Its Crow hunting hunting Eve!!!!

[Tripplebeards]

I have a bunch of 3" #4 steel waterfowl loads. Might have to get a caller and make some of those decoys. How do you set them up? In open fields or in trees?

Never really used decoys. They always just came into the caller. I plan on setting them up where ever I can get some open shooting. All I know is after I called and shot one or two they pretty much stop coming into my calling for the season...or for a few weeks. They are pretty smart birds.

[toallmy]

A long long time ago I would go with a buddy , we would set up a few decoys out of the wind on the sunny side of a grown up ditch or field lane for cover . Then call them until they got interested and started coming to take a look , after a few shots they figure out what's going on , so we would gather up the decoys and move to a different farm .
My buddy would eat them , as well as fall black birds when they were flocking up . We would shoot black birds by the bushel nothing wasted .

[dale2242]

I have an owl and several crow decoys.
Set them up in low trees or bushes.
They come in like crazy when I turn on the Crow Fight call on my Fox Pro.
I think crow season starts in October here in Oregon.

[richhodg66]

I was surprised to learn there was an actual season on them. Always figured they were like coyotes and everybody was on board that the only good one was a dead one.

This sounds like something I could get into.

[Thumbcocker]

Looks like you've done pretty well already.

How do ya cook them?

I had an old cookbook from a local outdoor show that had a couple of recipes for crow.

[Tripplebeards]

Well you guys are getting me motivated I better get up and get my cup of coffee and call my buddy.lol.
That’s the good thing about crow hunting...you can go any time of the day. Hopefully I can get my buddy to sit still long enough to at least get one.

[Tripplebeards]

I found a photo of the last time I went out a few years back. I only connected with one before the gig was up...



I used a coyote moving decoy along with my caller that day.
It’s the one I croc potted. It tasted similar to duck.

[Tripplebeards]

I just found an old set of snow camo cover ups to borrow my buddy today. It’s 1 degree out. This should be a quick hunt.lol

[rockrat]

Used to go to Ft. Cobb when I was a lot younger. Millions of crows would roost there. We had a few places that the landowners would let us hunt. Crows were hard on the peanut crops. We usually used #4's but after we would rattle shot off their feathers cause they were too high, we went to #2's. Boy, were they surprised the next time we went out. On a good day, you just couldn't load fast enough. I used a single shot H&R 12ga. Shooting 3 or4 boxes of those duck load really was hard on the shoulder!!
We would take our owl decoy and some wooden poles and get the decoy up to the top of a cedar tree, so when we called they would focus on the owl decoy. We even had crows land in the cedar tree and peck at the decoy owl!!

[Tripplebeards]

I have almost a case of boxes of 25, 3” federal classic 3” 1 7/8oz lead BB but I’m saving those for predator hunting. Best cheapest coyote load imo. To bad federal discontinued them about 5 years ago. I have dropped coyotes in their track to almost 70 yards with the load. I paid about $25 a box for them from a guy a few years back. Use to buy them and the 10 gauge verson of 2 & 1/4 lead bb’s from mid south shooters supply for $29 and $39 a box. I steal imo. I still have a box of 10 gauge as well.

[white eagle]

I load 2.25 oz #4 hevi for turkey in my 10 ga furthest turkey kill was 62 yds
I load # 4b for coyote in same gun

[Ramguy]

"Now we can only hunt them if there is a season open. It was due to a joint agreement with Mexico. The crow is Mexico's national bird and if we regulated our crow hunting they put regulations on dove hunting.[/QUOTE]"
I too have shot many a crow whilst hunting other things....it breaks up the day, however "The golden eagle is Mexico's national bird."

[Texas by God]

I will neither confirm nor deny being present during the death of hundreds of crows in a 5 decade span of time.......

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[sharps4590]

If what I remember is correct, there is a season on crows because back when the Migratory Bir Act, or whatever it's called, was being negotiated, Mexico would not sign the treaty unless the US put a season on crows because some in Mexico consider the crow sacred. Her in Missouri the season runs from I thin November until March. Exact dates I don't recall. Boy, I killed a pile of them in years past. Set our decoys, back into a big ol' thick cedar tree and turn on the call. They are smart. On the farm I had two pastures I could get a little over 500 yards safely. I killed a few at 400-500 yards. After that when I came out of the house if there was any down in the pasture, they left before the door closed.

Your decoy's should work fine. Enjoy yourself...it is fun!

[Tripplebeards]

Well, crows one and us zero. My buddy didn’t want to walk up into the woods where I always have them perch directly above me looking for the sound of crows fighting. Instead I set up in an open field and had them circling all over above the decoys and us...just out of range. I probably could have shot one or two but wanted an easy shot to show him how the crow game works. I believe he was excitedly moving all around watching all the crows and gave us away. After about 20 minutes of circling they had enough and left. I’ll have to try again with him up in the heavy timber at the end of the week once the crows have a chance to erase what they saw and heard from their memory today.

[NyFirefighter357]

New York Sept. 1 - Mar. 31 Hunting on Fri., Sat., Sun. & Mon. ONLY; No bag or possession limit
Fed Migratory Bird Stamp NOT Required; Rifles and electronically amplified bird calls or sounds permitted

[megasupermagnum]

New York Sept. 1 - Mar. 31 Hunting on Fri., Sat., Sun. & Mon. ONLY; No bag or possession limit
Fed Migratory Bird Stamp NOT Required; Rifles and electronically amplified bird calls or sounds permitted

What the heck happens on Tue, Wed, and Thursday there? That might be one of the more bizarre regulations I have heard.

[Kevinkd]

Ontario Canada, open season 12 months. Considered a varmint. Used to hunt coyote/fox with a stuffed cotton tail on ground and had to manually call (electronics were illegal - 30 years ago - so mouth calls only). Had a TON of crows coming in all the time so we ended up laying rabbit on ground near hedge row, pour a small amount of ketchup next to it, hide and call away. Crows can see colour so the 'red' and rabbit and call drew them in like crazy. Jump up and just blast away. Do a few times to different groups, drive over to another concession and repeat. Good times. Another time a friend lived in the middle of a flyway that many, many different groups used all day long coming and going to a 'garbage dump'. Brother and I set up under a big tree (loaded 300 steel shot shells) and shot them all. Shoulder was purple for days. Also brought the 223 varmint rifle so if we winged some and they glided out of range (100-250 yards away) etc, they would explode. haha.. good times. Yeh they are extremely smart and cant be fooled twice. Enjoy.

[wc870]

Aug. 8 - Oct. 9, 2020: Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays
Oct. 17 - Nov. 30, 2020: Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays
Jan. 9 - March 31, 2021: Mondays through Saturdays

heres how CT does it, I have to keep a guide with me all the time to keep track

[wc870]

I also have to remember this!The crow season is open every Monday, Friday, and Saturday of each week from July 1 - April 10. You cannot hunt crow during the 2-week shotgun deer season.
we live on the MA/CT border and I hunt both states.
Sorry forgot to mention this is MA rules