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Mainehunt · Guru

TOTAL number of crow season days???

nhcrowshooter · Guru

New Hampshire.

We can hunt Sundays (we have separation of church and state when it comes to hunting).

124 day season which is the max federal laws allow, 3/16 - 3/31, 8/15-11/30. Season is also open during fall migration allowing for the best possible number killed for this part of the country.

I also hunt in Maine as it allows me to get out when the NH season is closed.

Mike27 · Senior Member

Kev,

Nobody gets more than 124 days.

NJ goes from Aug. 8th to Mar. 17th, excluding some deer days

Mon. Thurs. Fri. and Sat.

Mike

nhcrowshooter · Guru

Technically Alabama has an open season all year long, crow hunters must restrict themselves to going out for a limit of 124 days.

Mainehunt · Guru

Mike27 wrote:
Kev,
Nobody gets more than 124 days.
Mike

I have read that, but I would like to see the number of days, because some states like mine don't give you all of them.

Kev

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Mike27 · Senior Member

The treaty info is right here on our site.

I was'nt trying to be redundent about the 124 , NH beat my post by a minute.

Mike

8fishermen · Guru

114 here. Nov 5 - Feb 26. I don't understand the Sunday thing. If the South is the Bible Belt then Mississippi is the buckle. We hunt here on Sunday. Usually before and/or after church. smile

Mainehunt · Guru

Mike27 wrote:
The treaty info is right here on our site.
I was'nt trying to be redundent about the 124 , NH beat my post by a minute.
Mike

I know you weren't Mike.

I'm just curious how each state does it without having to look up all the different states' websites and laws.

Kev

8fishermen · Guru

I think Texas is open year round. It is my understanding that each state can use the federal guidelines or they have to write their own for approval. Most states are not willing to go to the trouble and expense to deviate from the feds.

I could be wrong but that is the way I understand it.

Mike27 · Senior Member

Kev,

I have to call up the Maine powers that be, and see if we can get you the last 11 days days added on. biggrin

Mike

Mainehunt · Guru

Mike27 wrote:
Kev,
I have to call up the Maine powers that be, and see if we can get you the last 11 days days added on.
Mike

PLEASE DO!!!

I have spoken to the head of our state's migratory bird department. I voiced my concerns last year to him about not having the full 124 days. This years season they added a week to. I'm sure it wasn't because of me, but I like to pretend it was........ smile

nhcrowshooter · Guru

Is there anything else you are prohibited from doing specifically on Sunday in Maine? Years ago shopping was prohibited but they have long since rescinded that blue law. Seems hunters are the one group that can be discriminated against in Maine.

BTW: NH Fish & Game doesn't want any hunting in Maine on Sundays as it would cut into their sales of non-resident licenses to hunters from Maine who want more time in the woods. Vermont and MA rescinded their no hunting on Sunday laws, perhaps in few more decades Maine will join them.

-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Friday 13th of January 2012 02:57:34 PM

Critter · Veteran Member

121 days this year in MI. Aug 1st - Sept 30th and Feb 1st - March 31st. Usually 120 but thanks to leap year we get an extra day.

TexasMatt · Senior Member

8fishermen wrote:
I think Texas is open year round.

Technically, Texas has zero days, there is no open season here. However, we are allowed to shoot any crow that is being a nuisance, making too much noise, damaging crops, or on his way to damage a crop. biggrin

NGillespie10 · Senior Member

124 days here in Illinois, Oct. 28 to Feb. 28.

We can hunt any day between those dates, including Sundays.

-- Edited by NGillespie10 on Friday 13th of January 2012 03:55:21 PM

8fishermen · Guru

TexasMatt wrote:
However, we are allowed to shoot any crow that is ... on his way to damage a crop.

Very important to assassinate those who are planning to do evil! LOL

TNFarmMngr · Member

Tennessee- (every Fri,Sat,Sun from September thru May) (117 days)

Mainehunt · Guru

nhcrowshooter wrote:
Is there anything else you are prohibited from doing specifically on Sunday in Maine? .

They won't let us shoot anti-gun activists, liberals, PETA members, etc.....

canoemac · Member

124 days, but I can choose the 124 days anytime throughout the year. I live in Alabama and those are the rules here. If this complies with the Federal regulations in Alabama, it should comply in other states. I suggest that politically active hunters pressure their own state agencies to adopt the plan that Alabama uses. Of course, the liberal season does not mean that we've killed a lot of crows this year in north Alabama; I feel sure that the devastating tornados in April wiped out a lot of mature crows and destroyed the majority of nests. My kill numbers are down about 80% from last winter.

Lonehowl · Veteran Member

124 for Kalifornia : )

Buckshot1822 · Senior Member

We have123 days this year in Pennsylvania. Season is open July 1 to April 8 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday only.......

Oh, and in Pa the only things that can be hunted on Sunday are, Coyote, Fox, and Crows......

-- Edited by Buckshot1822 on Saturday 14th of January 2012 02:34:07 AM

Glen · Senior Member

Ohio gives 123 days @ 3 days per week. Fri/Sat/Sunday from sometime around the 1st of June until the middle of March. We get 41 weeks @ 3 days per week. I don't know if we can still shoot them under depradation or not. I need to check that out.

rz · Veteran Member

We can hunt crows in Ontario, Canada year round. My particular county does not allow Sunday gun hunting but most counties do and are adding more all the time. I'm hoping they finally open up my area as well. Although the season is opened year round the hunting is very lean this time of year. I will go out now that deer season is done but it's more of an excuse just to get out into the bush for some quiet time then any real shooting.

wingmaster · Senior Member

confuse Kentucky runs Sept 1 - Nov 7 & Jan 4 - Feb 29

nhcrowshooter · Guru

Mainehunt wrote:
We can't hunt Sundays and we get 113 days (+ or - a couple days) this year.

Thanks, Kev

Kev, who's the rocket scientist at Maine IF & W that short changed crow season by 11 days and opens the winter/spring season on a Sunday 1/22. when there is no hunting on Sunday? If your count is correct they could have opened yesterday 1/16 and given you guys in Maine a 3 day holiday weekend opener.

shaddart · Guru

NY is open 9/1 til 3/31 & you can hunt Fri thru Mon, didn't count the days. Most if not all of the blue laws regarding Sundays have been repealed, not sure about being able to buy alcohol before noon. Even liquor stores can open on Sun. but they need to pick another day of the week to be closed, which to me makes no sense at all.

gearly65 · Senior Member

Indiana is July 1st to August 15th and December 13 to March 1st. We can hunt seven days a week.

Mainehunt · Guru

nhcrowshooter wrote:
Mainehunt wrote:
We can't hunt Sundays and we get 113 days (+ or - a couple days) this year.

Thanks, Kev
Kev, who's the rocket scientist at Maine IF & W that short changed crow season by 11 days and opens the winter/spring season on a Sunday 1/22. when there is no hunting on Sunday? If your count is correct they could have opened yesterday 1/16 and given you guys in Maine a 3 day holiday weekend opener.

nhcrowshooter, (PM sent to you.)

They actually extended the crow season this year. It used to be Feb 1st to March 31st. They added roughly a week this year by starting in January.

I too was confused about the 22nd being a Sunday. I emailed the guy in Bangor at the migratory bird agency. His return email said that it opens the 21st, not the 22nd. So, Saturday is the opener.

Kev

nhcrowshooter · Guru

With the published season being 1/22 I would want the change in the opening day to 1/21 in writing/e-mail. It would really suck to get a citation because their wardens didn't have the same info.

Mainehunt · Guru

canoemac wrote:
124 days, but I can choose the 124 days anytime throughout the year. I live in Alabama and those are the rules here. If this complies with the Federal regulations in Alabama, it should comply in other states. I suggest that politically active hunters pressure their own state agencies to adopt the plan that Alabama uses. Of course, the liberal season does not mean that we've killed a lot of crows this year in north Alabama; I feel sure that the devastating tornados in April wiped out a lot of mature crows and destroyed the majority of nests. My kill numbers are down about 80% from last winter.

This is what I just emailed to our state agency that controls the crow season in Maine;

"Quick question please concerning the hunting of crows. I am a member on a crow hunting forum on the internet. There is a post on there about the number of days that each state has for crow season. Alabama gives their hunters 124 days to hunt, but they can choose the days they hunt. In other words, each hunter limits himself to 124 days, but has the opportunity to choose which 124 days that he hunts throughout the year.

Is there ANY chance that Maine could have a crow season like that?"

nhcrowshooter · Guru

An official at the Maine Dept of IF&W confirmed to me to via e-mail that the winter/spring opener for areas with a published date of 1/22 actually opens on Saturday 1/21/2012.

Mainehunt · Guru

nhcrowshooter wrote:
An official at the Maine Dept of IF&W confirmed to me to via e-mail that the winter/spring opener for areas with a published date of 1/22 actually opens on Saturday 1/21/2012.

I like the way he (B.A.) answers his emails so quickly.

Kev

nhcrowshooter · Guru

He is to be commended for his responsiveness but the ME Dept of IF & W needs to get their act together on hunting regulations regarding crows. We should not be bumping along year after year with the rules saying e-callers are not legal for crow and the Department saying that is an oversight. One year is a printing error, multiple years without correction tells me they are either administratively inept or the verbal advice is incorrect.

It is good to have a copy of any e-mail in your pocket saying it's OK to deviate from written regulations but technically speaking any deviations to what is printed should be coming from the law enforcement division.

-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Tuesday 17th of January 2012 05:11:16 PM

Mainehunt · Guru

nhcrowshooter wrote:
He is to be commended for his responsiveness but the ME Dept of IF & W needs to get their act together on hunting regulations regarding crows. We should not be bumping along year after year with the rules saying e-callers are not legal for crow and the Department saying that is an oversight. One year is a printing error, multiple years without correction tells me they are either administratively inept or the verbal advice is incorrect.
It is good to have a copy of any e-mail in your pocket saying it's OK to deviate from written regulations but technically speaking any deviations to what is printed should be coming from the law enforcement division.

-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Tuesday 17th of January 2012 05:11:16 PM

I agree, but we now have a new commissioner. His name is Chandler Wood**** and the guy has his head screwed on right. I like him a lot, in fact I hope he runs for governor. He is in favor of Sunday hunting, so he'll always get my vote. I'm looking forward to the changes that he has planned for the future.

(Chandler's last name is spelled w-o-o-d-c-o-c-k, but this ridiculous setting on the forum will not allow me to spell it out above.)

Kev

-- Edited by Mainehunt on Tuesday 17th of January 2012 05:36:27 PM

-- Edited by Mainehunt on Tuesday 17th of January 2012 05:37:25 PM

Low and Slow · Senior Member

Here in MN we get the 124 days ,split in 2 seasons one the whole month of March, and the second starting July 15-Oct.. 15 , we can hunt any day of the week, and it seems that Tuesday mornings are the best. and of course our regs state that I can kill crows anytime they are doing damage or "about to do damage"........I like that part,when have you ever seen a crow that wasn't up to no good?

Mainehunt · Guru

Low and Slow wrote:
Here in MN we get the 124 days ,split in 2 seasons one the whole month of March, and the second starting July 15-Oct.. 15 , we can hunt any day of the week, and it seems that Tuesday mornings are the best. and of course our regs state that I can kill crows anytime they are doing damage or "about to do damage"........I like that part,when have you ever seen a crow that wasn't up to no good?

I like that biggrin

Kev

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8fishermen · Guru

Hey Kev,

Be careful what you wish for. Due to crow season overlapping MANY other seasons, we have the crows and the season to ourselves. Lots of others have expressed interest in crow hunting till they find out there is a season and it is during all other open seasons.

nhcrowshooter · Guru

Mainehunt wrote:
8fishermen wrote:
Hey Kev,

Be careful what you wish for. Due to crow season overlapping MANY other seasons, we have the crows and the season to ourselves. Lots of others have expressed interest in crow hunting till they find out there is a season and it is during all other open seasons.
Greg, I hear you man. That is one reason why I like the summer season here. (Aug/Sept.) It doesn't interfere with archery deer/duck/goose/partridge/etc..

Kev
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Sorry guys, that is spoken like a man who makes crows secondary targets of opportunity. If your not hunting during the migration your missing the majority of the action and fun. There is not as much fun in other seasons when your gun might go off just once or not at all on any given day. Kevin's situation in Maine is such he never gets to see or shoot during the fall migration and literally doesn't know what he is missing.

-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Thursday 19th of January 2012 01:26:11 PM

Mainehunt · Guru

8fishermen wrote:
Hey Kev,

Be careful what you wish for. Due to crow season overlapping MANY other seasons, we have the crows and the season to ourselves. Lots of others have expressed interest in crow hunting till they find out there is a season and it is during all other open seasons.

Greg, I hear you man. That is one reason why I like the summer season here. (Aug/Sept.) It doesn't interfere with archery deer/duck/goose/partridge/etc..

Kev

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8fishermen · Guru

Mainehunt wrote:
8fishermen wrote:
Hey Kev,

Be careful what you wish for. Due to crow season overlapping MANY other seasons, we have the crows and the season to ourselves. Lots of others have expressed interest in crow hunting till they find out there is a season and it is during all other open seasons.
Greg, I hear you man. That is one reason why I like the summer season here. (Aug/Sept.) It doesn't interfere with archery deer/duck/goose/partridge/etc..

Kev
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My point exactly. If it doesn't interfere with yours, then it doesn't interfere with their.

Mainehunt · Guru

nhcrowshooter wrote:
Sorry guys, that is spoken like a man who makes crows secondary targets of opportunity. If your not hunting during the migration your missing the majority of the action and fun. There is not as much fun in other seasons when your gun might go off just once or not at all on any given day. Kevin's situation in Maine is such he never gets to see or shoot during the fall migration and literally doesn't know what he is missing.

I'm out there hunting ducks and geese during the same time that you are hunting the crow migration. But, I've never seen crows heading south, except the ones going to roost, which return to food the next day going north.

I guess I need to hunt southern New Hampshire during October and November.

Big Honkers · Guru

Michigan has similar season dates as Maine (Aug & Sept and Feb & March) and it seems they have similar theories on how they set their seasons. They set the crow seasons when few other "more traditional" seasons are open to expand the opportunities to hunters in the state. Gee thanks, we can hunt ducks and geese during the migration but not crows? IMO it is a bunch of crap and the crow season dates were set by deer hunters. Every year there is a significant increase in birds in Oct and Nov but all I can do is watch and wave as the crows continue south unmolested.

Ggrr.

BH

KansasKrow · Newbie

120 here. Nov 10th - March 10. Can hunt 7 days a week

Shotgunner · Member

Tennessee Crow season is Fri, Sat, Sun from June 1 to the end of February. It's closed completely during March, April and May. There's no limit.

That's just about 110 days per year.

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