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Big Honkers · Big Honkers

Got a call from OA recently. He invited me to join him on a crow hunt this past Saturday. I gladly accepted. Its quite an honor to share a blind with a gentleman who served our country for so many years and also, I might add, is quite an accomplished competition rifle shooter. Impressive to say the lea...

Lame-Duck · Lame-Duck

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Bob · Bob

My partner Dick Kilbane wanted to reach 120,000 lifetime crows this season; he made it, his total is 120,829 crows. Just the two of us have shot over a quarter of a million birds in our lifetime, this is just crows. I thought this was note worthy so that is why I posted it.

Old Artilleryman · Old Artilleryman

A couple of days ago, I felt at the top of the world; as if I had reached a grand turning point in my otherwise abysmal Crowbusting career—Big Honkers asked me to accompany him on a hunt! Man, oh man! However… …there were a few requirements. Y’all know out there how protective we generally are regarding o...

Woodsdog · Woodsdog

Just wanted to introduce myself quick. I'm an experienced hunter but just getting into crow hunting. I'm from Western New York and It seems like we have a good many crows around here. I went out last weekend and called in about 12-16 (est.) using my turkey locater hand crow calls and a FoxPro Spitfi...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

As much of our hunting is in a field that we intend to return for future hunt(s), we always pick up our dead crows and dispose of them. Even when dumping them for the coyotes/raccoons/etc., we try to leave them away from the hunted field. The thinking is that we don't want to spook future crows. But my q...

Bob · Bob

Have many of you fellas watched the film clips on the Home Page yet? Gordon Krause put a bunch of them on just this season.

ScareCrow · ScareCrow

Hi guys New to forum. Avid crow hunter! From South Africa and although crow hunting is very new here in South Africa, I hope to learn a lot from you guys and also be able to share my successes and stories.

jacobhwrd · jacobhwrd

Has anyone made the change over to a full choke? I am always using modified but it seems like a lot of times the birds are just a little our of range. Saturday is the last day of the season here in KY and I am going out for one last go. I am going to take both chokes just incase I don't like it but has anyone else had...

chbarnha · chbarnha

Just wondering if anybody knows the difference between the Heavy Field Loads and the Hi Brass Loads? The brass is the same length and the only thing thats different is 1/8 oz? The Heavy Field Load is 7.86 and the Hi Brass are upwards of 14.00. I picked up a few boxes of the heavy field loads in 4s and 6s. I kn...

Old Artilleryman · Old Artilleryman

I was doing some Google Earth reconnaissance and wanted to know the "max range" for 7 1/2 shot; i.e., how far I needed to be away from roads and other safety hazards. My Google search came up with this chart which contains much interesting info. Possibly some of you have already seen this or s...

Wingsetter · Wingsetter

Warmer Weather finally arrived,, Makes the morning set-up and sit much more comfortable...Fairly steady shooting !!

Butch · Butch

And to the rest of you Crow hunters that have been hammered with snow and cold, looks like warm weather headed yall's way. ENJOY! May the crows cooperate and good shooting. Butch

Butch · Butch

Never thought I would be happy paying $38 a bag for shot but after paying $50 for the last year this is a change in the right direction. Picked up 20 bags and found primers and wads at a good price, already was stocked on powder so crows won't cost as much next year. Well I had better say pulling the trigger wo...

Bob · Bob

Here are some crow hunting photo's that you don't see everyday!

Skip · Skip

IF you look carefully where my barrel is aiming you will find "Leroy" my pet crow decoy. Leroy is a crow feather covered piece of plastic and he is very real looking. I really think he deceives real crows better than any other decoy I have ever used for whatever that is worth. He has a wire on eac...

Lonehowl · Lonehowl

Piece of lumber I had laying around.

Houndheaterguy · Houndheaterguy

I recently purchased this barrel for my 12 ga. benelli. I also bought some boxes of subsonic federal shells but they are not much quieter than a regular load........what is/are the quietest? I want to pop them in my backyard.....Thanks Mike

jrry261 · jrry261

Hey people! Just wanted to pop in and say hey. New to the forum but not to forums. Just got my first taste of crow hunting a few weeks ago and haven't been able to think about much else since lol. Trying to get into it big time now that its pumping in my blood. Was looking to buy some of bobs sounds but can only fi...

Old Artilleryman · Old Artilleryman

I've been practicing with my hand callers lately, since we are almost entirely snowed in, in terms of access to regular hunting setup locations (Big Honkers will second that). Being a newb with these (photo 1), I only have two good wood models, the Faulk 50 and the Gibson Short Magnum. I like what I'm he...

Butch · Butch

Grandson and I left home at 1a:m drove 4 hrs and set up on a good spot, only the crows had moved. We picked up 15 and still had a great time together. Got to spend 8 hrs talking to him and listening to him while driving, 17 yrs goes by to quick. Got to watch him talk to the landowners and was well pleased to see the...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

On Saturday morning a friend and I went out to a peanut field that we had hunted last October (shot 110 then). This time we set up at another spot in the same field and when we met at 6:30, he had his German Shorthair with him. I've hunted with dogs before and had mixed results. This dog was quite active, b...

chbarnha · chbarnha

Well i downloaded the sounds last night and went this morning and pulled 17 off of one set. I was happy as so far the best we have been able to pull on one set is 12. We run and gun hunt here because the major flyways the big guys shoot arent evident here. But hey we still have fun. These sounds acted as a good cha...

Gadget Bob · Gadget Bob

Hi Fellow Crow Busters, Is it just me or does it appear the Skip has taken crow hunting to the next level - like a newly minted PHD in a kindergarten class of dunces? This crow shooting machine goes out and with little apparent scouting or effort, hides in a tree line and clobbers north of 100 birds! And he...

motiondecoy · motiondecoy

Years ago around 1998 I spent a few hours in Idaho. Turns out a smallish roost was close by so i got to watch some upset crows fighting some medium sized falcon I took to be a "pigeon hawk" but it could have been some other whatever pigeon sized falcon in the north west? In Any case these crows...

Big Honkers · Big Honkers

We have some good weather moving thru right now... Negative temps, high winds, and some snow. Thankfully its not a ton of snow. OA, did you hunt today? Ive been outside for a total of about 30-40 minutes today. Here is a pic of MI right now...I just missed the sun going behind the dark cloud.

Butch · Butch

Icy road conditions almost stopped us from going, but caught a break and headed South 4 hrs to some warmer temps, 45 at daylight and warmed to 65 by 10 a:m which is a big contrast to what it has been here. Sorry guys up North I know y'all have had it rough with all the cold and snow. Anyway had a sporty shoot, wi...

chbarnha · chbarnha

So foxbang is a very useful tool on the callers that have it. Havent done a lot of crow hunting, but the recent purchase of a foxpro hellfire has increased my TBC. The foxbang was set to switch to dying crow at the report of a gun. well i updated my call with some new sounds and in turn changed my 065 call which...

Arkie · Arkie

Going crow hunting for my first outing of the year. My best employee got me interested last year after a 10year hiatus. We went on a couple moderately successful outings last year. Now it's late in the season, all the birds will be cautious, but we're going to give em a try nonetheless. We'll be using...

Bob · Bob

Just called my partner, he is still hunting, he shot 172 crows this afternoon on a flyway shoot, 10 degrees out! The reason I quit at the end of January is because there is not enough shooting for two guys.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Hunting With Old Artilleryman: Blind As A Batman (Preview) Got a call from OA recently. He invited me to join him on a crow hunt this past Saturday. I gladly accepted. Its quite an honor to share a blind with a gentleman who served our country for so many years and also, I might add, is quite an accomplished competition rifle shooter. Impressive to say the lea...	Big Honkers	10	489	Mar 23, 2015 by Gadget Bob
	A few bandit photos from today (Preview) [IMG]https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Lame-Duck/Wildlife%20Stuff/15-0146_crow_fs.jpg[/I...	Lame-Duck	12	856	Mar 18, 2015 by STP22
	Dick hit a new milestone! (Preview) My partner Dick Kilbane wanted to reach 120,000 lifetime crows this season; he made it, his total is 120,829 crows. Just the two of us have shot over a quarter of a million birds in our lifetime, this is just crows. I thought this was note worthy so that is why I posted it.	Bob	10	753	Mar 18, 2015 by STP22
	Crows in a fog—hunters also. (Preview) A couple of days ago, I felt at the top of the world; as if I had reached a grand turning point in my otherwise abysmal Crowbusting career—Big Honkers asked me to accompany him on a hunt! Man, oh man! However… …there were a few requirements. Y’all know out there how protective we generally are regarding o...	Old Artilleryman	13	911	Mar 18, 2015 by Old Artilleryman
	Another newbie (Preview) Just wanted to introduce myself quick. I'm an experienced hunter but just getting into crow hunting. I'm from Western New York and It seems like we have a good many crows around here. I went out last weekend and called in about 12-16 (est.) using my turkey locater hand crow calls and a FoxPro Spitfi...	Woodsdog	9	569	Mar 17, 2015 by Wingsetter
	Question on Leaving Crows as a Deterrent (Preview) As much of our hunting is in a field that we intend to return for future hunt(s), we always pick up our dead crows and dispose of them. Even when dumping them for the coyotes/raccoons/etc., we try to leave them away from the hunted field. The thinking is that we don't want to spook future crows. But my q...	Island Shooter	10	1225	Mar 14, 2015 by motiondecoy
	Film clips on the Home Page (Preview) Have many of you fellas watched the film clips on the Home Page yet? Gordon Krause put a bunch of them on just this season.	Bob	9	642	Mar 14, 2015 by motiondecoy
	Newbie Introductions (Preview) Hi guys New to forum. Avid crow hunter! From South Africa and although crow hunting is very new here in South Africa, I hope to learn a lot from you guys and also be able to share my successes and stories.	ScareCrow	10	679	Mar 14, 2015 by Skip
	full choke vs mod (Preview) Has anyone made the change over to a full choke? I am always using modified but it seems like a lot of times the birds are just a little our of range. Saturday is the last day of the season here in KY and I am going out for one last go. I am going to take both chokes just incase I don't like it but has anyone else had...	jacobhwrd	18	1045	Mar 13, 2015 by chip
	Federal Loads Question... (Preview) Just wondering if anybody knows the difference between the Heavy Field Loads and the Hi Brass Loads? The brass is the same length and the only thing thats different is 1/8 oz? The Heavy Field Load is 7.86 and the Hi Brass are upwards of 14.00. I picked up a few boxes of the heavy field loads in 4s and 6s. I kn...	chbarnha	9	1532	Mar 10, 2015 by M12Shooter
	Shotgun statistics chart (Preview) I was doing some Google Earth reconnaissance and wanted to know the "max range" for 7 1/2 shot; i.e., how far I needed to be away from roads and other safety hazards. My Google search came up with this chart which contains much interesting info. Possibly some of you have already seen this or s...	Old Artilleryman	4	435	Mar 10, 2015 by Butch
	Warm Weather had a few moving.. (Preview) Warmer Weather finally arrived,, Makes the morning set-up and sit much more comfortable...Fairly steady shooting !!	Wingsetter	9	341	Mar 9, 2015 by motiondecoy
	Big Honkers, Old Artilleryman, Rookie (Preview) And to the rest of you Crow hunters that have been hammered with snow and cold, looks like warm weather headed yall's way. ENJOY! May the crows cooperate and good shooting. Butch	Butch	5	376	Mar 9, 2015 by motiondecoy
	Reloading (Preview) Never thought I would be happy paying $38 a bag for shot but after paying $50 for the last year this is a change in the right direction. Picked up 20 bags and found primers and wads at a good price, already was stocked on powder so crows won't cost as much next year. Well I had better say pulling the trigger wo...	Butch	25	2172	Mar 8, 2015 by Bob
	Unusual photos (Preview) Here are some crow hunting photo's that you don't see everyday!	Bob	7	730	Mar 8, 2015 by motiondecoy
	Two smiley faces (Preview) IF you look carefully where my barrel is aiming you will find "Leroy" my pet crow decoy. Leroy is a crow feather covered piece of plastic and he is very real looking. I really think he deceives real crows better than any other decoy I have ever used for whatever that is worth. He has a wire on eac...	Skip	21	831	Mar 8, 2015 by motiondecoy
	Walnut call I spun up for myself.. (Preview) Piece of lumber I had laying around.	Lonehowl	5	379	Mar 8, 2015 by Butch
	quiet barrel ammo (Preview) I recently purchased this barrel for my 12 ga. benelli. I also bought some boxes of subsonic federal shells but they are not much quieter than a regular load........what is/are the quietest? I want to pop them in my backyard.....Thanks Mike	Houndheaterguy	10	599	Mar 7, 2015 by motiondecoy
	New guy saying hello! (Preview) Hey people! Just wanted to pop in and say hey. New to the forum but not to forums. Just got my first taste of crow hunting a few weeks ago and haven't been able to think about much else since lol. Trying to get into it big time now that its pumping in my blood. Was looking to buy some of bobs sounds but can only fi...	jrry261	8	520	Mar 3, 2015 by Bob
	Hand caller adjustment (Preview) I've been practicing with my hand callers lately, since we are almost entirely snowed in, in terms of access to regular hunting setup locations (Big Honkers will second that). Being a newb with these (photo 1), I only have two good wood models, the Faulk 50 and the Gibson Short Magnum. I like what I'm he...	Old Artilleryman	7	772	Mar 2, 2015 by Lonehowl
	Great hunt without many crows (Preview) Grandson and I left home at 1a:m drove 4 hrs and set up on a good spot, only the crows had moved. We picked up 15 and still had a great time together. Got to spend 8 hrs talking to him and listening to him while driving, 17 yrs goes by to quick. Got to watch him talk to the landowners and was well pleased to see the...	Butch	4	477	Mar 1, 2015 by Butch
	Hunting Crows With A Dog (Preview) On Saturday morning a friend and I went out to a peanut field that we had hunted last October (shot 110 then). This time we set up at another spot in the same field and when we met at 6:30, he had his German Shorthair with him. I've hunted with dogs before and had mixed results. This dog was quite active, b...	Island Shooter	17	1027	Mar 1, 2015 by Butch
	Bobs sounds get it done... (Preview) Well i downloaded the sounds last night and went this morning and pulled 17 off of one set. I was happy as so far the best we have been able to pull on one set is 12. We run and gun hunt here because the major flyways the big guys shoot arent evident here. But hey we still have fun. These sounds acted as a good cha...	chbarnha	2	540	Feb 27, 2015 by chbarnha
	Cracked the Code? Texas Crow Patrol (Preview) Hi Fellow Crow Busters, Is it just me or does it appear the Skip has taken crow hunting to the next level - like a newly minted PHD in a kindergarten class of dunces? This crow shooting machine goes out and with little apparent scouting or effort, hides in a tree line and clobbers north of 100 birds! And he...	Gadget Bob	11	1794	Feb 25, 2015 by Skip
	Subspecies of the common crow? (Preview) Years ago around 1998 I spent a few hours in Idaho. Turns out a smallish roost was close by so i got to watch some upset crows fighting some medium sized falcon I took to be a "pigeon hawk" but it could have been some other whatever pigeon sized falcon in the north west? In Any case these crows...	motiondecoy	3	561	Feb 25, 2015 by motiondecoy
	A little stir crazy today... (Preview) We have some good weather moving thru right now... Negative temps, high winds, and some snow. Thankfully its not a ton of snow. OA, did you hunt today? Ive been outside for a total of about 30-40 minutes today. Here is a pic of MI right now...I just missed the sun going behind the dark cloud.	Big Honkers	36	1010	Feb 24, 2015 by Mark
	2/21/15 Hunt (Preview) Icy road conditions almost stopped us from going, but caught a break and headed South 4 hrs to some warmer temps, 45 at daylight and warmed to 65 by 10 a:m which is a big contrast to what it has been here. Sorry guys up North I know y'all have had it rough with all the cold and snow. Anyway had a sporty shoot, wi...	Butch	11	607	Feb 24, 2015 by motiondecoy
	Interesting occurence (Preview) So foxbang is a very useful tool on the callers that have it. Havent done a lot of crow hunting, but the recent purchase of a foxpro hellfire has increased my TBC. The foxbang was set to switch to dying crow at the report of a gun. well i updated my call with some new sounds and in turn changed my 065 call which...	chbarnha	5	477	Feb 24, 2015 by motiondecoy
	First Time This Year (Preview) Going crow hunting for my first outing of the year. My best employee got me interested last year after a 10year hiatus. We went on a couple moderately successful outings last year. Now it's late in the season, all the birds will be cautious, but we're going to give em a try nonetheless. We'll be using...	Arkie	8	583	Feb 24, 2015 by telenor
	Just got off the phone with Dick (Preview) Just called my partner, he is still hunting, he shot 172 crows this afternoon on a flyway shoot, 10 degrees out! The reason I quit at the end of January is because there is not enough shooting for two guys.	Bob	15	845	Feb 22, 2015 by Bob
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