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Another plus for reloading - harder shot
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Shot hardness is a critical factor in good patterns. The harder the better. The following results are from some testing by a member of a doublegun site. Seems even the Nitro 27's don't have shot as good as two of the leading bulk shot suppliers, Lawrence & Eagle. I seem to recall one member her...
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First hunt of 2012
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10gacrowshooter and I got out today in nearby Maine for our first hunt of 2012. It was cold 15 warming up to 20 degrees with little wind and light snow all morning. We were pleasantly surprised to see a lot of birds for this area and at this time of year. We had very steady shooting for the first hour and h...
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The sky was black
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Ok newbee here to crow hunting and i think i have found the jackpot. I have been hunting crows for maybe a month now. I am big into predator hunting but have never chased crows. So i went out today to a place where i have saw lots of crows in the past and set up. I didnt know that many crows could be in one area...
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Big B Ohio
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TOTAL number of crow season days???
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Could you please tell which state you live in and how many total days of crow season you get each year? Can you hunt on Sunday? We can't hunt Sundays and we get 113 days (+ or - a couple days) this year. Thanks, Kev
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advice on spinning wing decoy
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I have a battery powered robo duck that I don't use anymore as the duck hunting just does not appeal to me now that I have started to archry hunt for deer and that seems to take up any time I have for hunting in the fall. My question is how effective do you think it would be if I were to paint it black (perhaps flo...
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shot size lead or steel
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I read the long post about factory shells vs reloads, steel vs lead. Here is my 2 cents. I have been reloading amost 50 years. Trap shooting on and off same period. I have two 9000 Mec loaders one set up for 1 1/8 and one for 1 oz. Before reading articles on Crowbusters I used to load# 6 up to 1450fps. Then I re...
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Crow hunting with a lab
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Greetings to all, My name is Paul and Im new to this forum, I have one question about using my lab to retrieve crows. I have heard thru the years they can be mean and hurt the dogs eyes if its cripple. I would love to spend from mid Feb. after late season gooose working my dog Boomer over them. There so much fu...
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My boys going into the studio Monday
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My two younger sons and their friend Joe will be going into the studio monday to record their first album. Woohoo! http://youtu.be/OajXM49Lo_M The name of their band is Albatross Landing. I tried to embed the youtube video, but it doesn't seem to be working. On my forums, I had to en...
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Mirror blind
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Ever see or use one of these? http://www.ghostblind.com/runner.html
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Flyway Question
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Hey guys, I just got into crow hunting a few years ago and I gotta say its a blast. Every year though on my property,only in the winter the crows early in the morning fly from the east heading west and maybe an hour before sunset they fly back from the west to where they came from in the morning in great numb...
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Question about motion decoy placement
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Hey guys I just joined the board after spending a couple weeks here just looking around. I first started crow hunting about 3 months ago because my friend said it is a fun thing to do over the winter and well now im hooked lol. Ok from reading these forums and basically just going out there and experimen...
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New call
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a new call added to the lanyard.
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Your Top 3 hints for newbies
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Hi guys, I'm writing an article for a waterfowl magazine about first-time crow hunting, and wanted to get your 2 cents. What are your Top 3 hints helps rules or suggestions for prospective crow hunters? (besides "keep out of my hunting spots" or "don't do it" or other non sequit...
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Filming a crow hunt
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I was just wondering for you guys that film your hunts if you have any set up suggestions. Been doing deer & turkey hunts for years, & my partner has done some waterfowl. The crow is probably the biggest film challenge I have seen so far. To all the MI. hunters out there is Feb. ever going to get her...
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Motion decoy VIDEO
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMSKTgh9mk&feature=related
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Shot Show 2012 - Anybody going or already on-site?
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Hi boys, I am headed to the Show Show in Las Vegas tomorrow morning. Are any of you guys going to be there this year? I will report on new new crow hunting "gadgets" that turn up this year. Take care,
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Crow limits
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The only thing not mentioned in MH's post are the Crow limits for each State. I think California has/had a 24 bird limit per day. I am not certain about that tho. Ohio-- No limit.
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Getting back into it!
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Hey there, new to the sight and havent crow hunted in years! Now that duck seasons closing ive still got the itch to shoot some birds so I pulled out my crow calls and decoys. I lost my charger to my electronic call so I went and bought one from radioshack. After letting it charge for two hours my call woudnt...
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Crow populations in WINTER
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I have been asking opinions about crow numbers in winter. These migration maps on Crowbusters website answer my questions. There are more crows here in the winter than in the summer. That is exactly what I see from personal experience.
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Mainehunt
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Crow Sledding
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http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/32422/sledding+crow+in+russia+soars+to+internet+stardom/
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need a little advice
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i live in upstate south carolina and i've been hunting with a johnny stewart cassette caller my sucess is nothing like what anybody else posts here. we try to run and gun and we might kill a half dozen to a dozen birds at best. is that the best that can be expected in my part of the country? do i need a bett...
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Lowering the volume
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Does anyone adjust the volume when the birds are in sight? Last night I had a great day, actually ran out of shells with more than 30 mins of flying time left. As I was cleaning up the mess I made (which is a good thing) I had about 20 birds fly low enough to shoot without any type of call going and me standing in...
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total of times out
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how often do you go out in the crow season? i went out 86 times in maine and NH and killed 922 crows + - still didn't get out all i wanted -- Edited by 10gacrowshooter on Monday 16th of January 2012 07:59:15 PM
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Where to hunt crow in Northwestern Arkansas?
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Hello fellow crow hunters, Recently retired and settled in Northwestern Arkansas near Fort Smith. I am new to the sport of crow hunting and live on some heavily wooded acreage (67 acres) where I am awakened by the "cawwww" of crows almost every morning. Excited about taking on crow hunt...
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Enmity extends to Ravens also
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Especially the ones in Baltimore, Go Texans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cheapo Shell Question
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First off, Happy New Year Guys  Federal Top Gun Loads, 12 Ga. I've read old and new info, both good and bad on the top guns. I've read they are the same as federal 4 packs from walmart and also that the powder is different, along with other things. I shoot reloads and fedaral 4 packs. Ocassionally I g...
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Hunting in the rain?
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Any good? Not talking flood, just a light rain?
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"Spruced" up the blind
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Well, I did the right thing, and recylcled my Christmas tree.........it just so happens it went on the exterior of one of my permanent crow blinds I noticed the last time that we hunted there, that the foliage, was lacking considerably from what we had there last year....so I took matters in to my own...
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First solo hunt of the season for me.
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I decided late last night to venture out this morning and shoot one of the orchards one last time this season. I didn't expect to do that well as the two other times we hunted here we killed 78 and 62. The birds on neither trip decoyed well and shooting was tough.I thought this would be a good place to kill a m...
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SNOWSHOE HARES
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I went "rabbit" hunting over Christmas break with my terrier, Weasel. (Here in Maine, they refer to Snowhoe hares as rabbits, even though they are hares.) I went out one day and she ran several of these hares, but she doesn't bark while on the trail. The problem is that she has so much white o...
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