Ever wonder why the wait is so long for crow season to get here?
It seems like it takes for ever to get here. Once here it seems like it goes way to fast.
When ever I travel out of state to hunt crows the drive to the state seems longer (time wise) than the drive back, why? Perhaps anticipation going to the hunting area? I think this does make it longer, at least for me. What are your views?
It will not be to much longer before I have to put on my knee pads inorder to crawl into the bed of the pickup loading ammo into it. Man how time goes by, 10 years ago I didn't need knee pads! Ten years ago I didn't need reading glasses to read a road map either, ten years ago I still had most of my teeth. Well there is still hope, at least I still have all my hair, I haven't gone bald yet LOL.
Talk to you guys soon.
Bob A.
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Bob, I can't relate to losing teeth yet, (still a young pup, 24.) But I can definately relate to crow season taking a long time to get here. We start November 1, and I am thinking about doing some coyote hunting on the weekends to pass the time till it gets here.
What helps me is scouting. I start when the birds begin to bunch up in September. I get out and watch for flyers to the roost and then follow them and locate the holiday inn express they are staying at. It's a real sense of accomplishment when you find one no matter how big or small it is. You know that you will be having at least one good shoot comming your way. I may flock a few deeks or work on a sentry pole, or just tweek something here and there. Season does go to fast tho I agree
Last night was nice and cool so I loaded 4,300 12 gauge trap loads and 1,000 20 gauge skeet loads into the bed of the pickup. I might only shoot half of them but you just never know, I've only run out of ammo twice in my life and it aint fun.
It will be at least another 3 weeks before I go on my first crow safari so I do little things like this to take the edge off.
My pal Dick from Ohio called yesterday, he is feeling anty already and he is 77 years old. He has more damn pep than the Duracell Bunny!
There is an old pool player I play with, he is 91 years old, no cane, no walker, no glasses! He is not the man he was 40 years ago but he has plenty of experience that I draw from! He gets around better than some guys 20 to 25 years younger than him.
Think about this for a moment...... guys who have a passion for living live a much healthier life and live much longer than couch potatoes! I see it all the time, perhaps I'm just more aware at this stage of the game.
Bob A.
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So right about couch potatoes..I took a job 1 1/2 years ago and I stay seated all day..At night I have to just walk for while to clear all the sh$% built up in my body.Soemthing to be said about moving around..
With regards to crow season: Sunday is the day for me..I learned that I was going on Tuesday and I havn't been able to stop prepairing. Gun cleaning, docoy checking, battery charging, you name and the check list has been done and double checked..Can hardly stand the wait..
A bazillion crows are feeding in sunflower fields about a mile noth of the community I reside in. They are flying nonstop over my home most of the morning and afternoon driving me nuts!. I'll try and post some pics should I find time as most of you will be in disbelief. Sadly this is a no shooting area. And you fellas think you got er rough
Ted
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Hey 12 Them feeders got to roost somewhere,,,,, I would be lookin for it Bob Are you serious about the 91 year old guy ? He really doesn't even wear glasses????
He wears no glasses or contacts while playing pool. I don't know if he wears them to drive or not. He can still see pretty good on an 8 foot table! Dick my crow hunting partner wears no glasses (perscription that is) but he does wear shooting glasses. Dick is 77 years old and is in superb shape. I need field glasses to see the crows when they are 3/4 of a mile or more away while Dick can see them with his naked eyes!
Bob A.
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I can relate to that, years back when I only made two trips to Kansas each season the ride home was bad on the last trip! Back in those days it was 1,500 miles one way from Long Island, NY. There were so many crows at the Medora roost north of Hutchinson that I would stay for 3 weeks at a crack. I'd break up the hunt with a quail hunt or two on days where the weather was no good to hunt crows.
One orchard owner (apples) used to let me pop a deer with my .264 Winchester to take back to New York each trip. The orchard owner had bad problems with the deer so the game warden left me alone. All I shot were does, all I wanted was the meat.
At least for me the ride home was only bad when you knew you were not coming back!
Bob A.
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Well season hear in KY & so is squirrel hunting. So i do both because grand son starting like to hunt. He is 11 but likes fishing best So most of time for me is crows than squirrels when week in comes. He want squirrels frist. Than i try take him crow hunting in evenings So wish me luck
Getting old may be objectionable, but not getting old is a lot worse!
The average life span of the U.S. male is about 78 years now. If a man is 62 now, that leaves 16 more years for him to see the sun rise. 4,000 crows per year X 16 years = 64,000 crows! With 135,000 already in the bag, + 64,000 = 199,000 crow cadavers. That is 99.5 tons of dead crows!
Have you had a chance to try those new calls on live crows as of yet?
I enjoy life a lot Ken, I'm glad that I am blessed with good health so far! As you know I lost a good hunting partner last September 25th to cancer, he was 71 years old.
I can see by your figures that you have way to much time on your hands lol. Jim Lundquist one of my old hunting partners from Minnesota used to tell me the same thing when I would tell him some of my stats. Jim is now 86, he has not hunted crows in the last 10 years or so; but he still shoots pigeons with his 28 gauge.
Let us know how your new calls work for you.
Bob A.
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The trips to locations and the nights trying to sleep before are murder! LOL Sometimes I wonder why I even bother.
I haven't hunted crows hard in several years. Got hooked on bowhunting about 10 years ago and it ate up my crow hunting time. Plan on fixing that this season. Bow season doesn't start until the 15th of Oct. Going to give the old black deamons a spanking before then. Can't wait to read the stories on here and see the pictures. Plan on having some great ones myself. No locations of course! LOL
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!. I'll try and post some pics should I find time as most of you will be in disbelief
. Sadly this is a no shooting area
So most of time for me is crows than squirrels when week in comes. He want squirrels frist. Than i try take him crow hunting in evenings 
So wish me luck