Crow hunting questions
 

All this talk of crow hunting has piqued my interest. Seems one can hunt crows on Monday, Friday and Saturday year round in Mass. How does one set up?

A half dozen decoys will help and a good mouth call and the biggest help is a digital game call or the older tape models. Locate farm land where there feeding. The spring migration north will be good but the fall flights are best.

From an old Alabama Crow hunter..
Need a crow call...owl decoy...5 or six crow decoys.
First you have to be in an area where there are crows.
Place the owl decoy up as high as possible where it can be seen(dead tree,no leaves).
Set the crow decoys up 25-30 yards away from owl.
Blow call with short uggg,uggg,ugg.sounds...don't shoot untill you have 6 0r seven crows
flying in after the owl..# 6 is just right.
Clean crows,pluck all feathers,nail breasts to a pine board and roast over small fire with lots of hot sauce.When done throw away the crows and lick the board.

tried the pine board cooking once but did nit like all the splinters you get.....agood meal for a hungary man....you will like crow hunting..... charlie

Wolfgang Hockey-Pucks crow recipe--
 

Which is much the same as for boiled Loon or Owl (where legal to bag them of course)-- Build a deep pit fire with a backstop, when down to hot coals, take your Dutch Over, filled 1/2 way with lightly salted water, the plucked and dressed crows, and a rock about the size of a grapefruit- Cover, bury Dutch oven in the pit of hot embers and rake dirt over the top- let it be for at least 24-32 hours, when all is cool to hand touch, remove pot, lid, remove with tongs the rock- if you can slice the rock easily with a knife, your crows are table ready Bon Appetit!!:rotf::rotf::corn::cool::cool::cool::cool :

A good blind, head to toe camoflage, and no movement is absolutely needed for success. Effectiveness of Owl decoys is hit or miss. Crow decoys are helpful, lots of dead crows in front of your blind even better. Flapping wing decoys draw their attention, spinning wing decoys not as much. Electronic crow callers work great, two going at same time with different sounds even better. Lots to like, lead shot, no daily limit, long seasons. Shoot a decoying duck you shot a nervous bird looking for the security of numbers. Shoot a decoying crow and you shot a pissed off bird looking for a fight. The best part, coyotes, fox, maggots, worms and bacteria like to eat them feathered and raw, no cleaning, no carrying them out, the original biodegradable target. Best live wing shooting in terms of action there is in the US. I prefer tight chokes and #6 shot. No matter how close you take them you can't hit a crow too hard.

PS. Crow hunting may open new opportunities for your other hunting pursuits. Many farmers have a disdain for crows and may grant you initial permission to hunt their land for crows, this can lead to a relationship that allows to hunt their land for other things as they get to know and trust you.

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Pete, is that the day i only brought 103 shells ? yes i missed that 60 yd over head shot:rotf: we use 7/8th oz 6 's out of our 20 ga, 1 to 1 1/8 ths oz 6's or 7's out of our 12 ga, and 1 1/4 oz 6's out of our 10 ga. all tight ckoked for the most part. boy do the feathers fly on the close ones:) scott

Looks like some very successful shoots. Do they come in all at once or over the course of a day? Guess Ill need some decoys too. Thanks for the helpful pointers

hi, pete and i ended that day at about 2:30 in the afternoon started at sun up. in oct. you can hunt all day when they are moving, we picked up 2 more birds after the pic. bring lots of shells if you shoot and hit 50 % you did outstanding!! (well that is us, were closer to 33%) when hunting alone you will hit more often than not but thats not fun hunting alone:rotf: good luck

i can understand not being able to hunt crows on SUNDAY ...but why cant you hunt them on tuesday wednesday and thursday....fellas them are good crow recipes...always wondered how long it took to cook a rock....need to post these recipes for cros in the cooking section where they will not soon be forgotten.... charlie