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I cannot help myself.
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Fun Shoot
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My crow hunting buddy Brian and I hunted yesterday morning. We went to a big pecan orchard surrounded by crop fields. This year the farmer planted peanuts. The farmer started rolling them up a couple of weeks ago but had to stop until we get some rain. The ground was like concrete. Yesterday's weathe...
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Foggy Bottom Killing
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Been trying to respond to a farmer's request to come shoot the crows in his corn field. Rain has cancelled 3 previous attempts but I got out this morning! Farmer called 3 weeks ago, said he had about 30-40 crows using his field. That number is certainly sufficient to get me up in the morning but this morni...
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New web page not working with FireFox Browser
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What's up with that? It will open with IE, kind of annoying that a video starts playing automatically similiart to Facebook.
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E-calls compatible with Foxpro Spitfire
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The Thread of the last day or so, "Alabama," (Butch, CP, ElkHunter) caused me to remember a question about FoxPro callers: I have 19 crow calls loaded on my FoxPro Spitfire, including Bob's package and am wondering if there are other E-calls out there that might be compatible with the Spit...
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Alabama
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Just started this sport this weekend, hunting crows to eat, figured no closed season, no bag limit, good way to put meat in the freezer, anyone else in Alabama doing the same?
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Pecan Hunt (Windy)
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Had a good morning hunt, first group of 5 to 7 came overhead at 20 ft with a tailwind and zipped by, all we did was shoot where they had been! New right away if they did this all a:m we were in trouble. Things settled down and crows decoyed well and some just committed suicide flying into the wind, still had a b...
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Peanut Hunt
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Hunted 100 acres , got there after dark and farmer drove us around field and told us His observations which were spot on. Set up on a terrace that had a drain with thick coffe weeds, blind was one of our best yet. Crows never decoyed well, we're very spooky even at first light, had been some dove hunting clo...
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New Forum format
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Great up-grade to the forum Gordan & Doug....Thanks for your time and effort in implementing the new forum... Regards, Crowtec -- Edited by Crowtec on Sunday 20th of June 2010 02:36:15 AM
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Manitoba Sunflower Crows
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Really wet fall up here. Lots of crops will go unharvested this fall making for a smorgasbord of food choices for the crows. Received several calls with desperate pleas from sunflower growers as crows have targeted these fields with a vengeance. Yesterday morning at first light amid 600 acres of fe...
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re: very naive
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http://www.crows.net/nohunt.html
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Season opener
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Im new to the forum. But ive been crow hunting on an off for 40 years. On Sept 13 im going to warm up the Benelli. I can dardly wait!!!
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Recent Hunting Videos & Pictures.
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Good Morning All, Its been a while since I was here last, but, I wanted to drop a few photos and some video links from my recent hunts. Crow Bustin' has been slow here in Charles County, but, it's good hunting regardless. Enjoy ! Uncle D The YouTube BBC Code does not work on this forum... Here's a video fro...
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Need Help - Problem Crows Texas
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I just got this request from a Texas resident asking for help from Crow Busters. if you live nearby and would like to help contact James below. Please be respectful. Gordon L. Krause (Founder) Crow hunters needed! 8 acres, 150 small pecan trees. 1/4 of the trees are producing pecans. Pilot Point Tx....
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Buy, Sell & Trade Section...
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How do you post an ad in that section ? There's no POST button to click on... I want to post this ad: I reload my own shotshells and I'd like to know if anyone here keeps their 3" 12 gauge hulls. I reload them specifically for Crow, Turkey, and Goose and would like to get my hands on as many as possible. On...
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MIGRATING CROWS??
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I have sen where some of you have talked about the crows heading south or just plain leaving when the snow flies. Is this true? Or have I read it incorrectly? Up here in Maine, even through the coldest temps and deepest snow, the crows stay here all winter. We have 2 seasons, Feb/March & Aug/Sept. I s...
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500 bird shoots or more are not common.
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I had a little time on my hands so I was going through my records to just see how many shoots in 40 seasons actually went over 500 or more, here is how they break down by the year. 1977 - 542 Boyd & I 1982 - 859 Boyd & I 1983 - 611 Boyd & I 1983 - 635 Boyd & I 1980 - 503 & 520 Boyd & I 1989 -...
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300 and 400 bird shoots over 40 seasons.
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As Bert Popowski once said, "a man is only limited by how much time and effort he is willing to devote to the sport" Here are the hunts by year from 1974 to 2013 this is 39 years but 40 seasons. The hunts start in October and end in late February to early March. 1974 - 300 Boyd & I This was my fi...
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The bear got us!
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The sayin goes, Somedays you get the bear and Somedays the bear gets you! Well the bear got us today. Shot an orchard that did us well last year, Had hopes of doing well , 3 shooters and 18 killed. Noticed a lot of variables that may have had some impact on the morning. 1. Pecans were green, 2 to 3 wks from...
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first hunt of the MN season
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It was great to finally get out, put a beating on the youngsters, they were coming right into the wheelhouse, 15-20 yards mostly, quite a few direct hits with big clouds of feathers floating down. they were quite fascinated by the triple play crow decoy, which ultimately lead to there demise. my blin...
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Crow and Turkey, 2014
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MI Fall Turkey season began Monday, nothing at favorite turkey location #1; did see a nice doe that stopped and crossed broadside at 15 yards. Too bad it was not an anterless deer day. Plan B during SEP, of course includes taking the Crow Gun, a couple of decoys, and the Spitfire. The ones that answere...
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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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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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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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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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