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Road trip, other crow hunters & a Trophy Piebald !
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Dale and myself haven't posted much lately since our hunts were lackluster to say the least. So we decided to dig deeper in an area we hunt and knock on some new doors. We did that on our last outing & learned of other crow hunters in the area and we left with unfinished business because we needed to fol...
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From two seasons back.
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Here is a nice sortment of photos from past seasons.
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Gotta love the softies.
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After coming back from a road trip where the birds had a lot of hunting pressure I hit a local spot near a pecan grove, I usually hit this place in October but I left it alone this year till today. Got set up facing north with a brisk south wind, I was at the edge of a hay field about 500 yards from the grove. I was...
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Fall 2021
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Hey guys, We had a difficult fall and it led to a slow start on the crows. We managed to get out once at the end of Oct. and battled wary crows. The wind was right but they wouldn't decoy and the shooting was tough. We called it quits with 30, but it was good to be after 'em again. A couple weeks later we got out...
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Paul and myself
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Paul requested that I had some “places to hold stuff” to the blind and like a good partner I obliged his request. Picture below
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Some of my favorite photos.
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Here some great memories from over the years.
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Question for FF5 decoy owners
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Do you use the small metal stake provided with the ff5 or do you raise it up some, they seem to react to it fairly well as it is. Just wondering. The old charger from my old Johnny Stewart seems to do a good job of charging my 12v 7ah battery.
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White crow sighted.
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My hunting partner was hunting alone last week and said he saw a white crow but not in time. It was on the back side of the blind and by the time he got turned around the crow was behind a tree and no chance for a shot. If that won't ruin your day nothing will. I see no posts, everyone quit?
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Killed a few
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Shot a place we usually do well on an everything was good. Weather light frost and breezy but the majority of birds were fish crows. More than I've seen in this area, probably 200 plus. We killed 68 an being rusty on some of the sportiest wings hooting we've had in a while we shot a very low percentage. In la...
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Good Hunt to Start Season
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With things being extremely busy at work, scouting and hunting crows have been on the back burner…until this week! On Wednesday I scouted out six orchards or dove fields and found a couple with crows. Saturday was the day, so calling around I caught a friend and his daughter practicing sporting clay...
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Should Have Stayed Longer
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First time sharing a hunt. This one took place on October 9th. A group of us had been hunting resident geese and noticed a good group of crows cross the property. I thought about waiting a week or so after the resident goose season and then trying a crow hunt here. In fact I could think of little else. The f...
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Yet another newbie
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Hi everyone! Looking get into crow hunting after deer season this year with my cousins. I have a fox pro that I plan on using and we are ordering some decoys for use in the field that they frequent. For a blind, I was thinking of getting snow camo netting so it is large enough for the 3 of us. For loads we are go...
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New Guy here
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New member here, and hello to all you crow hunters. I picked up this crow hunting sport late in life, and am starting my 5th season of active pursuit. Took me this long to get off my butt and register for this site instead of just lurking. I’ve shot a few crows since I was old enough to shoot by myself. A yo...
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BROKE THE SEAL ON THE 2021/22 SEASON.
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So, got a call from a land owner who has a nice stand of pecans and also does a little farming. He plants about a 1,000 acres and his place I have named the Oasis. It sits down in the hills and is a major attraction due to the food source there. I did not get to hunt it last year due to deer hunters not wanting...
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Moving your decoys send
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Last year, my first year, I would do my blind and everything in the afternoon come out before sun and put the decoys out in the morning… shoot till 2:p and move in the afternoon for the next morning shoot… Has anyone ever shot the same location in the afternoon and then again in the morning with success… Is...
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My first season living in Kansas.
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The first photo was taken in October of 1974. The second photo was taken in February 1975. All in Reno County, then Boyd took me over into Stafford County where there was another huge roost in those days.
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Short barrels
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I shoot a old M1 that has several barrels. When I bought the gun many years ago I got it for turkey hunting so I chose the 24" barrel. A few of years ago I bought a 28" barrel for it specifically to shoot crows and pigeons.
I have patterned the gun with both barrels and and the patterns are about the same with a...
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Does Skip Woody still hunt crows?
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I have not heard a peep out of Skip all season, anybody know if he still hunts?
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A BOAT LOAD of crows.
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Dale and I got into a pretty good bunch at a pecan orchard. It was tough shooting but we ended up with 192 KIA. Most of them are in the sled / boat ( see pics )although we had quite a few flame out up to 300 yards away & didn't get retrieved.
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Do all of you have enough ammo for this season?
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Finding shotgun ammunition this year is pretty bad. How are all of you fixed for this season in regard to shotgun ammo ?
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Doug Wigfield
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Doug Wigfield messaged me this morning he is in the hospital with COVID-19 please send prayers his way for him and his wife
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Ammo shortage.
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Are you guys able to lay your hands on any ammo to speak of ?Where do you buy your ammo ?
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Getting the preseason itch?
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I have little doubt that I am in the majority here on Crowbusters patiently awaiting that special time of year, the time of year we all hold near and dear to our hearts. This of course, is when the guns, decoys and call are finally drug from their dark resting place for the summer and put back to work to bri...
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TEDx talk on crow intelligence.
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Really interesting. https://youtu.be/0fiAoqwsc9g -- Edited by Nastygunz on Thursday 19th of August 2021 04:17:50 PM
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A different kind of corvid.
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We call them Whiskey Jacks, real name is Canada Jay.
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Raptors as decoys.
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Back in the day I used the old standard owl but now use a redtail hawk to rile them up. My thinking was in all my years of hunting and fishing I've only seen crows mob an owl once but I have seen them mob red tail hawks multiple times. I use the same hawk predator hunting also. -- Edited by Nastygunz on Monday 1...
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Hi De Ho, Neighbors!
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Some of you on here may remember me from times past, it has been quite a while since I have been on the website. For the past few years I have been pretty obsessed with predator hunting and kind of faded away from crow hunting. I was out in the garage doing some cleaning and I was looking at my crow decoys a...
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Congratulations Island Shooter
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Crowbusters member known as Island Shooter John (Demi) Howard, was a member of a 3 man USA team that won the Veteran Class Team Bronze Medal at the 43rd World FITASC Championship in Hungary last week. Congratulations Demi! (FITASC Sporting, is a shooting discipline which forms part of the ‘Federat...
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More visitors from Missouri at the "Crow Museum" today.
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This is Kyle from St. Louis who toured the museum today. His kids loved feeding the chickens in the backyard with their mom. We had a wonderful time talking about the history of that grand sport we call crow hunting.
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How important is it..
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To get into your spot before the morning crows are flying? Would you consider it a waste of time to hunt if you couldn't get to your spot before sun up? This would be just shooting local crows, wooded farm country.
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