I have a pigeon, a grey crow, and two rooks captive at this moment. All were shot, but only hit in one wing, so survived, and now I have them captive and feed them twice an day, and give them water too.
Although they realise I'm the one who shot them, the grey crow and pigeon are already becoming "trusting" while the rooks are still very wary
time will tell LOL
i could of just killed them, but decided to experiment
nahh, I'm hoping they will eventually recover enough to be set free, the pigeon has out on weigh and is already flying about a bit, and at out, I just point at its cage, it flies over, and hops in, and then gets shut in for the night
it wont stop me shooting pigeons and crow, BUT as always, I only shoot them to prevent crop damage, if they aren't damaging crops or fouling feed, then I leave them be
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Redditch: In my early years of shooting crows, I managed to collect 17 such birds like yours.. broken wings and one Red Tailed hawk. I maintained them all in a large dog pen after installing a wire top cover. I did what I could to "set" the broken wings, used some duct tape, etc.. and after about 3 months, removed the bandages and gave them a chance to fly away. Remarkably, 14 of the 16 ( the hawk killed #17 ) flew instantly with little evidence of injury! I released the hawk last.. he flew like an Olympic champion!
I learned to mouth call in my back yard listening to them calling.. basically making all the sounds one would want to hear. As mentioned the hawk killed one of the crows but otherwise, they just tolerated each other. I fed them everything and they ate almost everything! What I wanted out of this was a pet crow but did not know how to managed that or if adults crows were beyond becoming domesticated! So Redditch, do you think you will ever manage to tame one of yours?
So one question, Skip... do you think you ever shot the same bird(s) twice?
While working at a friend's property a couple years ago I had a crow fly to a close bush and watch what I was doing. I got in my vehicle and moved about 100 yds. away and the crow moved, too. After the third move, I pulled out my gun and dispatched him. I've often wondered if it was somebody's pet crow. No remorse, just curiosity...because I'm a mean SOB.
Demi
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The grey crow already hardly moves away when I move to feed him, and he listens to every word I say
The rooks would be more difficult though, they are some mean birds LOL
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