This question has came up many times. Do you all shoot the first crow that comes to your setup or let it go? Some say he's a scout, some say grind him cause if he sees anything wrong he'll set up 300yds out and warn others. A third option would be to takeit out of the tree at 300 with my .220 swift, but I don't want to, and wont, shoot above the horizon with a high powered rifle....I'll stick with the scattergun.

Also, have any of you tried a motion decoy (mojo or flapper)? I wonder it one would help in the situation I'm describing below. I made 2 manual flapper decoys that I'm going to try this weekend. I'm having tons of crow circle 100yds high and then leave. I've tried both the feeding and fighting (owl decoy) setups. When feeding I'm putting 1 sentry for every 5 or so dekes on the ground. For the fighting, I'm putting all crows in trees above the owl on the ground or post....their all at a higher elevation than the owl. I'm killing a few, but I'm not grinding them like some people say they do. I'm hunting mostly old sunflower field planted for doves, there's a flock of 200+ birds in the area. I'm not over hunting the areas by any stretch either, I move quite a bit and don't revisit the same spot twice. I'm well camoed, got a cd playing (not too loud), I just can't get them to commit the final 50yds.

Any suggestions would be great.