Anyone shooting Crows????

[Neighbor_guy]

Early season crows opened on the first of March and runs till the end of the month. Anyone out shooting?

Giving consideration to givving it a run this weekend. I think it has been about 7 years since I did any crow hunting, other than the occational bird in the yard shots . Seeing all the birds flying around with all the snowmelt and warm weather has me itching.....

[picksbigwagon]

a buddy of mine is heading to his land tonight to hunt crows tomorrow. He bought a couple of new decoys and man do i wish I was up there with him.....We were talking last night and we joked that maybe stopping at Mc Donalds and getting some extra french fry's and cheese burger wrappers would help bring the crows in.........If you get out, blast a couple for me Neighbor guy

[BudMan]

When we were coyote hunting last week we saw a couple crows that were ABOUT to do damage. Well , they won't do anymore........

[Big A]

LOL.. I love it.. thats the biggest G-darn loophole in the law.

CROWS are ALWAYS about to do damage! Thats all they do!!

Grab the shoties and fling some ammo in the sky.

My favorite method was tossing a dead bird down beneath a large dead white pine tree, the birds just flock to the tree and land, ping goes the .22, the birds fly around, land again.. ping goes the .22 ..hehe

that can go on for almost ever

[bassphish2005]

shoot them all@@@@@

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

I don't use the detailed decoys I use water bottles sprayed black. Then spread out salsa into the snow. That always gets them.

[threerivers]

Here-Kitty-Kitty that's pretty cool I've never heard that one before.

[MN Shutterbug]

I love crows. They alert me to the presence of eagels, owls or hawks, that I can then shoot with my Canon.

[PmDavis300]

crowes huh? any crows in carlos avery? i dont have any land i can hunt on... what do you hunt them with? shot gun or .22?

[PmDavis300]

oh ya, and does anyone eat crow?

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

No you can not eat crow!!!!!!!!!!! They have parasites that can make you so ill that you will be in the hospital. Oh yes to Carlos avery. Ya I was a cheap bast*rd and still am when it comes to decoys. Why buy expensive ones when you can make your own for cheap. Even for yotes I will use a stuffed animal from the house and put the call box next to it easy and it works.

[Neighbor_guy]

My favorite method is to get into a second or third cut stand of pines. For some reason I find the thinned out mature trees to be the best, especialy if they have some self seeded trees you can hide in. Then owl and crow distress calls.

Most times they will send in a scentry, he will finish the calling for you, then they will come busting in under the canopy. It can be great fun, fast and furious.

[grousehunter]

mmmm...crow , I have heard of people eating them though.

[riverrat56]

What license do I need to hunt crows? Just small game?

[123fish]

Yep just a small game license.

[Wanderer]

My favorite method is to get into a second or third cut stand of pines. For some reason I find the thinned out mature trees to be the best, especialy if they have some self seeded trees you can hide in. Then owl and crow distress calls.

Most times they will send in a scentry, he will finish the calling for you, then they will come busting in under the canopy. It can be great fun, fast and furious.

I believe this after my walk tonight. The spot you were thinking of had plenty of crows on it.

[OTBASSER]

I have done a lot of crow huning in the last few years...it is a blast....if you are really into it you should check out Crowbusters.com. They have a lot of info on their site about crow hunting.

[Tom7227]

The few times I've done it once you shoot a few rounds they all book out and you have a heck of a time getting them to come back. Some of them seemed to be awfully tough - the pellets seemed to not have any effect at all. Sort of made me think that sniping them from a distance or using sub-sonic 22 rounds was a way to go but I haven't tried that.

[paul pachowicz]

Tom, we've nailed em lotta times with 22-250's from a distance. They blow up and black feathers float around like a busted open pillow. If others are around they don't hang there long either. It's as if they think, whatever blew up that guy is gonna get us too.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

no license that I know of. Its like yote hunting nothing needed but you and your weapon. Or maybe you do I don't know I guess I have always had a license so it really never mattered to me. I will look it up.

[Neighbor_guy]

I like to treat crows like I would anyother Varmit/preditor calling. 20-30min per set, get on a few birds, then switch locations a mile mabe more, make a new set. You can return to a past spot after an hour or two or the next day, and repeat.

Now most of my hunting was/is done in farm country, and the plantation pine method works well for me. Like Big A said however, if you can find a field situation and are patient you can shoot singles all day, just by leaving the others lay as "decoys". I am not that patient and tend to move around, I give a spot a half hour to an hour and move on.

Shells and shot are key too. 3" BB's or 2's are the only thing I have ever "droped" em with. They are a hard bird to kill, and I have seen them "survive" a .22 round, as well as take full hit of #6 shot at such a close distance the wad hit the bird and it still flew away.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

Ya I just looked it up and you do not need a license to take crows during season or when about to do damage. So like uncle ted says wack'em and stack'em

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

no license that I know of. Its like yote hunting nothing needed but you and your weapon. Or maybe you do I don't know I guess I have always had a license so it really never mattered to me. I will look it up.

[PmDavis300]

No you can not eat crow!!!!!!!!!!! They have parasites that can make you so ill that you will be in the hospital. Oh yes to Carlos avery. Ya I was a cheap bast*rd and still am when it comes to decoys. Why buy expensive ones when you can make your own for cheap. Even for yotes I will use a stuffed animal from the house and put the call box next to it easy and it works.

anywhere in particular at carlos avery? and can i take a .22 there?

[fish with teeth]

i shoot the crows in my backyard with the good old pellet gun. granted not all of them go down but i would say it is close to 50%. a lady 2 doors up puts out old bread so all winter long there are hundreds of them in the woods behind the house. find chunks of bread and trash everywhere and the noise is unreal, especially after i put 1 or 2 down.