Crow Busters Forum

Height of the owl depends on how open the country is but you must hve it higher than the immediate surrounding cover. I put my owl about 7 feet above the ground most often but again, I hunt open farm country.

A trick I have used with good results was to mount my owl on a long wooden pole cut from local trees. I would push this up through the branches of a small tree and secure this pole to the trunk withthe aid of some baler twine. Larger plastic tie wraps work even better. Still, I'm talking about low cover say 15-20 feet max.

Frozen ground is an issue. I have carried a small 2 pound sledge along and a short hunk of 1 1/2 inch steel pipe. Pound the pipe ino the ground and with circular motions enlarge a hole big enough to accomodate the "crow pole" and used it to open up a hole in the groundd

See attatched photo. I have killed thousands of crows over this very inexpensive and simple presentation.

Ted

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My observations:

Crows respect the talons and flight capability of an owl and will not fly lower than ten to twenty feet above an owl sitting somewhere in plain sight and with clear flight paths.

Put your owl decoy on a pole or post about six feet above the ground and spend your energy placing sentry crow decoys in surrounding trees higher than the owl and 10 to 30 yards away. 

The only crows lower than owl better be dead.  See M12's images.

The icing on the decoy cake is the mortally wounded crow in the talons of the pesky owl.  Again, see M12's images.  In-bound crows viewing that scene and listening to an owl-crow fight call will be focused on that display usually to their detriment.  I use an $8Halloween bat with flapping wings for that victim role and it works well.