Crow Hunting
12-05-2013, 01:02 PM
#11
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 11
Crow hunting is something we do when nothing else is really in season, or we're too lazy to go call coyotes or coons. It's best done much like prairie dog hunting, sit far away, use a none-too-loud rifle, and blow up dozens of them as they repeatedly come into your decoy set. Done right, it's fish in a barrel.
As the others have mentioned, 20yrds will be your Achilles heel, they're far to wary to land that close. If you conceal yourself incredibly well, you might get lucky, get a few to land nearby, and get a shot off, but likely just one shot because they'll bust you there after.
etc. etc. etc.
As the others have mentioned, 20yrds will be your Achilles heel, they're far to wary to land that close. If you conceal yourself incredibly well, you might get lucky, get a few to land nearby, and get a shot off, but likely just one shot because they'll bust you there after.
etc. etc. etc.
12-05-2013, 05:07 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
Wear some good Camo,limit Your movements...get a yourself a Crow Call also!
I have called in lots of Crows by using rodents sounds,Crow and Rabbit in Distress sounds or any Rabbit Distress sounds while mostly calling for Coyotes!
I've also used a FoxPro Rabbit Decoy,and a Feather Distractor to draw in Predators and had many Crows come in tho I was calling for Coyotes,Bobcats or Foxes!A few Crow Decoys would probably help draw in Live Crows also!
I have called in lots of Crows by using rodents sounds,Crow and Rabbit in Distress sounds or any Rabbit Distress sounds while mostly calling for Coyotes!
I've also used a FoxPro Rabbit Decoy,and a Feather Distractor to draw in Predators and had many Crows come in tho I was calling for Coyotes,Bobcats or Foxes!A few Crow Decoys would probably help draw in Live Crows also!
12-05-2013, 05:58 PM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 749
Try an owl devote and crow and owl fight sounds. My dad has a tape of an owl and crow fight. The sky turns black, the best sound is a crippled crow. Seen a crow caught by the foot in a trap while deer hunting on time. The sounds he made brought in the others.
12-05-2013, 08:52 PM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 123
CUTSLSASH:
I've hunted crows often over the years. I am a shotgun fan; a 12-gauge with a 3 or 3 1/2-inch load will do nicely on them.
They are hard to pattern or predict.
It seems like you only get one chance, after which they leave the area.
But I LOVE huntin' 'em.
I've hunted crows often over the years. I am a shotgun fan; a 12-gauge with a 3 or 3 1/2-inch load will do nicely on them.
They are hard to pattern or predict.
It seems like you only get one chance, after which they leave the area.
But I LOVE huntin' 'em.
12-06-2013, 05:26 AM
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 749
3 or 3 1/2 " shells on crows? All I use is low brass 12 ga. 6 shot works fine. Most of my crow hunting is done with rifles will groundhog hunting now, so I use my rifle. Haven't just crow hunted in a couple of years. Used to all. The time with my dad when I was younger. We used 12ga. Pumps with low brass 6 shot worked great.
12-06-2013, 07:25 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,834
3 or 3-1/2"!!!! Good gawd almighty my man!!!They are crows, not teradactils!!!! All we use are 1-1/8oz trap loads with 7-1/2's and back those up with 1-1/4oz 7-1/2's. Alot more bangin with alot less headaches and sore shoulders!!!!
Last edited by SecondChance; 12-07-2013 at 08:31 PM.
12-06-2013, 01:00 PM
#19
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 11
3 or 3.5 is wayyy overkill. lol
01-07-2014, 09:47 PM
#20
Spike
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Va
Posts: 88
I like to call that hunting. It's easy, sit in the house, watch tv, and when you see a crow in the yard, open the door and introduce it to the 12 gauge.
