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An invitation from a hunting friend for a morning shooting crows on a bio gas plant where the crows come in a eat the maize that the plant is burning. We set up in the dark before first light - a net blind, 6 decoys some 35 yards out and the dogs at my feet. A bit of calling and it was not long before the first crows came in! The first one shot was put on a flapper pole with its wings spread as if about to land to add some movement to the pattern. We shot for a few hours and put down a respectable double figure bag. I was shooting a Beretta Silver Pigeon 20 bore with UK Eley fibre wad 6's. Got my finger pinched by one crow that was not quite dead when it hit the ground! A fun morning, great late winter weather and a decent bag of crows. We are hopefully going back next week to do it again! Decoying crows - a whole lot of fun!





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I have had a many fine morning shooting crows.

I used to shoot crows on a friend's ranch in Cali. After a while they learned what my truck looked like and would clear the area when I drove up. If my truck was parked, the crows would not be within a mile of the place.

I have a lot of crows on the farm here in Kentucky but they don't seem to hang around the house or barn so I've been leaving them alone.

Charlie64, I am very grateful you share your hunts on AR. By chance I clicked on the bird shooting section and found your short report here.
Just to let you know that your efforts are appreciated! I hope you hunt more and more often and we read about your adventures here!

JCHB

Would be interesting if you could share some crow recipes...