Crow Busters Forum

jocrow · Member

how rare is a piebald?

Bob · Guru

Jo,

Piebald crows are quite rare in my opinion. To give you an example, I've been hunting them for most of my life and have shot 32 of them that I know of. Now 32 might sound like a lot, but it's a very small number compared to the over 144,000 that I've shot during the past 38 years. This was on almost 1,500 crow hunts during this time period.

Go to the "Oddities Section" on the home page and you will see all sorts of piebald crows shot by other members from around the USA.

Bob A.

Mike27 · Senior Member

jocrow,

You are in rarefied air.

jocrow · Member

thanks guys. the crows in the 3rd from bottom picture and 4th from bottom picture in the oddities section look most like the one i'm seeing. the only difference is that it's feathers are bright white instead of brownish and they are like that on both sides. i need to knock on a few farmers doors in the area before our season goes out late february.

Mainehunt · Guru

I've seen 2 and killed one.

Kev

gearly65 · Senior Member

I killed a crow this season that had a bunch of white feathers on its wings. Was that a piebald???

8fishermen · Guru

Bob,

That is some cool birds. Thanks for sharing them.

-- Edited by 8fishermen on Sunday 29th of January 2012 11:19:42 PM

8fishermen · Guru

G65, That is my understanding, not sure what others opinion is.

M12Shooter · Guru

I've shot them with bits of white in their wing feathers. Nothing more than that.

Ted

Bob · Guru

Jo Crow,

Here are some of the piebald crows in my museum in Kansas.

Bob A.

gearly65 · Senior Member

Thanks for the pics Bob. The one I shot had like every other feather on the wing was white on both sides. I was going to mount it. I wish I would have now. I didn't think that they were that rare.

Lone Star Phil · Senior Member

A piebald, rare as it is, doesn't haunt Skip like the Great White Crow!

Bob · Guru

Hi Phil,

I have never seen a pure white crow in the wild. When a guy gets a piebald crow it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time, dumb luck to be sure.

Bob A.