No photos unfortunately. But the past two hunts and during previous seasons, I've always been impressed by the first shot of the morning which usually takes place around here, about 15 minutes before stated sunrise--as the crows usually begin sounding off about five minutes before that (BTW, is their "wake-up" time the same where you are?).
On clear mornings like the past two, the first shot goes off when the sky is still purple in twilight--the orange muzzle flash against that is so awesome!
So, time for a Haiku:
Purple sky orange flash,
Crow's carcass spirals earthward,
Crow snow descendsslowly.
That's precisely what happened this a.m., as there was zero wind.
What a day!
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Dang OA you taught me something, didn't know what a "Haiku" was. Looked it up and Japanese Culture is creative.
Year ago you could set your watch by our Crows 6:10am this year it varied by 20 minutes, guess I'll blame El Niño again.
Your description was spot on, special time in a blind and one of the many things about crow hunting I like.
Dang OA you taught me something, didn't know what a "Haiku" was. Looked it up and Japanese Culture is creative. Year ago you could set your watch by our Crows 6:10am this year it varied by 20 minutes, guess I'll blame El Niño again. Your description was spot on, special time in a blind and one of the many things about crow hunting I like.
Butch
Again, just curious; is it always about the same time before "official" sunrise where you are? I began to notice things like this (or remembered that I forgot them previously) when I began crow and turkey hunting (also deer). Songbirds crank up about 45 minutes before sunrise around here. I bet it's real close.
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