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what hand calls do you use?
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Hey all, I'm new to the forum and last year was my first year hunting crows. Being new I started with 2 cheap hand calls from the local stores, they worked alright but were definitely lacking! In search for some better calls I stumbled upon "crowbusters" what a big help this site and forum hav...
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Bob, OK to use bigger shot?
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Bob, just wanted to know if we can at least use #6 shot when hunting these?
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Anyone else ready for the season to start?
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I know the middle of summer isn't really the best time to hunt but I still wouldn't mind getting some running and gunning in! Here in Ohio the season starts back up June 1st, and I know I'm not the only one ready to get out there and bust some more birds!
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If OBUMMER gets his way
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If OBUMMER gets this way, this is what you will have to live with, and waiting times of up to two years for applications and variations, plus they add rules and interpret them as they please Firearms law NI. Now that's heavy reading, and then they add bits to it off the top of their heads, without it bei...
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Home made crow decoys.
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Has anyone tried making there own decoys? I came up with an Idea and have tested it. I think it will work great. I made some decoys out of sheets of duct tape folded to look like a crow. They are light weight. fold up, and easy to pack. Check out my idea and if any one has any other ideas or ways to improve...
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DISEASED turkeys
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I went out turkey hunting yesterday morning, dad went with me just to watch. I called in a Jake and he refused to come any closer than 45 yards. I shot once with my other Nitro Special and dropped him.( 2 and 3/4" reload with 1 and 1/8 ounces of #5 shot. I/C choke.) When I walked up to him, I found that he...
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Hangig Sentry pics
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I hav had several PM's Asking about this so I thought I would repost. This is a method I learned from Marv in Iowa. In the first couple pics you can see I drilled 2 tiny holes in the back of the decoy and ran the long section of the clothes hanger down thru the spike. The other part just goes in the second hole fo...
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Maxus ( Soft fire / soft strike) 2nd time
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Is my 870 enough?
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First, glad I found this site as I know nothing about crow hunting and the info I gathered here in the last couple days has been great. I got an 870 with an 18inch barrel and no choke. Yep, the home defense gun. I am guessing thT crow hunting with such a barrel is a waste of time and not very effective but I fig...
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The Summertime Blues
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"The Summertime Blues", Eddie Cochran, 1958. Remember that one? Some of us "senior" crow hunters do! If you have the summertime blues, I have a cure for it! Pay attention: get off your ass, stop watching asinine ball games, grab 'ol betsy, or what ever her name is, and head to f...
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Open v.s closed blinds
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Last summer, before I had the foxpro, I use to hunt crows from a doghouse style blind. Having a closed top you can't get the easier over-head shots off but they come in REALLY close because they can't see you. I just unzip a couple of the windows and get'em when they're flying sideways. In the winter, h...
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Crow Rescue
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Hello folks, I was just wondering if anyone else has seen behavior like this. I was walking the riverbank on a cold winter day carrying a 20 ga. shotgun. I had a thin growth of trees like a fencerow between me and the crop field that shielded me from view. I heard crows calling loudly and moving in my dir...
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Which Hand Call Sounds Like A Fish Crow?
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Hi everyone! Interesting website. I used to hunt crows back in the 1970's with a P.S. Olt crow call I bought when I was a teenager in 1965. This call sounded exactly like a fish crow, the only variety we have here in coastal Florida. The common crow, found further inland, has a much different voice than a f...
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A Scarecrow That Really Works
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I know this forum is about the joy that seeing a crow fly into an invisible brick wall can bring, but this offering is about preventing crow depredations on gardens. My father-in-law had a very large garden in the country with a lot of corn planted. he was horrified to find that row after row of corn spr...
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Here's an Inexpensive Alternative to an ATV.
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I don't get around like I used to. I used to carry my decoys, electric caller, shotgun shells, etc. in a good sized backpack, and carried my Rem. Mod. 1100 and Mossberg Mod. 640 .22 mag. on slings. Sometimes I had to hike over a quarter mile to get to my blind in the best part of the flyway. Now that my knee...
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Alternative Use For Crow Technology
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Hello fellow CB members! I hope everyone is having a great summer. I had a couple tree limbs that needed to come down because they were getting in the way of my internet receiver when the wind would blow from a certain direction. I was able to get all but one with a ladder. That last limb was just too hig...
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So what kind of season have you guys had?
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Have you had an average season, great season or poor season? How many months do you hunt each season & how many hunts did you go on? Bob A.
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Crowmart for members
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Was wondering, is there some where to sign into the crowmart as a member to receive the discount or is it best to just call them? Thanks, Marshall
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What OBAMA has in store for you
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We have had terror in the UK for many years, first the IRA with bombs and shootings, and now the militant Muslims with bombs, shootings, knife and machette attacks, fire bombs, and beheadings. has our government each time protected OUR freedoms, and made new laws to curb these terror attacks and cont...
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Ruffling feathers! Just not crows till August 1(video)
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Dad's lucky year for turkeys.
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I took Dad back out hunting last Saturday as he had a 2nd turkey tag. We went across the river from his house to a farmer's field. I often see turkeys from across the river there in the corner of a corn field. The legal time fro shooting on Saturday was 4:33 am. (1/2 hour before sunrise) I had Dad sitting und...
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Some more photos....a mixture of stuff
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Here are a variety of pictures that give you an idea of the kind of stuff I like to photograph. I'm a hardcore waterfowler, so the majority of my images are of ducks and geese, but I enjoy photographing all kinds of birds. My dogs get photographed a lot as does my granddaughter. #1 Pair of Canada Geese i...
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distance between hunting locations?
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How far do you need to keep your hunting locations? Do you try to get a completely different group of birds or can you go a half mile away and. Shoot the same group? Also how long will you give a stand time to cool off befote rehunting it?
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Ugly Crow
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Got out this morning for a few hours. Shot about a dozen crows or so between 6-7AM when at abuot that time some light rain began to set in. Promptly shut the crows down and I packed up for home. Collected most of the KIA's to bush them. One looked kind of poor and unkept for some reason. Upon closer examinat...
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New to crow hunting, need sounds
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Just got my first electronic caller, Mighty Predtor 3, where can I get mp3s or CDs of sounds to use crow hunting? From the little that I've read, it seems that Johnny Stewart has the best sounds... Where can I get those sounds? thanks ><>bk -- Edited by bkmaine on Sunday 7th of April 2013 03:1...
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Best Batteries for Ecallers
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Need some help from you electronic gadget gurus......Recently purchased a new FoxPro caller, and looking for info from you guys that use them, as to which batteries you reccomend for them, and why. Sure appreciate your help with this one.
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Nothing happening
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Well, the crows were late breeding, and still have young in the nest, so not interested in coming to decoys, or even feeding on the crops, they are just interested in worms and grubs at the moment still its raining none stop too, so not even getting any bunny or fox shooting at the moment
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Hunting Crows Near Water?
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Hello, I am looking for some advice on crow hunting in marshy / swampy areas. I am currently in the military stationed at Langley AFB. Most of the public hunting land / WMA's in my area are very marshy / swampy. I have always hunted crows on our farm back home (they caused a lot of crop damage), but never...
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Here is a good hunt from MI
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Good solo hunt this AM. I took a couple pics for you fellers. With the cold weather finally starting to release its grip on us northerly states, the crows are on the move northward. I did a good bit of PM scouting yesterday and found the needle in the haystack so to speak....a giant wad of fresh migrato...
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Took my father turkey hunting
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I know this isn't about crows........but I had to share with you guys. I know you can appreciate how I feel. Dad will be 75 next month. He just went through a couple years fighting prostate cancer and just when they said he had beat it, they have found something else "suspicious" on his kidne...
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