This is my first topic, so forgive me if this is in the wrong place.
I have recently been looking at Crow decoys, but during that adventure I have found a product called 'Primos Sit'n Spin'. I have never seen anyone using a predator decoy like this for Crows. So, naturally, I wanted input from the pro's on the forum. To buy or not to buy? Will this create too much motion in the decoy spread and scare Crows? Or will it bring Crows in due to the motion?
In the same vein, while killing time in a local WalMart sporting goods section, I noticed the MOJO "Wing Thang". Just a spinning blade painted white on one side, black on the other. Couldn't help but wonder about it painted super flat black on one side, super gloss black on the other and set in with a crow ground spread. Any thoughts on this one?
Fancy stuff I only use when the there are no more places to go....until then I use the standard decoys...but you have to try it. Meanwhile there is no reason why standard decoys wouldn't work...you keep finding new locations and you will find you don't need something like that but if it does attract crows then no reason to stop using whatever technique suits your fancy!
I'm gone have to agree with the fellow with the ugly big toe (BH, see pic on things are slow) having nightmares because of that pic (lol)
Bought a couple and didn't see much help.
Don't know about the predator stuff on crows, if you try it give us a report.
I think over the years I have bought or built every gadget there is for crow hunting. The bulk of it is all up in a shed or thrown away.
I will say that sometimes in the dead of Winter when things are slow around here, and we have picked a fight with every crow we could find for weeks on end, there have been times that a gadget has worked. But for our "run & gun " area, I find that dragging all that stuff around is not worth the results.
Then again, part of the fun of crow hunting is to find that "set up" that works in your area. Part of the mental battle we all have with the crows. It is also why , no matter where we are, or what we are doing , if we here a crow we stop and listen. Trying to identify the noise they are making, and what activity they are doing while making that sound............and how we can duplicate that scene.............
I think over the years I have bought or built every gadget there is for crow hunting. The bulk of it is all up in a shed or thrown away.
I will say that sometimes in the dead of Winter when things are slow around here, and we have picked a fight with every crow we could find for weeks on end, there have been times that a gadget has worked. But for our "run & gun " area, I find that dragging all that stuff around is not worth the results.
Then again, part of the fun of crow hunting is to find that "set up" that works in your area. Part of the mental battle we all have with the crows. It is also why , no matter where we are, or what we are doing , if we here a crow we stop and listen. Trying to identify the noise they are making, and what activity they are doing while making that sound............and how we can duplicate that scene.............
Ah, wisdom!
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Not sure about the sit-n-spin. It's basically for coyotes, but who knows. I think if you did use it, you might want to hit a rabbit in distress call -- I have had crows respond to a perceived easy meal with some rabbit, squirrel, and fawn in distress calls. I do like my motion decoys -- Edge Triple Play and Buster II, but I can't really say that they have worked. I hope that they at least take the crows' eyes off of me for a moment. Sometimes, I think the motion decoys spook the crows.
Just not sure if it's worth buying a coyote decoy. If you are a predator hunter and have one already, I'd say go for it. Otherwise, if you want some motion, I would stick with crow-style motion. Don't bother with spinning wings, though (Mojo) -- crows don't seem to care for them.
Ark - I have a Mojo dove that I covered with black felt and painted the wings flat black. I even tried to wire it up with a potentiometer to slow the wings down. I don't think crows like it.
Just my $.02
Good luck!
Jerry
-- Edited by Rook-ie on Wednesday 7th of January 2015 12:00:36 AM
Thanks for all the responses guys! I think I will take my money and spend it on expanding my stationary decoy set, at least for now. I am always looking for that one thing that is going to get them to turn and decoy.
Going to rig up a portable tree and use an old garden Owl decoy I have sitting around. I have access to 30,000-40,000 acres of farm land to hunt, and all of it is in winter wheat at the moment. I essentially have HUGE flat plains of short grass to hunt over. I used a dead squirrel last week and killed 3, at 3 different locations, but it was hard calling and I worked HARD for every bird. When the birds did come they came low and very slow, as if to land. So I was encouraged at how the birds were working when they did come in, but I am currently struggling to get those long birds to turn. I feel like if I could get those birds attention then I could be hauling in a lot of birds on each stand (maybe even ditch running and gunning).
Should I look into a louder call? I currently use the Hunter's Specialties® HS Strut Hammerin' Crow Call, but I feel like the crows just don't hear me some days. Does anyone here know of a louder hand call? I hate using E-calls and can't really afford to replace the broken one in my closet (the dog tried to retrieve it one day, funniest thing ever).