Hey guys my name is ryan and im from ohio.Ive been a troll on here for a while and figured it was about time to register!,i looooove crow hunting and since i started 5 or 6 yrs ago (hard into it i should say)...my deer hunting has been non existent!.I use my wonderful Browning light twelve and hunt on a big river basin with corn fields and a tree farm, pretty cool area really. Anyways wanted to say hello and a lil about myself look forward to talkin crow with everyone =)
Hey guys thanks for the warm welcome. Im headed out tomorrow morning with a buddy so ill try and let everyone know how it goes. Hopefully my browning gets plenty of action!
Ryan thanks for being part of the gang, keep us informed on your hunting progress, While your out deer hunting or crow hunting along the river do you see any fox squirrels? You should have some in your area. Keep us informed on you hunts,It's interesting to read how evryone's hunt went for them and pictures are always a plus. I bought a used Browning 12ga. auto last summer and gave it to my oldest son back in New York.,I'll probably use it for crow hunting when I get back there.
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well the crow hunt didnt go to plan lol. My buddies 4x4 didnt work once we got to where we needed it and had to make a half hour drive back home to fetch my pickup.Once we got to hunting which was at 830 =( we saw a TON of birds for our area, we usually see maybe 15 to 20 and i saw atleast 50 and maybe 70.The problem i ran into though is they were atleast 50 yards above us every bird we saw i thought with the cloud cover theyd be a little tighter to the ground. I use four decoys but theyre just cheapies and i really need those boondockers. Brings my to next question what do you guys think the effective range of modified and 5 shot? thanks guys.
Needmorebacon, I rather doubt you decoys were the problem, I highly suspect you were not camoflaged well enough and the birds were seeing you and your friends. You need a really good blind, something way better than you can get away with on waterfowl or turkey. If you have an honest 50 yard shot a modifed choke and lead 5's will stone 'em if you get the lead correct. Work on your camoflage over all else.
I see it quite often. Someone gives a little movement sticking their gun out or shouldering it while the crows are coming in and next thing you know up and away they go. The crows around here will stay out of range if they can see you at all or they see movement.
Hey guys my name is ryan and im from ohio.Ive been a troll on here for a while and figured it was about time to register!,i looooove crow hunting and since i started 5 or 6 yrs ago (hard into it i should say)...my deer hunting has been non existent!.I use my wonderful Browning light twelve and hunt on a big river basin with corn fields and a tree farm, pretty cool area really. Anyways wanted to say hello and a lil about myself look forward to talkin crow with everyone =)
Hey Ryan,
Welcome to the forum! What part of Ohio are you in? I was born and raised in North/west Ohio. Haskins-Bowling Green area. I have been in Maine for 22 years now.
Like others have said, those crows are going to notice hunters who move too early, or a shiny gun barrel or especially a human face staring straight up at them. In the past I have walked out to bring a dead crow in closer to the blind and when I look at the blind from 100 yards or so one of the other guys faces is what I see the quickest. We wear comouflaged face nets in summer and when snow on the ground we wear all white clothing with white balaclavas.
Hey kev thanks for the welcome. I live in southeast Ohio near Athens. Born and raised here.
Ive taken what most have said and tried to apply it. I always wear face coverings and fullcamo, i think i was jumping to early to try and get a shot and giving myself up to quickly. My friend in the army also gave me some of that radar scattering netting and its huge. Ive been brushing it in to some trees and like you said i go out in the fields and take a look at my buddies and what could give us away. I take some tomato staked and use those when the cover is alil more sparse.
Brings me to another question. How long before your hunt do you setup your blind? day before- two? day of?
Hey kev thanks for the welcome. I live in southeast Ohio near Athens. Born and raised here.
Ive taken what most have said and tried to apply it. I always wear face coverings and fullcamo, i think i was jumping to early to try and get a shot and giving myself up to quickly. My friend in the army also gave me some of that radar scattering netting and its huge. Ive been brushing it in to some trees and like you said i go out in the fields and take a look at my buddies and what could give us away. I take some tomato staked and use those when the cover is alil more sparse.
Brings me to another question. How long before your hunt do you setup your blind? day before- two? day of?
Many times I build the blind minutes before hunting. The only reason that I'm building this blind Friday afternoon for Monday's hunt is because it's supposed to be negative temps on Monday morning. Although tomorrow's temps are predicted as 15* as the high.
As far as moving too early, I try to shoulder my gun when the crow is between 10 and 15 yards away. That way, if I miss on the first shot, they should be close enough to nail them on the second.....hopefully.
I have some close friends still up in N/W Ohio, they tell me that they don't see any crows at all. I don't understand it, with all the grain fields in that area, I would think that they would be there. (?)
I always try and setup in the dark i just wondered if maybe it took a few days to become use to it. Heck who knows might be the opposite! I tell ya what kev we live in more rolling hills and close to quite a few rivers and even 5-6 years ago id see a few hundred a day. We usually see maybe 50 ish in a day now and i went last weekend for 3 hours and saw 20,so yea i havent seen hardly any around anymore? Now even in the corn fields theirs usually only 5-10 sitters,who knows.
Camo is good.....no movement better. I have worn olive green parka and black ski pants when snow was on the ground ( in the trees not in the middle of some harvested corn field) and got a good hunt. Sitting on a beach chair back against a tree. I have worn camo and got the same kind of hunt. But you move too soon and its over. As an example, once, I saw a crow coming straight in. I ducked down behind the downed tree I was hiding behind and no crow showed up. I peek over the top and no crow in sight. He must have seen my head duck down and that was enough. Other times I have said to my hunting partner that I had a crow coming in and when he turned to see where it was it flared hard....gone.. Movement !! Don't move til its time to shoot. (sound advise which I must confess I don't always do).
