Here in central Mississippi, the crows seem to have moved out of the agriculture fields. Does anyone know when and if the move around in the south. From what I have read they are short migrants moving a few miles to a few hundred miles. With spring on the way here, they could have just changed feeding spots. Either way I have noticed a significant drop in the local populations. I spend a good bit of time traveling around the local area and am always on the lookout for them. Haven't been seeing the large groups that were here. All that said, I have been seeing more and larger groups of fish crows but not American crows.
Any thought? Thanks
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"If money can fix it, it ain't broke" The great theologian and my crow hunting partner AW.
I was seeing more crows everywhere 2 or 3 weeks ago. Numbers where Im at are defenanatly down. I dont know about the migration of crows. I understand duck migration but I dont know what makes crows want to move. Ducks move with weather, time of year and avalability of grub. They nest up north winter in the south. With crows I dont know what there motivation is. I assume food is the #1 but I havent been a crow chaser long enuff to what else pushes them from place to place. They're kind of a mistery to me right now. I have been crow hunting for years but always just went here or there when i saw a few in an area I had permition to hunt. But I have been chasing them gangsters hardcore for about 4 weeks now and I love it. Im learning a little every time I go and having alot of fun doing it!
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A SUPER 90 and a crow in range, life is good. A good sandwich and bag of M&Ms doesnt hurt either.
Went out today and saw lots of fish crows but only a few American crows. They have left the area I have been hunting. I hunt a 12 mile stretch and very few birds are present in any of the fields. We were seeing hundreds every time we drove around. Now we see a handful.
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"If money can fix it, it ain't broke" The great theologian and my crow hunting partner AW.
The large group that we have been hunting all winter has broken up within the last 3 weeks. I am hearing a lot of crows on the forested mountainsides here in north Alabama. I believe that the large winter roosts and that associated feeding pattern has changed and the crows have broken up and gone to their "home" territories for the breeding season.
For you guys in the south, they might have already paired off for mating. I'm in upstate NY & the big flocks are gone by early March, so it might have already happened in the sunny south.
