2013/14 Crow season

[Carolina Coyote]

Good Job Glen, looks like you gotum zeroed in, we have a shoot every now  and then but never can keep them coming in long enough to rack up a good score. cc

[JohnP]

Glen, looks like 20ga casings on the blind floor, you killing them things with a 20?  How close you letting them get to ya?

[Hawks Feather]

John,

Usually Glen doesn't use a shotgun at all.  He just calls them in, puts salt on their tail, and they stay right there.  Yes, he really is THAT good!   

Jerry

[JohnP]

I thought maybe his better half was doing the shooting. 

[Hawks Feather]

I never thought of that.  Since she IS the shooter of the family that may be the reason Glen has to use the salt shaker for his birds.

Jerry

[HaMeR]

That would be winter wheat & mud Jerry!! And not that long ago we were concerned about the ice dams & flooding. Thankfully it was avoided in all but the extremely low places & nobody was negatively affected. And it warms up a lot quicker down South here. 

Thanks Carl. The decoys did most of the work today. I didn't have to call much. And it's easier when you know they are in the area.

Mr. John-- The hunts at the top were last fall. And you are correct on the 20ga. My best range is between 15 & 25yds. Most of the hits,, 12 or 20ga are between 10 & 35yds. I did have a very lucky shot on one today that had to be pushing 40+ tho. It was waaaaay out there.

And when is the last time anybody here has tried to salt a crows tail??!!  THAT'S what I thought!! 

Diane doesn't shoot the shotguns. Just never wanted to. But someday I want to call a turkey in for her. 

[HaMeR]

Yesterday AM wasn't a total bust. I got out for a couple hours on the last day of Crow season anyhow.  I went to the other field where I had seen around 50 or so birds on Thursday. These birds were flying a lot higher than the day before which made for a lot of watching & not as much shooting. I did get some within range but they circled behind me over the thicker tree tops rather than out front. I did take quite a few "Oh what the he77" shots tho!! I managed to dump 2 good crows.

Here's the 2nd one.



And here's the 1st.



Love those river landings!!

[FinsnFur]

And hopefully the rivers flowing slow enough you can get a pic fore shes gone
Do you call, Glenn?

[HaMeR]

Aint that the truth!! Luckily the last 2 days I was out it had slowed a bit from the runoff.

Yes I do call. I have 3 hand calls that I really like & an FX3. I like to start with hand calls & see what I can do. Then after abot 2hrs fire up the e-caller. These last 2 hunts was 99% e-caller tho. They just weren't interested in lone calling & would only respond to the Crow Fight sound.  It's hard to sound like a murder of rowdy crows with a hand call.

The previous hunt was really nice. The decoys did the work for me in about 1/2 of the crows that showed up. Sometimes there's no need to call.

This fall I'll be back after them again. I'll start with the ol 870 that I sanded down & re-stained this Winter. 

[FinsnFur]

Ever get em to land with your decoys?

[Hawks Feather]

Maybe a little bait would work.  It helped John with his 'bird' problem.

Jerry

[Coulter]

Dang it Jim...I was gonna ask that question. Guess I'll ask in a different way...so Glen, are you using that crow call you made yourself?

Nicely done sir...

Steve

[HaMeR]

Jim-- I have had crows land with the decoys on one or 2 occasions. Upon post landing mortem inspection I deemed them to be very young crows. And I've never had any land unless there were real crows already strewn about the field.  My Brother & I have both had Red Tails attack our crow decoys. Now THAT is funny!!!!!!!!    Oohhh the thunk & look of WHAT THE HE77 JUST HAPPENED!!!! in their beady little eyes is priceless!! Looks kinda like this >>  <<   


Jerry-- On the 17 bird shoot friday I found a deer skeleton & put a couple pieces of the spine under 2 decoys beaks. And a couple small leg bones with another. That may have helped.

Steve-- I have used that call. I used it around this time last year if I remember correctly. It worked purdy good. I just like the 3 I have on my lanyard a little more. There's a Jack Mincey call,, Knight & Hale,, & the venerable Hawks Feather call on it. 

Sometimes no matter what call you have you still need a lot of noise all at once. That's where the e-caller comes in handy.

[nastygunz]

Mincey makes a finnnne crow call.

[FinsnFur]

Ah yahhhh...The trusty hawksfeather call.

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[HaMeR]

Yes he does nasty!! He also made me a very sweet slate over slate pot call out of wormy Chestnut. 

That's the one Jimbo!! Now get out there & make it rain black feathers my Friend!!!   

[Coulter]

Yeah, just go wipe yer poop chute first.

[Hawks Feather]

Jim,

Hum.  Using that call might be the reason that you haven't shot any crows.   

Jerry

[FinsnFur]

 Oh Ive shot crows over that thang