I talked to Skeetshooter last night and there is a good chance we will get to crow hunt a farm this weekend. Our season has been closed since Feb and wont open back up till Nov so this is a welcomed opportunity. The farmer just planted a contiguous 1000 acre corn field. They said the crow were trying to light on the planters. I am liking the chances of whacking some serious crows! All this hinges on a permit from the state but we don't think that will be a problem.
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"If money can fix it, it ain't broke" The great theologian and my crow hunting partner AW.
I will be doing the same here in Ca on a pistachio farm this fall. Aparently you cannot start a topic about Depredation Permits though.... I tried and my posts were not approved haha
I have seen crows pull corn plants out of the ground when the plants are only 1-6" tall. When they're that little, the corn seed is still attached to the roots of the plant, they then eat it.
I heard from Skeet a few minuets ago and the hunt is off. We wouldn't be able to use decoys or calls. Also quite a few other hoops to jump through. We didn't feel we could kill enough to justify the hassle as pass shooting in a 1000 acre field would have been spotty at best. Not sure if it was just e-calls or all calls, but none of us hand call well enough to try it anyway. Oh well, guess that means the clay birds will be back on the endangered list this weekend.
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"If money can fix it, it ain't broke" The great theologian and my crow hunting partner AW.
8 ,I am pretty sure those are the same rules here also,depred.work but dont use your best tools,common sense is gone in this Country. If we had the same Gubmint thinking at the turn of the century,as we have now,we would be a third world country.
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