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Start of a new season in Wisconsin
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Hello all, a new poster here. Season started Saturday, and have 22 birds so far. All "run and gun" , mostly on state or county land. Lumber company clear-cuts are also productive. My third year of crow hunting, love it!
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Hot Hunt
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Had a good shoot this a.m. We shot some pecans that usally crack early about this time in Sept. according to the Grower.They are still a week away. The Hot part was the temps in area we hunted, 90 at 9 a.m. When we stopped. We still managed to pick up 71 and hurt several mores feelings real bad. Will post pic...
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Looking for a new gun.
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I am in the market for a new gun to shoot clays and crows. I want something that is gas operated and shoots soft. 12 ga is the only gauge I am interested in. I am looking for options form those that have shot some of the newer guns as well as some of the older one and have a broad base to measure them by. I am not afr...
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Ultimate Road Kill!
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Just had to share this with you. I truly regret not having my camera with me this morning. Going to an appointment this a.m., when just a couple of hundred yards down the road, I saw a "...dead skunk in the middle of the road..." (*you've heard the song, fur' shur'). And from my olfactory respo...
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Old Artilleryman
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A hunt that stands out.
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Here is a hunt that I will always remember, I was setup by 7:00 a.m. with a north breeze of 10 mph and 60 degrees outside. This was on November 29th 2002. I was solo and it was partly cloudy that morning. Well when they started to move I had shooting as fast as I could keep the gun loaded for the first 25 minutes...
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Bob
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January 25th 1976
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On this day I was into my second season out here and had my best solo hunt to date at that time. I made a note that of the 198 crows shot that morning 80 were shot with a model 42 Winchester pump 410 gauge with a 1/2 ounce load of # 9 shot. I was shooting hand loads in the 2 1/2 inch hulls. The remainder were shot wi...
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Bob
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A different view on Sandy Hook
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The letter below was authored by Brendan Duffy, a resident of Sandy Hook, CT. He sent his letter to the editor of The Newtown Bee. It is wonderfully encouraging to read Brendan Duffy’s opinion. Note that his thoughts were actually printed. Letter to Editor The Newtown Bee http://newtownbee.com...
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Farmer asked me to kill crows
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I had a nice thing happen this week, actually 2 nice things. One farmer came into the diner where I typically drink coffee each morning. He came to the booth I sit in and said, " I was hoping to fing you here, I have been seeing about 250 crows..........come and kill those b&$t@&S!!!"...
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Never a bad day
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Despite my whining a couple of posts ago about getting no action at all, today wasn't all that bad. Set up in the moonless dark, at a familiar location that was almost in a tunnel between the trees and the tall corn. Not very good visibility for me or the crows. First call brought in three that took a couple...
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Old Artilleryman
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When big bores and large shot pay off
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This past Saturday 10gacrowshooter and I hit one of our favorite places in nearby Maine. It could have been a great day as birds were migrating north for much of the morning. Most birds were very high, heading due north and usually in balls of 20 to 100 birds each. We managed to knock down 21 between us...
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The Incredible 20 gauge shotgun skills of Bob A.
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I never saw anyone whose hit ratio was virtually 99% with a 20 gauge at the heights Bob A. nailed his crows. Some dropped like bombs , some dropped violently spinning like a horizontal top...some exploded when they got mighty close...but he often called his shots with comical satirical comments li...
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Crows Consuming Cow Crap
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Charles and I went and scoted a new place yesterday. It is a large dairy farm. As we got to the edge of the property, there were literally thousands of crows in the air. With the temps above freezing now, they were extremely busy spreading manure on the fields. The crows were out picking the grain out of th...
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Mainehunt
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MotionDecoy's wisdom
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Quote from MOTIONDECOY yesterday (18 AUG), “When it's hot out they tend to stay near water…” Well, I decided to do a “quickie” setup this morning at the location of Sunday’s church picnic because I had to get away quickly due to an appointment out of town. The location is at a church member’s property. H...
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Migration percentages?
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Anybody ever see migration percentages for crows? What got me thinking about this, is that I see and kill more crows in the middle of winter than in the summer up here. Crows are every where right now. I realise that one of the reason is that they are more concentrated and gathered instead of being all s...
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Best Crow Huntin Pic's
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Been slow on the forum, would like to see some Pic's of some of your best hunts, numbers don't matter. I know some areas are tough huntin. Older pics would be great and a short story with it if you don't mind sharing them. Hope y'all don't mind need some crow entertainment till we get started down here. B...
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Early this year
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It has started very early in my part of the world. Just yesterday while fishin I noticed about 100 or so birds on a roost flight. Time to start watching the skies n following birds. I'm hoping to miss the first full week of season this year!!! I plan to be on the airfield at fort Bragg meeting Lt. Young comin...
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Shotgun Silencer and recoil reducer
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I ran across two videos - cool video in slow mo and it demonstrates a new product that I've never seen before. Has anyone tried it ??? PS - I don't own any stock in SilencerCo but wish I did PSS - only 35 days 'til dove season - my 11 year old got a shotgun for his birthday and we've been busting some clay pigeo...
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Massachusetts CROW SEASON Resumes Wednesday, July 2nd!! BIRD, TRAP or SKEET MARKSMEN Needed ASAP!!
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I have a long-standing Crow Nuisance problem in central Norfolk County, Mass. as a few crows have targeted me as their enemy after unknowingly renting an apartment directly under their spring nesting trees. After trying all other options to get rid of them, it is now time to target them with "Th...
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Best Subsonic shell?
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New to this site. I recently bought a "quiet barrel" for my Benelli. I was told to buy Federal Low Recoil Subsonic shells. Just got them in. Not impressed....quite loud. Any recommendations for a quieter shell? Thanks in advance! Hound Heaterguy
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Kill the scout?
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What are your thoughts on taking the scout? I've had great results and bad results 1) Took the scout and all the troops attacked and made for a great day. Sometimes I think it was because they saw the scout fall. Made things crazy 2) Took the scout, and all the troops laid back in the trees acting call sma...
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Zip, Zilch, Nuttin
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Since I became addicted to crow hunting more than two years ago, I have never had an absolutely “dry” morning—that is, not a single crow came to check out my decoys in response to the Spitfire’s calls—until today. Did everything right. I got out and in position one hour before sunrise. Had the best camo...
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Crows Aren't Comin' Back!
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After I shoot at or kill a crow, even after waiting 30 minutes to 45 minutes, they aren't coming back! I won't even hear 'em cawing anymore 'till the next day or so. Could you guys tell me how to get the crows to come back? Thank you for reading!
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My improved 2015-2015 Ground Blind.
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Hello Everyone, I have not been here much, but, I thought I'd stop by and show off a few photos of my ground blind I am once again using. I busted a lot of Crows last year and years before in this location and I'm eagerly awaiting the season to start here in Maryland on the 15th of August. It's a very simple de...
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Sam's first crow
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No elaborate stories today. I had the pleasure of taking my church friend's son, Sam, on his first crow hunt today. We had previously hunted turkey this spring, but it was too late in the season to get one. We'll take care of that during the fall season. However, today, a couple of bandits obliged us and h...
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Old Artilleryman
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Another one of my old crow hunting partners just passed away.
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Jim Lundquist passed away at 89 years old in June, I just found out. Jim quit hunting crows in 2000 but still fished a lot out of a boat in Minnesota. Jim was a lot of fun to be around, the world will be a lesser place with out him. Lots of wonderful memories hunting crows with him. I first met Jim when he was in h...
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Bob
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Hawk Call Sounds, with Crow
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Does anyone know where I can get a CD, 45 rpm record, or cassette of hawk calls, with crows in a fighting situation? I would prefer a lot of hawk calling in the recording. I had a recent favorable experience with hawk calling sounds, and the crows responded extremely well to it. A contact name, address, p...
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thread size for Browning Maxus front sight?
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Does anyone know the thread size for the front sight on a Browning Maxus? I want to replace with different more visible..
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This year's portable blind idea
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Between seasons I’ve been on YouTube watching others down vast amounts of crows. Yeah, I realize it’s all editing—you know, one year on a five minute video, but I’m still envious. One guy’s blind caught my eye--he was inside a completely camouflage net-covered blind and at the last second would reac...
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Teaser photo of new blind design
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To make its field debut tomorrow on opening day. Photos are from a couple of days ago. I'm only going to show its frame. It's complete now and works better than I thought. Can you guess how it works? Full details and more wild stories in a day or two.
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Old Artilleryman
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Upgraded owl/hawk stand
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Like many of you I use my hawk and owl decoys occasionally and with some occasional success. I have never had a satisfactory stand for them—only a piece of re-bar with an extension PVC pipe. It worked, but the decoys moved around with the wind. The other day I was thinking of how to make a better decoy stan...
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