Maybe extinct was a harsh word. How about decimate. Just imagine if you could get $4.75 per bird. Since the 50's, the U.S. population (people) has doubled, how many more million registered hunters does that equate to in the woods today. Even non hunters would start to register. Some guys would do it for a part time job. No bird would be safe. Pellets out of windows, roosts would be destroyed every non crow hunter would become one and just save up the feet for the pay day. The sport as we no it would be over.
Mike
-- Edited by Mike27 on Thursday 9th of February 2012 06:10:49 PM
Maybe extinct was a harsh word. How about decimate. Just imagine if you could get $4.75 per bird. Since the 50's, the U.S. population (people) has doubled, how many more million registered hunters does that equate to in the woods today. Even non hunters would start to register. Some guys would do it for a part time job. No bird would be safe. Pellets out of windows, roosts would be destroyed every non crow hunter would become one and just save up the feet for the pay day. The sport as we no it would over.
Mike
Some people would get rich for a little while.
Let's see........we collected 102 crows a week ago..........102 x $4.75 = $484.50
Not bad for a few hours "work." Of course we burned up $50 in cartridges, spent another $57 on the new decoy, $30 worth of gas in the truck, hunting license, camo, ATV registration.....etc......
-- Edited by Mainehunt on Thursday 9th of February 2012 05:23:24 PM
In the 1930's during the "Great Depression" they paid a dime per crow! The fellas that hunted them back then made way more per week than the average guy making $ 20.00 a week! This was here in Kansas, the ammo box on the left (dark color) is Government Issue ammo given to the farmers out here to shoot the crows, thats right, free ammo, only trap loads in 12 gauge. This was in the 1930's.
Bob; all of mine are cardboard, most are empty or close to it. Don't have many, maybe 6 or 8, but they're old. I'll take a look at them & let you know what they are. Jerry