Crow Busters Forum

8fishermen · 8fishermen

I ask the local population to offer up a volunteer on behalf of science. I plucked and measured a crow and the best I can estimate the total body, neck, head, wings and legs in sq inches is around 22+. The "volunteer" weighed 18oz. That is if he is sailing into the decoys and is overhead with win...

8fishermen · 8fishermen

Called a local pecan producer today and asked for permission to hunt their property. I told him how serious we were and how many we had killed last year. He says "I bet you would like to hunt some crows that haven't been shot at yet. Let me see if I can get you permission to hunt across the road. I will c...

chip · chip

I scouted about 50 percent of my public land spots today. I must say my numbers are up a bit. I guess M12 shooter wasn't joking about a southbound migration. I had one field that had just been planted in winter wheat that had about 250 birds in it. I took pics but refuse to post em. (got burnt last year doin t...

black duck nick · black duck nick

went duck hunting this morning + the riverbottom was loaded with bandits! problem is season doesn't come in up here in wy till nov 1st. Bob their headed your way!

M12Shooter · M12Shooter

Found a good concentration of crows feeding in some standing sunflower. Managed to secure permission after 09:00 AM as I didn't want to wake the farmer up too early. Dusted about 40 odd crows before 11:00. All with a 16 gauge as they played in on the breeze so nicely that I almost felt sorry for them. D...

SHANEDOG · SHANEDOG

Hi All Here is a novel way to handle them pesky ashes or buying of a burial plot!!! http://www.myholysmoke.com/

shaddart · shaddart

last season someone wrote about using halloween bats with flapping wings for crow dekes. I believe they did something to modify them, does anyone remember what ? Thx

chip · chip

I got a phone call today, it showed up on my phone restricted. Normaly I don't answer those because the dam telemarketers have started thier crap. For some reason I answerewd it and guess who??? It was the game warden for region 5. Now keep in mind I am in my truck scouting and have already logged 60 mil...

SHANEDOG · SHANEDOG

Hi All Last week I was going by Dicks Sporting Goods,and wandered in to look at shotguns.I am selling my 11-87 because its to darn heavy for wing shootin and for haulin around the woods for coyotes. I was goose hunting at this spot last week and the crows were working this area pretty good.I took the after...

shaddart · shaddart

have seen 2 news reports in the last few weeks about crows testing positive for west nile virus, I'm in upstate NY, anyone seeing reports of it in other areas ? was only 2 birds, 1 in each report, also a report of 1 person with it.

Bob · Bob

Here are a few action photos that you guys might like. Bob A.

chip · chip

-- Edited by chip on Saturday 1st of October 2011 01:21:28 PM -- Edited by chip on Saturday 1st of October 2011 01:21:52 PM

DirtyDave · DirtyDave

I just got access to hunt a pistachio farm this weekend. This will be my 1st crow hunt on Private Property. Should be pretty fun and hopefully get more crows than I have been seeing on public land. Taking my 11 year old Daughter who just got her license saturday. PS: What size shot should we use? 6 or 7.5...

jonthepain · jonthepain

It's a pretty involved process - but he's been painting and staining with me for many years, so the sanding and staining and varnishing he's got down. It was a little scary for him when he started drilling holes in the shells to receive the hardware - after spending all his savings on them (over $1000) -...

JustinNH · JustinNH

A few weeks ago,I shot a crowthat had a single white feather. How common is that? I was thinking of saving it, but I'll just say it was too good a of shot to save the bird. Anyone else see one like that? I have talked to a few others and they had never seen it, so I thought it was interesting. Crow hunting is cer...

Elkhunter · Elkhunter

What all do you hunt in your home state? Mine are: Crows Whitetails Hogs Turkeys Small game.

M12Shooter · M12Shooter

Another decent shoot, this time with a friend. Decided to rest the sunflower field for a few days so we set up along a flight path across a river about a mile from this field. Location was a small open area in an otherwise well treed river valley. Nothing showed until about 09:30 as my friend was beginn...

Pa Hunter · Pa Hunter

I have tried the different calls on crows and have left the owl out. I am not having any luck. I found a murder of 40 birds the other day and they were on the road sucking up rocks it seems. I drove thru them and went about another 200 yds up the road out of sight. Parked the truck and went into the corn field...

Island Shooter · Island Shooter

Leaving the house yesterday morning, I saw some crows under the pecan trees between our house and a tractor shed. Because the nuts are just starting to drop, I thought it was time to go into action. This morning I set out some decoys for a solo hunt using the hand call. I was finished and all cleaned up by...

Mark · Mark

Just returned from the 2nd Pnut shoot of 2011. Picked up 42. Lost 2 in the woods. I shot with the land owners son (14) he is an excellent shot. He can put a bead on a crow faster than anybody I've seen. He only missed one bird..The snake in the picture is one trhat came crusing by the blind and got both our...

Big Honkers · Big Honkers

Shesh, the MI season is almost over and I realized that I have not shared any pics yet this year. So, I headed out this AM and took a couple pics to share. I scouted out this chopped corn field yesterday and was glad that the rain held off today so I could hunt it. The field was only half chopped for silage...

chip · chip

How many of you guys have one of these??? Winchester Model 1911 S.L. I have had this gun since I was a pre teen. It has a full choke on it and shoots tighter than any shotgun I have ever had. All I can remember about it, is that the old man that gave it to me told me that it saw action in the trenches during WWI. I c...

Mike27 · Mike27

Anyone have any dealings with this old model. A friend wants to dump some long arms. Mike

Mike27 · Mike27

Does anyone recognize this old Browning. I know I came to the right place. Thanks, Mike

JustinNH · JustinNH

Hello everyone, I have been lurking for a little while on and off and finally decided to join! I am an avid duck hunter and normally shot around 10 crows throughout the season each year when the action was slow. Well, I started to really like how they responded to me calling last year and have gone out a bun...

Scottie_The_Boy · Scottie_The_Boy

I was surfing the net On ways to make a flapper bird be it crow or pigeon or dove... And I came across a very Neat design on youtube.com that some may find odd,weird or very interesting.. It's called "ROTOR COY pigeon flapper" if you get a chance check it out...My only issue would be to find a M...

Bob · Bob

Ever wonder why the wait is so long for crow season to get here? It seems like it takes for ever to get here. Once here it seems like it goes way to fast. When ever I travel out of state to hunt crows the drive to the state seems longer (time wise) than the drive back, why? Perhaps anticipation going to the hunt...

Mark · Mark

My friend Bruce and I shot over P-Nuts today and picked up 98 to start off the 2011 season. It was absolutely the worst shooting by the both of us AND my Maxus stopped firing right in the middle of large groups coming in. The Maxus firing pin would not go deep enough into the primer of the shell to fire the rou...

M12Shooter · M12Shooter

Had a quick shoot this morning on the edge of a small local cemetery. Years of gravel extraction has taken a good portion of the hill away to the south. This is one of my favorite blinds as a good sized fall roost often develops in the woods to the south. Blind is located at the edge of a steep cliff lik...

Yote59 · Yote59

I've had a few crows raiding the old grain feeder down at the barn. Got the old .17HMR out and picked one off at approx 200 yards. Love this cal. Anyone else out there have a passion for the .17HMR.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	how big is a crow? (Preview) I ask the local population to offer up a volunteer on behalf of science. I plucked and measured a crow and the best I can estimate the total body, neck, head, wings and legs in sq inches is around 22+. The "volunteer" weighed 18oz. That is if he is sailing into the decoys and is overhead with win...	8fishermen	31	2727	Oct 8, 2011 by wingmaster
	Oh how sweet it is!!! (Preview) Called a local pecan producer today and asked for permission to hunt their property. I told him how serious we were and how many we had killed last year. He says "I bet you would like to hunt some crows that haven't been shot at yet. Let me see if I can get you permission to hunt across the road. I will c...	8fishermen	1	495	Oct 8, 2011 by chip
	Done some Scoutn today!!! (Preview) I scouted about 50 percent of my public land spots today. I must say my numbers are up a bit. I guess M12 shooter wasn't joking about a southbound migration. I had one field that had just been planted in winter wheat that had about 250 birds in it. I took pics but refuse to post em. (got burnt last year doin t...	chip	2	457	Oct 8, 2011 by SHANEDOG
	crows migrating (Preview) went duck hunting this morning + the riverbottom was loaded with bandits! problem is season doesn't come in up here in wy till nov 1st. Bob their headed your way!	black duck nick	1	400	Oct 8, 2011 by SHANEDOG
	Solo Sunflower hunt (Preview) Found a good concentration of crows feeding in some standing sunflower. Managed to secure permission after 09:00 AM as I didn't want to wake the farmer up too early. Dusted about 40 odd crows before 11:00. All with a 16 gauge as they played in on the breeze so nicely that I almost felt sorry for them. D...	M12Shooter	21	931	Oct 6, 2011 by doccerny
	WHEN I AM GONE,JUST LOAD ME INTO SOME CROW SHELLS!! (Preview) Hi All Here is a novel way to handle them pesky ashes or buying of a burial plot!!! http://www.myholysmoke.com/	SHANEDOG	7	577	Oct 4, 2011 by Mainehunt
	bat decoys (Preview) last season someone wrote about using halloween bats with flapping wings for crow dekes. I believe they did something to modify them, does anyone remember what ? Thx	shaddart	6	714	Oct 3, 2011 by Mainehunt
	The Joke is on Chip (Preview) I got a phone call today, it showed up on my phone restricted. Normaly I don't answer those because the dam telemarketers have started thier crap. For some reason I answerewd it and guess who??? It was the game warden for region 5. Now keep in mind I am in my truck scouting and have already logged 60 mil...	chip	5	572	Oct 3, 2011 by Mainehunt
	Sorry Chip,could not help myself!! (Preview) Hi All Last week I was going by Dicks Sporting Goods,and wandered in to look at shotguns.I am selling my 11-87 because its to darn heavy for wing shootin and for haulin around the woods for coyotes. I was goose hunting at this spot last week and the crows were working this area pretty good.I took the after...	SHANEDOG	8	556	Oct 2, 2011 by dust
	west nile virus (Preview) have seen 2 news reports in the last few weeks about crows testing positive for west nile virus, I'm in upstate NY, anyone seeing reports of it in other areas ? was only 2 birds, 1 in each report, also a report of 1 person with it.	shaddart	0	404	Oct 1, 2011 by shaddart
	Action photos (Preview) Here are a few action photos that you guys might like. Bob A.	Bob	19	1827	Oct 1, 2011 by Bob
	Any remedies for a broken heart?? (Preview) -- Edited by chip on Saturday 1st of October 2011 01:21:28 PM -- Edited by chip on Saturday 1st of October 2011 01:21:52 PM	chip	3	430	Oct 1, 2011 by Bob
	Got access to Pistachio Farm (Preview) I just got access to hunt a pistachio farm this weekend. This will be my 1st crow hunt on Private Property. Should be pretty fun and hopefully get more crows than I have been seeing on public land. Taking my 11 year old Daughter who just got her license saturday. PS: What size shot should we use? 6 or 7.5...	DirtyDave	12	985	Oct 1, 2011 by chip
	Son Daniel built himself a new Drum Set (Preview) It's a pretty involved process - but he's been painting and staining with me for many years, so the sanding and staining and varnishing he's got down. It was a little scary for him when he started drilling holes in the shells to receive the hardware - after spending all his savings on them (over $1000) -...	jonthepain	15	920	Sep 30, 2011 by SHANEDOG
	white feather on crow (Preview) A few weeks ago,I shot a crowthat had a single white feather. How common is that? I was thinking of saving it, but I'll just say it was too good a of shot to save the bird. Anyone else see one like that? I have talked to a few others and they had never seen it, so I thought it was interesting. Crow hunting is cer...	JustinNH	6	1295	Sep 30, 2011 by Mainehunt
	What are your hunting interests? (Preview) What all do you hunt in your home state? Mine are: Crows Whitetails Hogs Turkeys Small game.	Elkhunter	20	1149	Sep 30, 2011 by DirtyDave
	More Good Crows (Preview) Another decent shoot, this time with a friend. Decided to rest the sunflower field for a few days so we set up along a flight path across a river about a mile from this field. Location was a small open area in an otherwise well treed river valley. Nothing showed until about 09:30 as my friend was beginn...	M12Shooter	8	691	Sep 29, 2011 by Bob
	Crow hunting the other day (Preview) I have tried the different calls on crows and have left the owl out. I am not having any luck. I found a murder of 40 birds the other day and they were on the road sucking up rocks it seems. I drove thru them and went about another 200 yds up the road out of sight. Parked the truck and went into the corn field...	Pa Hunter	10	669	Sep 29, 2011 by Mainehunt
	First Time w/ Buster II (Preview) Leaving the house yesterday morning, I saw some crows under the pecan trees between our house and a tractor shed. Because the nuts are just starting to drop, I thought it was time to go into action. This morning I set out some decoys for a solo hunt using the hand call. I was finished and all cleaned up by...	Island Shooter	0	385	Sep 29, 2011 by Island Shooter
	2nd P-nut shoot (Preview) Just returned from the 2nd Pnut shoot of 2011. Picked up 42. Lost 2 in the woods. I shot with the land owners son (14) he is an excellent shot. He can put a bead on a crow faster than anybody I've seen. He only missed one bird..The snake in the picture is one trhat came crusing by the blind and got both our...	Mark	13	877	Sep 28, 2011 by Mark
	9-22-11 Hunt Pics To Share (Preview) Shesh, the MI season is almost over and I realized that I have not shared any pics yet this year. So, I headed out this AM and took a couple pics to share. I scouted out this chopped corn field yesterday and was glad that the rain held off today so I could hunt it. The field was only half chopped for silage...	Big Honkers	8	595	Sep 28, 2011 by hooks2bset
	How bout this old smoke pole?? (Preview) How many of you guys have one of these??? Winchester Model 1911 S.L. I have had this gun since I was a pre teen. It has a full choke on it and shoots tighter than any shotgun I have ever had. All I can remember about it, is that the old man that gave it to me told me that it saw action in the trenches during WWI. I c...	chip	7	636	Sep 28, 2011 by SHANEDOG
	Remington 11-48 (Preview) Anyone have any dealings with this old model. A friend wants to dump some long arms. Mike	Mike27	9	1230	Sep 27, 2011 by chip
	A little Browning I.D. help (Preview) Does anyone recognize this old Browning. I know I came to the right place. Thanks, Mike	Mike27	3	545	Sep 26, 2011 by M12Shooter
	Intro, pics and a video (Preview) Hello everyone, I have been lurking for a little while on and off and finally decided to join! I am an avid duck hunter and normally shot around 10 crows throughout the season each year when the action was slow. Well, I started to really like how they responded to me calling last year and have gone out a bun...	JustinNH	2	345	Sep 23, 2011 by JustinNH
	Bird Flapper (Preview) I was surfing the net On ways to make a flapper bird be it crow or pigeon or dove... And I came across a very Neat design on youtube.com that some may find odd,weird or very interesting.. It's called "ROTOR COY pigeon flapper" if you get a chance check it out...My only issue would be to find a M...	Scottie_The_Boy	14	3547	Sep 23, 2011 by doccerny
	Why does the wait seem so long! (Preview) Ever wonder why the wait is so long for crow season to get here? It seems like it takes for ever to get here. Once here it seems like it goes way to fast. When ever I travel out of state to hunt crows the drive to the state seems longer (time wise) than the drive back, why? Perhaps anticipation going to the hunt...	Bob	17	1053	Sep 22, 2011 by SHANEDOG
	P-Nut Shoot (1st shoot of 2011) (Preview) My friend Bruce and I shot over P-Nuts today and picked up 98 to start off the 2011 season. It was absolutely the worst shooting by the both of us AND my Maxus stopped firing right in the middle of large groups coming in. The Maxus firing pin would not go deep enough into the primer of the shell to fire the rou...	Mark	13	942	Sep 20, 2011 by 8fishermen
	Graveyard Dead Crows (Preview) Had a quick shoot this morning on the edge of a small local cemetery. Years of gravel extraction has taken a good portion of the hill away to the south. This is one of my favorite blinds as a good sized fall roost often develops in the woods to the south. Blind is located at the edge of a steep cliff lik...	M12Shooter	13	1060	Sep 19, 2011 by M12Shooter
	.17HMR for CROWS.....what a blast. .17HMR crows hunting forums (Preview) I've had a few crows raiding the old grain feeder down at the barn. Got the old .17HMR out and picked one off at approx 200 yards. Love this cal. Anyone else out there have a passion for the .17HMR.	Yote59	22	4948	Sep 19, 2011 by wingmaster
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