Crow Busters Forum

Rookie:

You're hitting the right nail as to my experiences.  I describe the 'buzz' in a slightly different manner:

1. Crows are very intelligent varmints with outstanding sensory abilities.  If the reader doesn't have an appreciation for this notion, take an objective look at the subject matter of virtually all of the posts on this website - camouflage, blinds, decoys, calls and calling.

2. A trusted mentor of mine once commented to me, "the very moment that you get your adversary to do something he shouldn't do or doesn't want to do - you own him!"  This notion is as true in business, athletics and really any situation where an adversarial situatation exists, as it is in any type of hunting.  The NCAA tournament has excellent examples of that process - for example, the point guard is threatening to charge the lane while the defensive player is trying to anticipate and counter his adversary's next move and still cover the passing lanes inside. The point guard, with a believable head fake to the right, compels the defensive player to over commit to his left to block passage.  Provided the point guard is capable, he drives to his left around the defensive player to the hoop.  That moment in time when the defensive player commits to his left is the moment that 'title has passed' - he is now owned by the point guard because it is then that the point guard got his adversary to do something he shouldn't have done. 

Next time you're out crow hunting, try to determine that exact point in time when the crow, ever vigilant and careful, orbiting out of range of your guns, finally believes the sentry decoy, the owl decoy with the dead owl decoy in his talons, and the calls he's hearing.  That moment, when he banks out of his lazy turn and dives into the kill zone, cawing aggressively, is noteworthy - because he just did something he shouldn't have done and you own him.  Shooting him is really secondary, Grasshopper!

-- Edited by Lone Star Phil on Saturday 24th of March 2012 04:18:16 PM