Black bandits

Had go seed the roads on one of my tracts today that had been washing bad n had a maintainer on it yesterday. Knew the crows be in that clear cut n be eatin my seed after I left so I took the sxs and my fox pro with me n downed a few. 4 less be eatin my seed!!

Good shooting there.

Cool little sxs gun.

I hate the 4 C's ... crows, coyotes, cottonmouths, and coons. Good going getting rid of a few of them.

I’m with ya there!! I trap n sell coons n shoot everyone of all the others I can! Especially the cottonmouths as I help manage 100,000 acres of timberland n walk in the bushes most every day

Here in the UK we class crows has pests they cause a lot of damage too crops , game birds nests and also spread decease along with rooks and jackdaws they are increasing every year , when the harvest is about ready it is common to have a flock of 500 to 1000 birds on a field . In some months pest control for these pests can have me shooting 3 and 4 days a week and a bag of 100 plus is common each outing
Feltwad

Don’t have nothin like that! Lots of times Rutgers will be 5-20. Like yesterday there was 10 or 12 n I went past them n set up n had 6 come to the caller over 10 min or so n killed 4 of them. In the winter we get more birds from up north but still not like y’all got or up in the more northern states

Gotta love those side by sides. Good job young'un!

Mr.Gooba Jones

Shot a crow one time. Had a tag on it's leg that said "Wash. Biol. Serv." So, I washed it, I boiled it, and I served it........tasted terrible.

Being from the Deep South, Georgia, I'm use to all those same wrecking, biting, flying, venomous, etc critters. I've shot a few coons, one coyote and have sidestepped hundreds of cottonmouths, canebrake rattlers, diamondback rattlers, pygmy rattlers, copperheads and coral snakes, feral dog packs and "horror movie rednecks" - I use to be a professional forester. Crows have not been a serious problem in all the places I've lived. Never shot a crow, never cared to. Crows are a bit too intelligent for me to do that. Basically I like most critters - exceptions: ticks, mosquitoes, spiders and Norway rats.

Sounds reasonable to me.

I’m a forester as well as part time adc trapper. I was introduced to crow huntin as a youngun n have always loved it, was good practice in off season for waterfowl that I chased hard n heavy. I don’t sidestep snakes they all get a load of shot, got to kill satan lol

Anything that robs Songbird nests is on my list. Cowbirds too. Crows are smart, they get gun shy fast

Whitworth said:

Anything that robs Songbird nests is on my list. Cowbirds too. Crows are smart, they get gun shy fast

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Ravens are real smart.
Walk

The carrion crow and the Scobia crow are the most smartest of the bird species to bring them to decoys needs patience and skill plus experience , they are not flock birds like rooks and jackdaws ,a pair are very territorial and defend their territory and are the most destructive against birds eggs and young birds they even attack new borne lambs and peck out their eyes, another bird which is also destructive are magpies
Feltwad

Shooting crows is one of my favourite pass times too.

Britsmoothy said:

Shooting crows is one of my favourite pass times too.
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To shoot big bags needs skill and experience to bring them too the decoys jackdaws and rooks are not too difficult too the experience decoyer and prove good sporting shots especially if they come in small flocks o 10 to 20 birds but for the carrion crow is totally different it needs plenty of skill and field craft
Feltwad
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Feltwad said:

To shoot big bags needs skill and experience to bring them too the decoys jackdaws and rooks are not too difficult too the experience decoyer and prove good sporting shots especially if they come in small flocks o 10 to 20 birds but for the carrion crow is totally different it needs plenty of skill and field craft
Feltwad
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Yes I know Brian

A friend of mine said that as a teen his family would get together and butcher a bunch of hogs. They would dump the guts in one spot, and attach a fish hook to one of the pieces and tie down the other end, NOT A RECOMMENDATION, DO NOT TRY, just something THEY did in the hills back in the 50s. Soon the crows would come in to the pile and one would swallow the fish hook. It would put up a terrible ruckus when it tried to fly away, which would attract other crows. Easy shooting.

Some people say that a crows breast taste like veal. Personally I have not eaten crow but early settlers would eat them for their protein content. Anyone ever try it?


Cobra 6

Cobra6 said:

Some people say that a crows breast taste like veal. Personally I have not eaten crow but early settlers would eat them for their protein content. Anyone ever try it?


Cobra 6

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