Crow Busters Forum

Nice pics! You certainly know where to go...as this, I guess, is the result of a lot of scouting work.

Are your tactics any different during the cold season?

Steve

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Steve,

My tactics do not vary because I hunt in areas where there is little to no competition. I try to pick the best weather conditions to hunt in by keeping an eye on the weather. By that I mean wind velocity, I like to hunt when you get a 10 to 15 mph or 10 to 20 mph breeze. The breeze strings the birds out so you don't have hundreds coming in at one time.

Thanks for the tip, Bob!

Bob,

Nice pictures. #7 is pretty neat. If you look close you can see the wad near the bird. Given the birds wing position, I think he is saying "ouch."

Nice shot Dick.

BH

Hi Bob,

I only hunted with my dad a few days this year. He is looking forward to retirement in 6 months or less. So, Im guessing he will be hunting and fishing more than me next year! You should see him, smile'n from ear to ear. The first retirement cigar will be sweet.

I have not talked to the Ohio boys since December.

BH

On our last hunt together this season Dick & I shot 1,760 crows in 7 days of hunting together.

Butch,

Cost to find hunting spots? Now there is a calculation that no crow hunter should solve. I do like stats but I prefer to be ignorant regarding my crow-to-dollar ratio.

hehehe.

BH

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Butch,

Cost to find hunting spots? Now there is a calculation that no crow hunter should solve. I do like stats but I prefer to be ignorant regarding my crow-to-dollar ratio.

hehehe.

BH

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Reminds me of the guys here on the Big Lake who spend a quarter mil or more on a boat and gear to catch a salmon or two (don't get me wrong, I love fishing and Capitali$m). But their dollar to salmon ratio must be scads crazier than ours, unless there's someone out there that hunts crows using a F-22.

Hi Butch,

Been out of town, I was playing a guy (pool) who is 70 years old who beat Minnesota Fats in a pool game almost 40 years ago. He did not have the game he once did as a younger man but still beat my ass part of the time we played together. He would win 2 games, I would come back and win one, it went on like that until 1:00 a.m. in the morning.

In answer to your question in regard to scouting, I spent roughly $ 1,500 just in gas money, but gas was cheap (very cheap) this season. On average it's twice that amount during a crow season. I think I put roughly 13,000 miles on the crow truck this season just hunting.

On average between ammo, motels, food, out of state licenses and gas I spend anywhere from $ 6,500 to too as much as over $ 9,000 on chasing crows during a crow season.

It cost me very roughly about $ 1.80 per crow this season. $ 6,500 divided by over 3,600 crows = $ 1.80 per bird.

Butch,

I could not agree more, "it's worth every cent"

Demi,

That was an interesting approach to justifying his hunting to his wife. Think she bought it? LOL.

I love the photographs....the potentially good areas around here although hardly like the areas you frequent are all posted or too inhabited...but i am looking-always looking in this area...one has to be mighty inventive...there are crows to be had but here again-too many people with almost wall to wall houses and where do the crows fly over? You guessed it! I hope the crow bombs saturate their homes and they beg for people like me!