if u guys had to pick your TOP 3 calls to make(w a hand- call)what would they be?and lets just leave off the' Come Hear' call since everybody know it works most of the time.these would be the 3- go to calls- that seem to bring the most reliable results 90% of the time.list them either by their offical name or by their 'CAW-SIGN' i.e. caw-caw-caw-caaawww-caaawww-caw-caw-caw-caw.
Fun and frolic, excited crow, the one I call the wail. If you've not heard it it's a single solo sound kind of like a locator call between a few birds. I've had them do it just as they are committed to hovering over the decoys just before they want to land.
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Hold your horses just a senior crowhunter minute!!
I've been a successful crow hunter since October, 1967. Yeah, thats a six between the nine and seven. And I learned pretty dad-gum early not to "limit" anything pertaining to crow hunting, if I was going to be successful.
Which call sounds to use, depends on your hunting style, or situations that may be forced upon you. For example, you can be very successful using only three sounds, if run-n-gun is your bag, as witnessed by Skip Woody. Or, if you hunt in Bob Aronsohn country, where you may have 100,000 crows available daily, as targets. I live in North Carolina, and I doubt if there is 100,000 crows in the whole damn state! Therefore, I can't put a limit on any hunting paraphernalia.
So, since I am limited to available targets, I maintain several crow sounds to fit the situation, as each day progresses. Early morning shooting is done with a feeding sound, as I almost always hunt in a "crow cafe" situation. I like to catch 'em early when they're feeling fine, and out to breakfast! As the day progresses, and the crow pickin's get slimmer, I will use distress and fighting sounds to wring out a few more shots. And this method always works.
Fortunately, we are not limited to 3-4 crow sounds when using an electronic caller, and some practice with a hand call can provide a lot of success. Just practice out side, so your wife won't beat your brains out with a frying pan!
I agree with you somewhat when you are talking about differen't styles of hunting them such as feeding & field setups versus a fighting type setup.
Here is what I have learned over the years, in a feeding setup the soft calls work well, such as the feeding call, come here call or recognition call. But.... when you are in a feeding setup in a pecan orchard the crows also respond very well to a good fighting call, distress call and mourning call.
Now in a fighting setup the soft calls are no good at all, only the "hard calls" such as the fighting call, distress call and mourning call will bring them in pronto.
This is only my opinion but for the gent who can go from county to county or state to state he has a big edge on the local hunter who only has one bunch of crows to work on all season long. The gent who can travel does not have to put up with call shy birds, if they become so, he just pulls out of that area and goes to another area where they will respond well to being called. Some of the states that I hunt in I'm the only one that hunts them, the reason I know is because they respond well to the call even through february. If other guys were hunting them they would be call shy by now. In areas where they are call shy now I don't waste my time with those areas I avoid them until next season.
Bob A.
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To be a successful crow hunter, there is no substitute for virgin or green or uneducated birds. Green birds make up for less than ideal calling, hiding, decoys.. etc.. Hey, be a politically correct crow hunter" go green!!!
Hold your horses just a senior crowhunter minute!!
I've been a successful crow hunter since October, 1967. Yeah, thats a six between the nine and seven. And I learned pretty dad-gum early not to "limit" anything pertaining to crow hunting, if I was going to be successful.
Which call sounds to use, depends on your hunting style, or situations that may be forced upon you. For example, you can be very successful using only three sounds, if run-n-gun is your bag, as witnessed by Skip Woody. Or, if you hunt in Bob Aronsohn country, where you may have 100,000 crows available daily, as targets. I live in North Carolina, and I doubt if there is 100,000 crows in the whole damn state! Therefore, I can't put a limit on any hunting paraphernalia.
So, since I am limited to available targets, I maintain several crow sounds to fit the situation, as each day progresses. Early morning shooting is done with a feeding sound, as I almost always hunt in a "crow cafe" situation. I like to catch 'em early when they're feeling fine, and out to breakfast! As the day progresses, and the crow pickin's get slimmer, I will use distress and fighting sounds to wring out a few more shots. And this method always works.
Fortunately, we are not limited to 3-4 crow sounds when using an electronic caller, and some practice with a hand call can provide a lot of success. Just practice out side, so your wife won't beat your brains out with a frying pan!
KENCROW - I like this response and agree with giving them the early morning feeding call. And then hit them with a fight, frenzy, or distress around 1PM or so? I like this as well. The birds in Michigan get all stubborn and educated like they have a PHD in NOT responding to calls between 12 - 3 PM. During this time a good "Crow Death Cry" has done me well.
I read a post earlier about 100-300 crows up above. In Michigan I get an adrenaline rush from a pack of 20. If I had 100-300 in my lap I'd be wishing I had my camera on a tri-pod to show my story.
Brian www.americangunnerycom
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