Crows

[Deadeye]

Last week, while sneaking along some rimrock, looking for rockchucks, I came upon 3 crows sitting together on a rock. Only 20 yds. away.
My 20 fucil loaded with 1 5/8 oz. #6 shot and 100 gr. 2F. Never saw them after the smoke cleared but nothing flew away and the feathers were floating down for a long time. Looked like I'd shot a feather pillow. Dumb crows,what were they thinking? Never got that close to a sitting crow before. Love that Fucil.

 

[oneeye]

Those crows are pretty sharp. I usually get them pretty close when I am using the crow call during Spring turkey season.

Dan

 

[MSW]

at the risk of getting all political, what's the difference between a crow and a politician?

in most states, there's a closed season on crow.

 

[The Baron]

Sounds like you pointed your boom stick in the right place. :hmm:

 

[MikeChapin]

at the risk of getting all political, what's the difference between a crow and a politician?

in most states, there's a closed season on crow.

The crows are probably smarter and more likable. :rotf:

 

[Java Man]

:thumbsup:

 

[Goldhunter]

Officially: Careful who you tell this to. Check the UT wildlife regs!!

Unofficially: I love dumping them birds!

 

[Black Hand]

I don't understand shooting something that I'm not going to eat. Those crows serve a purpose in the wilds, and it it seems wasteful to shoot them for entertainment.

NO OFFENSE INTENDED, just my opinion. I apologize if I misunderstood your post.

 

[Deadeye]

Yea, BH, but the purpose they serve is to eat all the eggs and the fledglings of the grouse that we do like to eat. I didn't eat the Rockchucks either
but I have eaten young ones on occation, tasty.

 

[oneeye]

Many people do eat them. In addition, they are regarded as pests in some states due to the damage they cause to other species.

Dan

 

[Rebel]

Some people here probably eat crow real regular. :grin: This is not intended for the last poster, just a reply in general.

 

[Deadeye]

Yep, no doubt, we all eat our share of crow at times.

 

[oneeye]

Some people here probably eat crow real regular. :grin: This is not intended for the last poster, just a reply in general.

No offense taken at all! "I don't care what anyone says, that is funny right there!"

Dan

 

[BS]

Nice pattern! :bow:

 

[David Teague]

I don't understand shooting something that I'm not going to eat. Those crows serve a purpose in the wilds, and it it seems wasteful to shoot them for entertainment.

NO OFFENSE INTENDED, just my opinion. I apologize if I misunderstood your post.

Yep, I'm with Black Hand on this...

and I LIKE Crows, Ravens, and their Ilk...

One man's pest is another man's entertainment to watch in the woods...

I'm at a age where killing things to watch them die is just not my thing.

Cheers,

DT

 

[musketman]

I have been watching this thread to see where it was going, it seems to be more of a hunting related thread than a smoothbore specific, so, through the magic of cyber wizardry I will whisk this thread to the hunting section by a mere tap of my finger...

 

I believe all states have a season on crows. There never was, at least in Missouri, until the "Migratory Bird Act", or whatever it is properly called. As I understand things the US had to agree to put a season on crows to get Mexico to go along with the MBA because to some in Mexico the crow is considered a sacred bird. I believe our season runs from Nov. 1 to Mar. 15.

I've also been told it would be difficult to get ticketed for killing a crow.

I kill them and leave them lay unless I want to use them for decoys. You can prop them up and they work as good or better than regular decoys. As was alluded to, crows do a lot of damage to the nests and eggs of songbirds, turkeys and other birds I like. Crows don't fall into that category, kinda like coyotes in the sky.

Vic

 

[paulvallandigham]

Crows are edible, and not simply by the wags who infest this site. I am told they taste very much like dove breasts, only they are bigger. I would use the breasts, and not bother cooking then entire bird. There is not enough meat on the rest of it to bother. By the time you cook the drumsticks, for instance, they don't even make a good or d'ouevre.

 

[davy]

Well I heerd of sich! Buffler wings n all .. but Crow thighs! :hmm: Wagh!!! :shocked2:

Davy

 

[Deadeye]

Just saw a TV show about hunting crows in Mexico.
They killed a truckload of them but they were gathered up and given to the locals for food. I would have probably eaten these had they not fallen about a 1000 ft. down in the canyon where I couldn't recover them. When it comes to meat, I generally agree with the old cannibal saying, "If god didn't want us to eat them he wouldn't have made them of meat."