Crow Busters Forum

     Scouted this morning, only two crows called. One returned my call and sounded very old and raspy. It never left it’s post. I’m guessing the birds here couldn’t make the migration. That’s why they are still here. Seen a pair of robins. No sign of any other type of song birds. 

    On the way home from work yesterday I seen 20 crows feeding in a wheat field, picking tender sprouts. I’ll locate the owner today. I found the state hunting lands by the plant. Talked to a proctor at the training center who lives in town. I asked what farms are near, chicken, cattle, hog. You have to have a food sorce for any type of game you hunt.  He said there is a huge hog farmer who also grows pumpkins near by. So I’ll scout these new locations out today. I sto and asked a rancher to hunt but he directed me to an older woman. She was quick to say no! Stated all it will do is bring more people to there land and they won’t ask for permission. I thanked them for their time. She thanked me for stopping to ask, as most people just do what they want. Typically 1 out of 100 people say No. 

Crowpocalypse wrote:

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      I took a ride to the top of the mountain this evening from the neighbor on his Polaris. I asked him if he could give me a ride Saturday morning. He said sure what time? 5:30 am I responded. His reply was for crows? He looked bewildered But agreed. He asked me how I would get down the mountain. I stated Id hunt my way down. I figured when you turkey hunt you start on top to locate them so why not hunt Crows that way. Now I just have to wait for Saturday. 

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 Shot many crows along the top of a local gravel pit through the years. I would put my caller below in some scrub bush and get shooting at crows that wee actually below my line of sight. Interesting experience shooting downhill and killing crows. 

Ted 

Crowpocalypse wrote:

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    Went and knocked on doors to get permission from the locals.  Got a no then learned the land I want to hunt is owned by the campground. 670 acres. Crows are now in the camp, and I’ve seen a dozen on the rye grass at the edge of the property. The outage starts for me on Saturday, 7-12s for a few weeks. Then we roll back to 40 hours. I’ll get one more hunt in before the season ends. You can see the power line as it runs on top of the ridge line. It crosses a valley then continues to the next ridge. 

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 Remember if you don't have access to a piece of land due to landowner, topography or what ever...and crows are using this one can set up as to ambush birds coming in or by calling them over to adjoining parcel of land. 

Ted

   I hunted Saturday morning. 34 degrees and 15 mph winds it made it feel like 21. I called but no response. I moved every 15 minutes and still nothing. After working a nuke it was nice to just walk down the summit. 

    Well I believe the season here in the mountains is finished, as all I now see are paired crows. They aren’t responding to calling. 

Terrell,

As our season is long over, it's been awhile since I've checked this forum.  Can't speak for Pennsylvania, but around here the crows have broken up into family groups and are not congregated in any large numbers.  

Relative to your descriptions of the calls: "call with a  low tone caw, a  sequence  of 3 caws"    "call sounded very old and raspy"  it sounds like you are dealing with Fish Crows.  Fish Crows are a different breed in every way.  Your Foxpro will have limited success with them compared to the Common Crows.  They are also more wary and usually stay out of shotgun range.  They still hit the ground with a thud, but the learning curve is much longer than normal.

Check this site for more information and calls: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Fish_Crow/sounds  Also, here is a pretty good clip of what they sound like:

Good luck and good hunting,

Demi