I was just curious to see what calls I should use and how long do you guys usually hunt crows. When my friends go they usually call for 10 minutes or so and then give up on on calling any other crows in. What calls do I need to start with and continue to use so there are crows coming in for a while? I use the buster 2 motion decoy should I get other decoys?
Bob on here has a sound pac that is available through FP also. Lots of folks get it also. If you can find them JS crow sounds can be downloaded into the FP callers. All of their sounds are great sounds.
-- Edited by 8fishermen on Monday 2nd of January 2012 03:56:58 PM
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I have a FoxPro and I too bought all 10 of the crow calls that they sold at the time.
I know that the calls that work the best for me up here in Maine are not the best for guys in other parts of the country. But I'll tell you since you asked. :)
YOUNG CROW IN DISTRESS and DYING CROW work the best for me. Young crow in spring and summer, dying crow all year long.
I have some of Bob's sounds, I think the come here call and few others are his. I got the caller pre loaded and I was just looking for some advice. It's been way too windy here to do much of anything lately but I am hoping around the end of the week I'll be able to get out and shoot some crows and maybe coyotes and foxes.
Question -- I am using a homemade e-caller with Radio Shack mini-amp and horn speaker with JS sounds on my smart phone. How is the quality of sound with the commercial callers? Mine sounds pretty good, but I am wondering if the crows think something isn't quite right.
Question -- I am using a homemade e-caller with Radio Shack mini-amp and horn speaker with JS sounds on my smart phone. How is the quality of sound with the commercial callers? Mine sounds pretty good, but I am wondering if the crows think something isn't quite right.
If that speaker is one of the RS horns then the amp is probably too small and the speaker is dragging a little. That is what mine did before I built a new amp. There is a big difference in the amount of crows I call in now but that could be due to more volume. I noticed a good bit of difference in sound quality when I upgraded the amp. The JS sounds are great. The new commercial units should be crystal clear with the latest technology and they come with remotes.
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Question -- I am using a homemade e-caller with Radio Shack mini-amp and horn speaker with JS sounds on my smart phone. How is the quality of sound with the commercial callers? Mine sounds pretty good, but I am wondering if the crows think something isn't quite right.
Rook,if the crows are still coming to you dont worry about the sound,more important to have quality blind.Some members on here have built some pretty repectable callers from boom boxs and solid state sound sources!!
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There is a home made e-caller on this page (just below the list of downloadable coyote calls) that I've built. It works pretty well, using an mp3 player with some crow calls I've found on the internet.
Can't remember how much it cost to build, since I've had it for a few years now, but we'll see how it works on crows this coming Friday.
You must use the number of decoys that your calls would represent. If you only got 2-3 dekes out and you are playing a hundred bird recording well then guess what? Also if the area you are trying has been hit before by someone else you'll notice the odd behavior by the crows who'll stay out of range. use the call that works for you. If you are using a "flapper' crow decoy found at Crowbusters then use single excited crow or death cry of a crow. Crows may not be able to count but they will wonder mighty fast why there isn't all these crows sounding off? initially you can fool them but later they won't come at all and anyways you can run the risk of overshooting an area. The first day might be spectacular but eventually your kills dwindle down to nothing...if you haunt the same areai.e.; the same field.
You must use the number of decoys that your calls would represent. If you only got 2-3 dekes out and you are playing a hundred bird recording well then guess what?
I have had good luck using no decoys at all and playing a hundred bird recording.
Sometimes they keep coming back time after time - I wonder if they are thinking "where's that fight at? gotta find that fight!"
You must use the number of decoys that your calls would represent. If you only got 2-3 dekes out and you are playing a hundred bird recording well then guess what?
I have had good luck using no decoys at all and playing a hundred bird recording.
Sometimes they keep coming back time after time - I wonder if they are thinking "where's that fight at? gotta find that fight!"
X2, I have shot a truck load of crows with no deeks at all as well. I only have one friend that will hunts crows so often when we hunt together we combine two callers for real confusion. Decoys are nice for flyway or feeding situations if you can get them high enough and/or into a visable location. Many times during a lul in the action or coffee break with the caller off I have had crows silently sneek into my setup. Once overhead they often give a few greeting caws to the decoys and their day is ruined... or I spill coffee all over my lap Still, I have never used more than a half dozen plastic decoys but I will toss dead ones coupled together into the branches in behind a blind.
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M12Shooter wrote: with the caller off I have had crows silently sneek into my setup. Once overhead they often give a few greeting caws to the decoys and their day is ruined... or I spill coffee all over my lap
Still, I have never used more than a half dozen plastic decoys but I will toss dead ones coupled together into the branches in behind a blind.