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BBOutdoors · Member

Finally Joined

NGillespie10 · Senior Member

Welcome!

Highlander · Senior Member

BB
Welcome aboard,

8fishermen · Guru

Welcome!

BBOutdoors · Member

Thanks for the welcome. Good to be on the Brain Trust of crow control if you will. Other than shooting what I DON'T eat, its hard not to enjoy shooting something that is basicaly good for nothing. But being in a family that loves duck meat, I guess the pay comes in another form, which is, a better harvest during duck season. But anyway,back on subject. Have you guys ever used or tried a goose FLAG for movement to grab the attention of passing crows? Hopefully with the experience here you could spread some light on this before I waste time and pack space.lol.

Zeddicus · Senior Member

I'd never even try a flag, but if there's a bird in a tree, try chucking a dead bird out of the blind in a big arc and simultaneously use the crow in distress call. Works sometimes which is better than never ;)

Lone Star Phil · Senior Member

Welcome BB!

In a past lifetime, I enjoyed Memphis and the dove fields in Shelby county, arguabley at the other end of the state but God's Country all the same! And recieved some hard fought degrees from a state university in that fine state that shall remain nameless due to their having granted Al Gore an honorary degreee a few years ago for what, I don't know.

I suggest going with a handful of Green Head flocked decoys for 'statics'. You can't go wrong with them and they are easy to deploy on the ground and, if you're careful, in some low branches. Then, bring some black string and tie a couple of necks of the first crows you ground to the ends of the string and throw them as high as you can into the tree over you. Or you can use decoys and use your shot gun to shoot the limb up-tree from where the line is snagged when you're done.

Your "heavy blind" may be problematic, if you are relying on it to provide concealment and you really aren't concealed well to a crow. You need to commit to taking "you" out of the issue completely - that is, full head-to-toe camouflage, leafy/textured is best, including your face and hands. Every part of you! And no movement. On TCP sorties, it is common to hear, "Can you see me?"

Zed has some good advice that works!

The challenge of crow hunting is to offer what the crows want and deny them what they don't want to experience. Show them your face or hands - you're done. Show them a senty deke - you're working it. Let them hear some music - they're coming. Move - you're done. Site your kill zone near a place where they've recently been molested - might as well show them your face.

Phil

-- Edited by Lone Star Phil on Wednesday 6th of February 2013 03:24:28 AM

BBOutdoors · Member

We have movement in the decoys with ummmm, lets just say, JERK STRING DECOYS. Camo? Oh ya. Head to toe. The whole FLAG thing was just to see if it was tested. The DEAD BIRD thing, well thats a no go in our terrain. If you enter the field during a hunt to retrieve a dead bird, your hunt just ended. That we know and have learned the hard way. The terrain here with the mountains, the small fields, it's just man. These crows here GOSSIP. They put the word out on us quick. We do not have huge Roosts here. We have a small fly way that brings us new birds, but these locals are sciddish. We rotate hunting between about five roost groups. The Blinds, well they just depend. Going to try the flag out this weekend. Wish us luck.

NGillespie10 · Senior Member

looks like a solid blind to me. That's one of my biggest issues is some of the areas I hunt are barren when it comes to natural vegetation so its a real task to brush in a blind.

Mainehunt · Guru

Welcome to crow busters BB,

I have used flags for waterfowl and I have always wondered how it would work with crows, but never tried it.

I like the taste of ducks too, I have tried crow a couple times. Tasted great, but the ones I shoot are usually covered in cow manure.

Kev