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crohopper · Veteran Member

Communicating with Crow Vocals ID...

jd1983 · Senior Member

Buy his cd !

Polish Hammer · Senior Member

I have Bob's CD and it has helped a bunch with my handcalling but I hear what Crohopper is saying. I hear crows all the time making different sounds that are not on Bob's CD. I know Bob can't cover every single sound a crow makes so I say go out, listen to them and try to mimic them. All I know for sure is...don't make the Danger Call. The Danger Call, from what I been told (and have heard), is 3, 4, or 5 sharp, fast notes together.

Talking about what calls to make, when to make them, etc. is so hard to do when typing. I know we are a small group of hunters, but what would be awesome is if there was a predator hunting conference/expo somewhere that had a few seminars on crow calling/hunting techniques etc. I learn best from talking to people in person.

Hammer

Mainehunt · Guru

Polish Hammer wrote:
The Danger Call, from what I been told (and have heard), is 3, 4, or 5 sharp, fast notes together.
Hammer

I have heard this too throughout the years. I have experimented several times when crows are visible but I'm not hunting. When I make 3 or 4 short "CAWS," they take off going away from me repeating the same sequence.

Kev <><

jd1983 · Senior Member

Hammer is the one that pointed out the single wail of a call that I use now and it has it's +++
Him and watch em fall and I where hiding behind a pile of sticks and shooting the breeze when he pointed it out.

M12Shooter · Guru

Mainehunt wrote:

Polish Hammer wrote:
The Danger Call, from what I been told (and have heard), is 3, 4, or 5 sharp, fast notes together.
Hammer
I have heard this too throughout the years. I have experimented several times when crows are visible but I'm not hunting. When I make 3 or 4 short "CAWS," they take off going away from me repeating the same sequence.

Kev <><

Alarm call is four short fast evnly spaced calls. Been refurred to as the "Man With a Gun" call by some smile

Ted

-- Edited by M12Shooter on Thursday 20th of January 2011 03:51:04 PM

Splash One · Senior Member

I use the danger call in conjunction with injured crow, or fight sounds... haven't seen any turn tail. I've heard the danger call in a lot of crow mobs.. I think in some situations it means "it's on".

I shot this vid on tuesday. Ecaller was belching out injured crow.

crohopper · Veteran Member

Appreciate everyones thoughts here,
Well I am still searching the net for some info regarding the different sounds that crows make and why, some and most researchers have nothing noted other than the couple of well known alarm calls and feeding and grouping.
I would think that over time someone would have something in stone on a variety of the sounds they do make and why,but most is just speculation.

For instance, three long cawws and two short = incoming invitational group gathering.
Four short cawws = danger etc. etc.

By the way nice vid splash one, and I totally agree with you on what seems to be a danger call is used in conjunction with a certain moment or another call and having some nice success with it. I also have a similiar approach to yours that I think is working out here in the late mornings only. But I will say this... These birds are acting alot different and are becoming higher flyers as the winter gets going,Seems to be some magic in getting them to fly low at this time of the year for me.

I try to listen and learn from there movements and moods they seem to be in and still here alot of different sounds, growls and cawws that sound like morris code.I also am trying to mimmick "some" calls they make to see if there responding differently and usually they ignore the responces I give them, hell maybe I'm just looking way to far into this, I'm Just trying to increase my odds for this new year. I ended up with a tbc of only 343 on my entry level year and I really want to try to double that this year if possible and I think that improving my hand callin just may give me the edge that is needed to do it, but without some type of language guide to what call I'm hearing is making it rough as to figuring them out a little.

^^Crohopper^^

8fishermen · Guru

I read or watched somewhere that scientist have documented over 250 distinct sounds/calls that crows use to communicate. They admitted that no one has any idea what the vast majority mean. Haven't a clue where I saw that. Wish I could remember.