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Solo Hunt
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Got after them Solo Thursday a:m an 10 plus degrees cooler helps a southern hunter out big time. Started slow, first one committed suicide after 6:30 then it got better. About 40 % were soft shots which I enjoy giving them the old "dose of hush up" the others were wild as bucks, great snap wing shooting....
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Butch
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Barrel length
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Out of boredom I googled (since Im new to and starting out) "crow hunting". I came across a few pictures of birds, hunters, and some REALLY REALLY long gun barrels! I mean they look to be 4-5 feet long, no joke! Can some one explain this? Are these joke pictures? Or is this some specialty thing?
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Lefty2Barrels
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Just one decoy?
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I like to travel light. IF I had only one decoy, would it make the most sense to get it up in a tree? Or is there really no such thing as only one crow all by himself. Thanks.
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Fall Crows
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Getting into a few decent shoots now, crows are gathered in the thousands. Had a 10 minute firefight yesterday morning and found the drab summer plumage to be waning and birds are sporting a nice glossy coat. Seems that the head and neck feathers are last to get prime. Pic below of two real big bull crows...
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M12Shooter
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1997 my best year!
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In 1997 I hunted alone a lot that season because Boyd Robeson's health would not permit him to hunt anymore. Here are how some of the shoots went that particular season, and what a season it was. 559 Jim Lundquist & I 284 Jim & I 368 Jim & I 475 Jim & I 308 Just me alone 308 Bob Cook &am...
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Bob
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Pre-Season Hunt
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Our South Carolina crow season runs from November to March but crop destroying crows are fair game all year. I've been shaking some bushes with farmers and found a peanut farmer with a crow problem not too far from home. Scouting the field last week showed that there were enough birds to do a hunt, so...
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Island Shooter
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1st Hunt this Fall
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Grandson an I got after them this A:M and had a blast! (pun intended). A good challenging hunt to knock the rust off. Crows were green but not stupid. From what I know most of the dead were not young, some looked past retirement age. Anyway we shot so-so and managed to pick up 53 and of course we hurt several...
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Butch
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Have you ever noticed
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Have you ever noticed, that some fields corvid (crow species) and pigeon, you just can't stop coming in to a certain field, no matter how many dead birds are lay belly up, and how much you are stood up in plain view shooting, they just won't stop coming in. Yet other fields, one or two shots and they are off...
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First-ever crow hunt yesterday. I think I'm hooked!
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Hey guys~with all the high-quantity crow-kill threads on this forum, I'm a bit reluctant to post about my 2-bird outing...but...we all have to start somewhere! Yesterday was my debut, and equipped with 5 flambeau crow decoys, 1 horned owl decoy, 2 mouth calls (recognize these? :) ) and some warm c...
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CrowWhisperer
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Prognosis: Long hot summer to include september
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A lot of folks will be unhappy reading this-me included. I will be getting emails and the forum will be full of complaints and discussion about all the causes...a lack of crows. There will be talk of the government created "wet Nile Virus" again...well the deal is I believe is so long as a crow has this c...
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Top Cat
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Here is the easy way to scout for crows!
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Reminds me of a "Mad Max movie"
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boba
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South Dakota Crows...
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Spent 5 days two weeks ago in South Dakota and did not see a single crow! That gets my "crow" part of this post out of the way as we were after prairie dogs and there was one event that I think is worthy of reporting to the crow crowd! We hunt several private ranches and all are owned by just super folks that wel...
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Skip
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A little dissappointed in my shot pattern.
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The area where I hunt is mostly woods with some small fields. So when crows come in they are usually at treetop level, pretty high. So I went and patterned my shotgun today with winchester super speed 6 and remington game load 7 1/2. I've had a turkey choke on my 870 for years so l left that on, I want as muc...
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stone-age
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New guy, Hi! And I'd like a suggestion on a hand call.
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After watching Gordon Ramseys show on shooting and eating crows, I decided to try it. I love shooting, but this is also specifically for meat. From my house i can hear them most mornings and evenings and throughout the day. Not a lot of crows, just a few, but consistent. I've read the beginner technique...
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stone-age
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A 60 yard shot
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A pattern of 1 1/4 ounce lead 6 from Ithaca Super Ten (2 7/8" 10 ga double barrel). 60 yard range via laser range finder. Looks like it would have been a dead bird.[URL=http://s269.photobucket.com/user/nhshotgunner/media/160829950000_zps2c9qyhvd.jpg.html][IMG]https://i269.photobuck...
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What Camo Do You Use & How Effective??
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What is your favorite? [video=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PSYe5MsYW5o]
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Island Shooter
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IM ON THE BOARD!!!
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today was opening day here i NY.......i hunted geese the morning before with my buddy and we wound up with 4 geese....afterwards i went scouting for crows and it began to become clear that there were very few birds in my general area and all seemed to be locals.... i formulated a plan and decided to hunt t...
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BAYMAN718
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Stats from last season
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We were on 31 crow hunts for an average of 170 crows per hunt last season. At the end of last season I was on 1,570 crow hunts in 42 seasons. In 42 seasons I shot my 158,086 th crow. In 42 seasons there have been 240,330 crows shot in my company. Now with just Dicks and my life time totals the number comes to over...
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boba
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A days corvid and pigeon shooting in Northern Ireland
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So, final report on today as corvid pigeon/shooting I got up at 03:00, walked the dogs then put them back in the kennels with fresh water, and a cooky each plus half a sausage each. I had a boring morning, was set up by 06:00, and had three down within 20 minutes, but then it went quiet for a bit, and then t...
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Redditch
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Late Summer Crows
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Crows are now gathering in the hundreds. The master and I went on a search and destroy mission this afternoon. He has been wanting to kill a few bandits with his new 20. I let Junior do most of the shooting and many splendid presentations were last due to impatience and inexperience. However, the boy di...
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M12Shooter
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"Other Hunting" question - Groundhogs
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I've wanted to branch out into (ground) varmint hunting for a couple of years, focusing on groundhogs during the off months here in MI (APR-JUL; possibly during winter) and the occasional yote.' I now have the opportunity (& $$) to pick up a Ruger #1 (circa. 1976 - you know how I like old/older guns...
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20 more days!!!
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till i get to get after the black menace.....been dusting off the decoys and firing up the e-caller annoying my neighbors and the local urban crows...cant wait till September 2nd... been killing time fishing this spring and summer...been a pretty good year...but honestly fishing is something to d...
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Relatively New Video
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In my impatience while waiting for the new season, I found this video of some crow and pigeon shooting. Thought y'all might like to see it: This guy can shoot! However, in spite of what his hat says, I don't think he got that pump gun from Ho...
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Island Shooter
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Poor Man's Hat Cam
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If you don't have a GoPro or the like and you have a small digital camera hanging around you can quickly make an inexpensive hat cam and use to take video of your shoots. I have little doubt it works. American Redneck Engineering and worth a try. [video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzAjHRbll...
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nhcrowshooter
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Ammo
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Picked up some Federal 12ga. 7 1/2 1 1/8 for 4.94 a box for the coming year. Guys it felt good to start the process of gettin stuff ready for the up-coming season of bustin crows. Hope you Gentlemen have some "Great hunts " this year. Butch
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Butch
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It's gettin close!
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Couple landowners have called and I've started making contact with the others and from reports this could be a good season hopefully. Got to brag a little on the Gentlemen who allow us to hunt, These Men are exceptional and some of the best folks I have met in my life. That makes the hunting that much mor...
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Butch
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Memorable hunts from over a lifetime.
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Here are different types of hunts from over the years. I was 10 1/2 years old when I shot that brown bear on Kodiak Island in 1958.
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boba
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Favorite action photos from over the years.
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Good action photos require both plenty of targets and some luck to get a good photo.
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boba
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Some of my favorite photos.
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These photos are some of the best that I have taken over the years, it's to bad more of us do not take photos.
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boba
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anyone try using a blind like this??
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https://www.amazon.com/Ameristep-Wing-Shooter-Chair-Blind/dp/B002B47DOY
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