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Turkey Lust revisited--Opening Day--again.
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What a difference a nice day makes. Fall turkey opening day yesterday (15 SEP) in MI was a beautiful, perfect day (photo 1). Sunny, 60 deg. at sunrise, situated on a “known” turkey highway. What could go wrong--except no turkeys? I saw deer (too far to photo), crows were making their usual racket (even...
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Lonesome Possum Ranch
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This here is a story told by my neighbor Gerry Sowers. He's a good ole boy and a kick in the pants to hunt with. Gerry just underwent surgery the week before Christmas to try and do something about his Parkinson's Disease. Please say a prayer for him; they will b...
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jonthepain
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Couple morning hunts
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Got to go a couple mornings with my son, first day we had a good friend with us and things were tough. Rain heavy before first light and off and on till after 7am, thought they would turn on when it quit but crows acted real strange and would take to much to explain. Still picked up 29 and lost a few more in brus...
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Arvesta Island picnic
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Set up this morning at a friend’s development of home sites which includes a nice man-made lake (Google Earth shot). Been here every crow season at one point or another. It’s an easy set up (yellow star), as a blind isn’t needed due to the nice clump of pines and bushes that provide pretty good cover (sha...
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Old Artilleryman
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Two 800 plus days!
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Here is one shoot from December 15th 1982 where Boyd Robeson and I rolled 859 crows in one spot all day long! Boyd - 467 Bob - 392 We just used 20 gauge guns with skeet loads in # 9 shot. I used 591 20 gauge hulls = 66% average. 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The second 800 plus bird shoot was in November of 2010 and I was s...
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Eating Crow
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Having noticed earlier in an article I assume was written by Bob in 1999 it was recommended not to eat the meat from crows due to the West Nile Virus. At that time the CDC had made no comment on the transmission of the disease through consuming infected animals. Having eaten crow in the past I was disappoi...
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Wish me good hunting
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So, its 21:35 GMT here Right, last mug of tea for the night, then off to bed for some Zzzz's as the alarm goes at 02:00 again. Then it's up, do the dogs (feed and walk), then the cats (feed), then feed and drink for myself, plus make a thermos of coffee for on the field. Then at 05:00 start setting up on the...
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Do what the doctor says.
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I’ve been out of action for the past month, missing the August-September season until this morning. On Tuesday, my spine doc shot my lumbar region up with some steroids, after which he instructed me to test out what he had done by going back to “normal activities." I took that as a Rx to go crow hunt...
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Old Artilleryman
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Continuing Crow Therapy
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Well, got one a couple of days ago and got rained on. Much nicer today, so I went a bit farther out and set up again, in an effort to follow the doctor’s orders to mess up my back to see how well his steroid shots worked. Hey, going to get another shot next Wed. anyway…he instructed me to “resume normal acti...
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An irate townie meets a country bumpkin shooter LOL
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So, that was an interesting morning. Was having a nice shoot with a lad I invited from pigeon watch, and we're just discussing packing up, when two "irate" men in overalls come up and say our pellets are hitting the house, the cars, and showering them. Now, I KNOW theIf house is more than 30...
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First hunt of the year
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Man I was hoping to tell a great Huntin story of lots of birds and carnage with pics of the "cart of death" over filled but it was not to be. Son, Grandson and I shot a picked cornfield that was holding a good many crows, at first light we heard a fair number wake up and leave for better food. Only ha...
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Opening day in KY
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Season opens tomorrow morning here and I can't he more excited. Went out to the WMA I plan to hunt dove at and saw that they finally mowed the millet and sunflowers. The crow where in very small groups (2-3 being the larger of them) mostly singles and flying in from all directions every 5-10 minutes. I am h...
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Pick up dead birds when slow?
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Do you all let the dead birds lay out there? Are there any benefits to leaving them out? Are there any benefits to picking them up?
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jacobhwrd
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Sometimes they come packing a lunch
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10gacrowshooter and I got out this morning and hunted till Noon. Still slow but it's nice to be able to get out this time of year. We managed to get 29 between us from a river front blind. I killed one packing a lunch and he held on to it for the trip into the after life. [IMG]https://i269.photobucket....
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Shoots from the early days!
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November 10th. 5 miles NE of Hutchinson, Kansas. Boyd & I shot 153 crows in a wild shoot that lasted only 45 minutes, we setup quick that afternoon. Bluebird day Wind SE-15 mph. Boyd - 96 Bob - 57 I use a Remington Light Weight 20 gauge 1100. Flyway shoot. December 25th. I shot 35 with the 410 model 4...
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Help please
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Guys way back when our website had a copy of a release form we could sign and give the land owner. Does any one have such a form that I could copy. I am trying to develop some new areas to hunt and I think that would be helpful. If you have one would you be so kind and send to my email. Thank You Jim
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The crow fun fair
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Crow riding windshield wipers - YouTube▶ 0:30www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLJegq01S6A10 Jun 2013 - Uploaded by Scott RogersWe immediately noticed the crow sitting on the wipers of my car, which was ... engaged the ...
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Bad Hunt Turns To a Fantastic hunt...
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Did a little scouting over a week ago and had found a farm holding a lot of crows. This farm takes in all the old and rotten fruits and vegetables from the surrounding grocery chains and use it as feed so the crows have been gathering there by the hundreds. Got set up in the morning near where they had been...
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New member here
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Hi all, newbie here from central Virginia... Crow season opened up a couple Saturdays ago and me and the crew have been having a blast. we managed to bust quite a few this past Saturday...how often do you go back to the same area?
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Let them land?
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Was just thinking about this. Has anyone or does anyone let them land in your decoys? I have shot them when they are coming into land maybe 10-15 feet from the ground. I use feeding setup and soft calling for the most part so they come in nice and slow looking to join the decoys. I am gonna try it this year and...
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Layout blinds?
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I remember when I first joined crow busters reading post that down played the use of layout blinds. I didn't use one for 3 years. I came across a 200 acre corn field that was a staging area about 3/4 miles from the roost. Corn was cut and had been for a while. I tried it and it worked great! I had birds close eno...
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Two 500 plus bird shoots back to back.
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Here are two outstanding days back in November of 2011. I was solo both days and here is the way it went down. November 10th. I shot 161 crows with 200 12 gauge trap loads in the morning = 81% average. 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Then went out in the afternoon and shot an additional 340 crows on a flyway shoot with 5...
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Have three nice calls to test
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So, bought a call from my friend Matt at "MPK custom calls" in England the other month, tested it, and it's really good on carrion crows and rooks, but also jackdaws, gives a nice raspy sound. The basic model isn't expensive either at £25.00 (plus p&p), but if you prefer exotic, he can ma...
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Wehhhh heeyyyyyyyyy I won something :)
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On the English "Pigeon Watch" forum ( a bit like crow busters, but more dedicated to Pigeon with only a small crow section), I entered a competition prize draw, just put my name in on the mailing list and that was it. i joked I could put all six of my email addresses in (I didn't, I just used one as...
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Crow busters membership payment method
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Am I the only one who thinks it's odd that you have to mail in a $10 payment to get the membership? I love crow hunting and this is a great website for it. But why don't they accept electronic payment for the membership? It's accepted for the crowmart store. Crow hunting seems to be growing even if it's not a...
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Some shoots from the very early days.
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March 1975. March 30th. I was solo and shot 74 and retrieved 67 crows. 25 degrees out Wind - NW-5 mph. Used 109 20 gauge hulls = 68% average. April 5th. Tom Rund & I shot 102 crows from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Flyway shoot. I shot 62 and Tom shot 40. 45 degrees out, Wind - S-10-15 mph. I used 122 410 gauge h...
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Getting Close
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Got a call couple days ago from one of the landowners , he's ready now for us to start. Told him we would be there as soon as we took care of some things. This got me calling my other landowners and only have a few more to contact. So finally it's almost here. Got the shells loaded, gear needs to be checked whic...
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When to call it a day?
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so when do you all usually all it quits? For me it seems to die down around 10-1030 at the latest. I'm not sure if this is just due to the spot I'm at or not. I hear of people staying out all day. Do they just come back in the afternoon On the way back Or are the people staying all day shooting at fresh birds the ent...
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Today's mixed bag
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Right, was up at 02:00, had breakfast, and made a thermos of coffee, then walked the dogs, and at 04:20 made a bee line for the field. So, got to the field, and discovered that it HADN'T been fully combined, as the combine had broken again (a belt had broken, so they had to wait for a new one). So, there were T...
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today's shoot / hardest hit ever
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We shot today and had some success.. but the shot of the day was my friend Bruce.. he hit a crow at approximately 20 yds with Kent #6's... and I swear the bird was "pushed out" 12' from the impact.. have a look at this picture.. wow!! -- Edited by Mark on Sunday 23rd of August 2015 11:02:30 AM --...
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