We had several days last year where we went out in the wind. It seemed like the crows had a hard time getting low enough for us to take shots, and also for them to turn around and come back to us. Anybody have any good strategies for crowbustin' in the wind? Thanks
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That wind provides for much tougher shooting, as you know. The only tips I would have are to hide in low trees and use the most powerful ecaller in your equipment bag to get out your sound.
The air really pushes your calling downwind. Keep that in mind when choosing your blind or stand location.
like Shane said, 101 ur only about 25 miles from me, yesterday & today were just nasty. Went out yesterday, but like u said everything way high, today the snows blowing so hard u can harly see. 5 below with the wind chill
I have noticed,,, but keep in mind I am learning and by NO means do I know anything about crow hunting.. that the last 2 days we had bad weather there was NO crows to be seen... but them sun of a guns woke me up this morning when the sun came out and its all back to normal...I am learning but things I notice may be somewhat different than what you do.. I always like ideas and input from even the newest... I learned this training youngins how to become a journeyman electrician... and open mind and ears will gain you.
Wind is a always a good thing as crows will follow up calling into the wind. Put the wind at your back and dust those floaters! Too much wind on the other hand is not good for calling or shooting. I like about a 10-15 mph max.
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Cool beans Ted something I shall remember for the rest of my days... Brother its information like that ....aw I pass on to my hunting buddies and kids... Much Oblige Sir!
we got in the lower 20`s and up to the mid 40`s wind was about 5 mph... crows woke me in my front yard// was a blessing,,, I did not KILL them as I only went to the front door and kissed them a good day,,, they flew as soon as they seen me in my boxers
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Wind is a always a good thing as crows will follow up calling into the wind. Put the wind at your back and dust those floaters! Too much wind on the other hand is not good for calling or shooting. I like about a 10-15 mph max.
Ted
Try 25-35 with gusts up to 50
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Wind is a always a good thing as crows will follow up calling into the wind. Put the wind at your back and dust those floaters! Too much wind on the other hand is not good for calling or shooting. I like about a 10-15 mph max.
Ted
Try 25-35 with gusts up to 50
Best to stay home under conditions like that.
Ted
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Windy days are tough. If I'm not running coys I try to get in low cover to force the birds to come in LOW to search.
I've hunted many days in open hard woods on the edge of a field in the wind. With the tall trees (50-60 footers) the first set of birds would come in at 200 feet from my barrel just observing.
Hint: When I run "Crow death cry" I've been able to bring birds in dive bombing through the middle of the woods like mad.
Downfalls of wind: I've had a rough time in wind because it sometimes pushes the birds all around in the sky as they move upward to stay out of range and search out my location.
In the wind: Like everyone has said...your caller is sometimes not existent...and if the birds have you marked before you get set up? Just sit and hunt for squirrels. :) Good Luck!
Brian www.americangunnery.com
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I like it anywhere from 10 to 15 or 10 to 20 mph. I have still had some outstanding shoots when the wind was 15 to 25 mph and a few over 30 mph, but....... you have to really be "out of the wind" inorder to do any good.
I know you hunt a lot so you will understand when I say that crows can be pretty damn tough in a strong wind! They are very erratic, in a split second they can slip one way or the other and you either wing them or miss them alltogether. A duck no matter how fast he is flying always flies "in a straight line" not so for Mr. crow!
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Afternoon Bob. Yep crows in high wind conditions are tough. I've shot all kinds of game birds in stupid wind conditions but crows are tough. When crows are forced to come in on the "tarmac" into stiff wind they just open their wings and sail back out of range often before a second round can be fired. Got to be real good to score doubles under conditions like that!
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I hunt on a river, wheres theres both crows & gulls. Until u hunt crows I guess u don't pay much attention to how they fly, but now that we're watching it's amazing how easily the gulls navigate in winds that has crows almost hovering. I guess thats really useless info, but I thought I'd share, I guess I have way to much free time if I'm noticing crap like that.
