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I am looking for Johnny Stewart crow sounds on MP3 if anyone knows where I can find them. I would love to put them on my FOXPRO Inferno. If anyone has some information on howni can find them I would be ever grateful.
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When I hunt alone.
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I really don't like to get up early unless I have to so here are some photos from when I hunt by myself. If I am in the mood I stay out until mid night and sack in the next morning. I get up have some breakfast at the local café and head out to the boon docks by 11:00 a.m. to line up an afternoon shoot.
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Crow/Magpie- hunting, Northern Norway.
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Hey. I live in a small town in the Northern part of Norway. Windy, cold and on the brink of winter atm :P Just started some minor crow/magpie- hunting on a farm that got some problems with alot of Crows and Magpie. Dont know how many of you guys who got Magpie's around, so in case http://en.wikipedia.org/...
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Technical question on migration
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Will crows migrate on overcast days? I assume crows need the sun to navigate north to south. What are your observations?
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Crow Week - "Part A"
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As some of you may know, I hunt with Jerry "Crow Man" Tomlin every year. It started about 12 years ago and has evolved into an annual event that lasts 8 days (in two 4-day sessions). We base ourselves out of a family-owned property near Aiken, SC and Jerry guides us with hunts in nearby pecan orchards in...
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Cooler weather hunt
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43 degrees at first light and windy after about 7am, started off fast and 15 hit the ground not but a few got thru us. Then it was slow till the wind got started which I can attest makes for some fine wing shooting in a tight orchard. Son was on today and had several doubles and the old man here had a few . Sever...
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Fox Pro Crow Sounds
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Which ones should I get? I think they have 12 different crow sound bits.
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Quick Hello!
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With my new life, home and busy work schedule, I seem to only get to stop by once a month. Just hoping you all are doing well. I haven't been able to get out for quite sometime for any hunting, much less crows. However, I did just return from my week long waterfowling trip to Saskatchewan. What a blast! I thi...
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Pick up the dead??
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Is it better to go collect the dead crows periodically or leave them out hoping they add to the decoy spread? -- Edited by Lefty2Barrels on Monday 10th of October 2016 05:27:55 PM
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Saturday Hunt
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Still hot and dry here and it's making it tough hunting on us. Crows shut down about 9:30 on us.I had not checked if the orchard had been bush hogged, which will cost us birds. Anyway we hunted hard and killed 81, which is about 60 shy of our average on this spot. It has been a good steady spot, not complainin...
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Crow calls.
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I have 2 mouth calls one is a Knight & Hale magnum crow and the other is a H. S. Strut Hammerin Call. The Knight & Hale sounds way better, and is more crow like. Both of these calls have a bad problem with the reed sticking when used heavily. These calls are advertised as turkey locater calls, so the...
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When to call is as important as knowing how to call.
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Ok so important to duck hunting is knowing when to call as much as you know how to call. So how do you think that figures into crow huntin? Or does it? -- Edited by DuckWyatt on Wednesday 12th of October 2016 07:19:13 PM
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mixed bag!!!!
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been chasing duckies last few weeks but now were closed till mid november so i went after crows this morning (1st time since september) and finally some new birds have filtered in....started the morning off on a rough note....got to my spot only to realize i left my choke tube and case of tubes sitting o...
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Volume level
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How loud do some of you run your e callers? Full volume for a minute and then start backing it down? Full volume all the time? I'm just curious. Thanks in advance.
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Dramatic photos of flyways and grouping areas.
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When I am out scouting I take photos if there is something that I think would make a nice photo to remember.
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Couple of hunts
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Experimented on the orchard my grandson and I shot 9/17, was hoping it would reload with some fresh birds. It didn't and only picked up 15, knew better but had to give it a shot. Lesson relearned again. 2nd hunt was better but well off the number of crows usually seen and heard, believe they have ben hun...
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Crow hunting and hawks/owls
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Me and a buddy went crow hunting saturday morning and we saw and heard three hawks close to our blind. They even flew over a few times.
Does the presence of hawks/owls help or hurt you while crow hunting.
If they hurt your hunting then how do you run them off whithout shooting at them?
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What sounds attract crows?
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I just got a Foxpro and there are sounds of other birds in distress, etc. on it. Will any of those attract crows or will only the crow sounds attract crows? Thanks from a Newbie!
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I still having blind problems.
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Crows are consistently a few hundred yards to the east in the morning. Basically right into the rising sun. I try to get set up against the trees in a small clearing with the sun to my back so that I can see what I'm doing and so that I am not so lit up. Back against the big trees about 30 yards tall, small trees...
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Better shooting advice.
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So, my crow shooting skills are not what I would like them to be. I have almost no history with shotgun skills. I have a long history of adequate skills with things that have sights, expert medals from the military etc. But I just can't get comfortable with the rail and front bead. I'm ok when throwing cla...
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Coming weekend
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Had a peanut/pecan farmer call me last night. He just picked peanuts last week and he said the crows are coming in like crazy. Showing a lot of attention the pecan orchards as well. Will post pictures after the shoot. So glad Oct is getting close! Barry
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I just got my NRA fud decoys. Questions.
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Does anybody put these things in trees? It seems like this big metal piece is going to cause some problems. I cannot get the metal piece completely hidden inside the decoy. And also it makes it pretty heavy.
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Old Spot
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I'm having a hard time this fall locating good numbers of crows. Couple hundred here and there, none of the typical feeding groups of thousands. Shot 20 or so crows this morning and rarely inspect or pick up the dead as they disappear into the cover to be recycled by nature. This one dropped within a few f...
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High Noon at Rio Vista - A TCP Video Production
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Hi boys, I did a little testing of the SHOTKAM on Friday and thought you might enjoy my results. Ecalling using my FOXPRO Shockwave and used the Browning Maxus with the Metro Barrel to stop a few raiders. Enjoy:
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