Originally Posted by
Big Uncle
There is usually relief provided for nuisance animals that may not be provided with the hunting laws. You may want to find this regulation and print it out for your protection if DNR comes calling. Hunting crows out of season is not legal, but shooting a nuisance crow may be. It would be best to know what constitutes a nuisance, such as damage to crops, but it would be hard to argue crop damage to your corn in March.
The following is an excerpt from Maryland House Bill 196:
c) The Department shall establish by regulation the maximum open season
for hunting crows which is permissible under federal law, and shall include in its
regulations such provisions as are permitted under federal law for control of crows at 1 any time they are found to be committing or about to commit depredation upon 2 ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock or wildlife, or when 3 concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other 4 nuisance.
haha thats a cool excerpt
its humorous that it mentions ornamental/shade trees. there are 40 foot pines bordering my property, we have alot of trees for two acres, the pines also split it in half so that the other acre with sheds and corn is seemingly distant from the house. i cant imagine how crows could damage trees.
but it would be a viable argument that i plant corn, and also have many apple trees. even though im not planting yet the crows i see now im sure nest nearby.
it sounds to me though the law states they must be caught in the act not just on the land you will be planting on.