I just leave them there. Only pick up crows if on private property or if they are in plain sight. I don't like to attract attention. Walkers should be dispatched promptly as they can distract incomers.
Ted
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I usually collect mine and throw them in the woods near a tree line at the end of my hunt. That way the coyotes and such can have a buffet. It cleans things up and keeps the dead out of sight of live birds.
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MattW
I misunderstood. I never have collected them until I was finished. I don't think Bob Aronsohn collects any until he's finished. He kills in the hundreds and hundreds in a single hunt. Maybe he'll chime in on this.
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MattW
You are correct, I pick them up after the hunt is over. The only exception is when birds are falling to far down wind from the blind and the crows decoy to them instead of me. In wooded areas I don't touch them I just leave them where they fell because they are out of sight from the public.
I'm over 200 miles north of you and the leaves are just starting to turn color. I was drinking a cup of coffee earlier this morning on the back porch just enjoying a beautiful fall morning.
We are just changing color here too. Our season for crows opened yesterday. I went out and got 3 and this morning I got 3. It's not much to brag on but it's better than "0". What time of the year will things really be picking up?
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Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,....
MattW
I try and collect as many as I can (on good days this can be several hundred) as the farmers don't want them rotting in the crops. The odd few will be taken from amongst the crop by the foxes here (coyotes, cats, rats etc will also get them if you have those there)
Also the first 10-20 I will pick up and use on floaters, flappers, and rotary magnets, and then when more are available swap them out a plastic decoy at a time, as nothing beats a dead crow for a decoy, the best of the plastic decoys can't compare, but will do to get your day started.
At the end of the day, collect the lot, and take them to your favourite predator hunting area, and dispose of them their, or even keep a few in the freezer ready for the next hunt
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I generally do not pick up dead birds during a hunt. There are times, however as Bob mentioned, that I will move a few closer to the blind. Many birds like to work the edge of the set up and if your circle of dead birds gets bigger and bigger/farther and farther away from the blind you may have to pick up the outside 1/3rd to get those birds who fly the edge of the spread into better gunning range.
I don't worry about it until after the shoot..my partner likes to go out when things are slow however....and if you got one way out there you definately want that a lot closer but if one of us picks it up it is likely going in the woods. Speaking of woods? In a week you are lucky to find a feather....!!??
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