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dude that looks great...love the handle, too

seem to remember you from the old site - how have you been?

I have been thinking about one of those for a while. I was thinking of adding some ghillie grass to it to break it up some. What type of wire mesh is that? chicken wire or square? That really is a great looking blind.

Nice to see you made it on John. Great looking blind; more important, it does the job.
Doug @ Crowmart

What burlap pattern is that? Or did you paint it?

It looks great!

Kev
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Hello Bob, I got started hunting crows when I was 15 years old in Cheese Land. Wisconsin. Well My Dad  bought me a bolt action shotgun, and about a box of shells later I finally got a crow. My Dad didnt hunt, he said he saw enough blood in the War. That be W W. II. So I had to learn on my own. But I did see an article in one of the magazines back then, about 1968, Crow Capital of the World, Ft Cobb. I was to young to get down there then, so later after I got out of the Army a guy I  was framing houses for in Anchorage went to Florida for a vaction and stopped by Ft. Cobb to check it out. That was probably 1974, well he was at the Motel by the roost and held the phone out of the phone booth and said listen. Well the rest is history from their. I have been coming down from Alaska ever since. I only missed the year after the roost was shot out. I was told you wouldnt find a crow 10miles from there. So to answer your question, I learned on my own, andthe birds are still using me as a student. But I dont mind. Also to answer another members ? the burlap you can get a Walmart sporting goods section. All the stores might not carry it, but this ne stuf I found was inexpensive and was 54inches by 12 feet long. Was a remington brand. You could probably fnd it on line also. The picture I sent is original color.  Good luck

The better wire mesh is about 1inch by 11/2 inch rectangle. It seems to hold up better. Also 12 foot length of it is minimum, as it would get pretty crowded in their. Lay the wire flat and then roll it into a circle to carry. The down wind side is the open side to get in and out. Also come up with a stake method to keep upright if its windy. I take a 5gallon bucket with a lid on it to put stuff in and sit on while waitng for the next patient. I cut a hole in the lid to put my emptys in so I am not stumbling on them in the blind, plus its easy to carry the stuff back out in. All land owners I hunt, on I take everything out, including the birds.  Rolled up I keep a bungee cord wrapped around it, to keep it together. You will have to be creative to make a sling for the blind if you are carring it that far in. Good Luck

To answer your question about using dynamite to rid crows of an area, well it is true. I have a couple articles that talks about that. I am sure that Bob can also tell those stories that where passed on by guys  older than us. The one guy that I knew and Bob might remember ran the motel at Ft Cobb. His name was Stewart Willis. He grew up near their and as a kid in school, after they dynamited the roost the next morning  , the kids would come help clean up the aftermath. Plu the kids got some old fashioned P. E., they used sticks to knock the hoppers in the head, preferably. But  even back then they had their little Johnnys. Stewart had one picture he showed me of a farmer using a manure spreder to scatter their remains over a field for fertilizer. Money back then was hard to come buy, so this was a prefered method to thin them out. Well like the coyotes, it only worked for awhile. Hope that helped J Crowvorkian