How do you tell the difference from a crow and raven while hunting? I have read the tips online but anyone have any tips that can help out with this? I hunt in a area full of crows and ravens just want to make sure im legal. thanks.
Thank You maine Yeah my last hunt out we had around 20 ravens within 15 yards at 1 time but when we had them mixing with the crows in the wind it could be very confusing for a newby to crow hunting. and also very scary. we didnt even shoot the ones we believed were crows in that group after seeing so many ravens mixed in we decided to call the hunt off until we can clarify how to ID them better.
The tail is a good sign. They also have different voices. The voice of a raven sounds like a crow with a cold. They also have a much wider range of sounds (from "gronk gronk" to a chuckle type sound to almost a bell-like sound. The raven is also noticeably larger than a crow. The wing span of a a crow is about 2 - 2 1/2 feet while the wingspan of a raven is about 3 1/2 - 4 feet. Ravens have a more stretched out neck appearance in flight. Ravens glide longer and more often than crows. If they are gliding for more that a few seconds, probably a raven.The flight of a raven resembles that of a hawk. Also the wing tip feathers a more splayed out lookin like fingers, while a crows are together. Generally ravens don't flock, they are usually solitary hunters. Maybe a pair will hunt together.
Learning to tell a raven from a crow gets easier the more ravens you see. Along with the rounded tail they have more pointed wing tips and their beaks are longer. They are also bigger and they flight movement is a little different, seems more deliberate to me. They often will flare over decoys when the spot something wrong and that is when it becomes clearly evident it's a raven as they do an exagerated roll out and spread thier tail. Over the years more ravens have moved into my area. They are a pain in the butt. Last fall we had a couple of dozen circling our decoys and then some crows joined them. Picking the crow out of the ravens was at times frustrating but managed. Good luck, in most places ravens are protected.
-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Tuesday 28th of February 2012 09:23:01 AM
Learning to tell a raven from a crow gets easier the more ravens you see. Along with the rounded tail they have more pointed wing tips and their beaks are longer. They are also bigger and they flight movement is a little different, seems more deliberate to me. They often will flare over decoys when the spot something wrong and that is when it becomes clearly evident it's a raven as they do an exagerated roll out and spread thier tail. Over the years more ravens have moved into my area. They are a pain in the butt. Last fall we had a couple of dozen circling our decoys and then some crows joined them. Picking the crow out of the ravens was at times frustrating but managed. Good luck, in most places ravens are protected.
-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Tuesday 28th of February 2012 09:23:01 AM
yes ,right on, wings very pointy wings and a rounded tail. crows have rounded wings and a squared off tail, we are seening alot more aren't we NH
