Anybody here crow hunt?
I've been a couple times over the years, but have gotten into it this year. I found a few resting spots and a few feeding spots that 500+ are using. It has been a blast this year.
Any tips or techniques?
Anybody here crow hunt?
I've been a couple times over the years, but have gotten into it this year. I found a few resting spots and a few feeding spots that 500+ are using. It has been a blast this year.
Any tips or techniques?
500 plus? Wow that's a lotta crow. Save it for the UT fans as they will need it to eat after the up and coming season.Originally Posted by Jason Hale
used to crow hunt a bunch back in the day----what a blast ---one thing i always found was after shooting a few had to move a little bit as they would wise up real fast .
Used to alot myself. Got pretty intense there for a while. NAFTA agreement is why there is a actual crow team now.
Go to the Crowbuster site and learn plenty
As if Bama fans didn't eat their share after the Clemson loss.500 plus? Wow that's a lotta crow. Save it for the UT fans as they will need it to eat after the up and coming season.
Looked around there some, but not wanting to pay a membership to read threads.
Basic info without membership wasn't any breaking news. Basic hunting 101 for any workable fowl.
As if Bama fans didn't eat their share after the Clemson loss.mine was tasty.
Back in the day we had a old Johnny Stuart cassette player and used to smash them. We add our dead to the decoy numbers and the day would just keep getting better
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We like to put out 20-30 decoys, some motion decoys and carry plenty of shells. Being able to stay hidden is most critical.
Here was our best day last year
Just throw a McDonalds bag of food down on the ground, they will come!
I would think a .17 HMR would be ideal for crows.
The mojo crow will bring them in for some close shots. Best day ever I shot one and it hung upside down in a tree top. Had to go get more shells.
shot a few in My days ,, Always kill the 1st bird in (scout crow) We shot a crow 1 day and broke it's wing .. We would tie his leg to a stake and let it raise hell and flop around ,, best decoy We every had ... love shooting them with My 17 HMR or 17 WSM ...
Shot 19 today. Missed a lot more. Took me a while to figure out the full choke was working much better than the modified. Used a Foxpro with 21 different sounds.
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We can only hunt Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in TN. Let them rest this weekend. (Basically because no one else could go). We're going back to the staging area between roost and food where they go right after daylight Saturday morning. Watched 500+ go in there this morning. Have the mojo, flocked decoys, electronic call, and blind ready. Can't wait to see dad's face when they really start acting stupid.
Season almost over in SC ... Ends Mar 1
Sounds like fun. Haven't been in 50 years, so it might be time. What shells, light or heavy. (12 ga)
I like to shoot 7-1/2 dove loads. We don't have any problem killing birds with them and they're cheap to shoot. We used to shoot high brass lead in 4's and 5's, but it got expensive going through that many boxes in a day.
We use the run and gun method. We hit a 10,000 acre management area and set up every mile or so. Always get 3-5 to come in and then we move to the next spot.
I was sitting at the drive thru of McDonalds one morning and kept seeing crows flying East, counted 75 in minutes. I went the back way to work and passed a cut corn field and there must have been 3-400 on the pivot.
I see the most activity on cloudy days.
Stopped at bass pro today only because my nephew gave me a gift card for Christmas. Picked up a few boxes of high brass #6 lead. Same load I used to shoot at ducks before steel shot. $8.49/ box.
Saturday morning weather is cloudy and 10 mph wind. They were stacked in there this morning. Sitting in trees on edge of corn field and in field.
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