crow hunting

[Ian johnson]

has anyone ever crow hunted with a bow?, how do you hunt them?, what point do you use?

[von]

Ian , I've shot thousands w/ the gun even won a few big money crow hunts but find the whole idea of hunting crows w/ the bow a bit much ! try turkeys , geese , pheasants , rabbits and such , theres so much small game out there one would have to be a masochist to even try the bird w/ a bow .

[BamBooBender]

Getting a crow with a bow would be a fantastic feat. If you get one be sure and post pics.

[scarecrow]

Check the game laws before you do. I think most say something about it being ok if they are tearing up crops. BUT, as one game warden once said, "You can bet a crow is either headed to or coming from tearing up someones crop"

[Shakes.602]

Thats what I wondered about Here in Indiana. We have some Funky Laws, so I am Off to see what I can See!

[Ian johnson]

just looking for stuff to hunt right now before fall

[Shakes.602]

Crow (early)  July 1, 2007 - Aug. 15, 2007  No limit  
Crow (late)  Dec. 13, 2007 - Mar. 1, 2008  No limit  

 This is what the Official DNR Website said. I just copied it. This is INDIANA ONLY though.

[Charlie Lamb]

I've shot a lot of crows with my bow and have shot AT even more.... it ain't the "gettin", it's the "tryin".

Field points will work, but I prefer steel blunts.

When in season you can call them to a decoy set up, stalk them when feeding (go for the sentry)or in winter they can be hunted on their roost if you know where that is.

[wislnwings]

Ian, per Louisiana DFW:

The season for crows shall be Sept. 1-Jan.1 with no limit; however crows, blackbirds, cowbirds and grackles may be taken year round during legal shooting hours if they are depredating or about to depredate upon ornamentals or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers as to cause a health hazard.  Louisiana has determined that the birds listed above are crop depredators an that crows have been implicated in the spread of the West Nile virus in humans.

[bmfer]

I almost busted one in my backyard the other morning, untill I remembered the birdfeeder!! In PA, that's bait, and a no,no!
Bret

[TRADITIONAL ONLY]

when i woke up this morning i looked out the window and seen two sittin under the bird feeder, i grabbed my 17HMR and sneaked around the corner of the house, but they was gone...

umm they was a article in TB about crows a couple issues back, said to use BH's. that unless you could hit a bottle top everytime not to use blunts. (head shots) and that FP's wouldnt bleed em out fast enough.

[Ian johnson]

I'll wait till sept 1st and use brooadheads

[John Scifres]

In one of the Fred Bear videos, there is a really interesting crow shoot.  They get several while hiding in a clump of brush and calling them in.

[Talondale]

Talk about complicated and odd.  Here's VA's regs:

August 18-March 15 on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday only.

Crows are a federally regulated migratory species, no HIP number is required to hunt them. Crow hunting on National Forest Lands and Department Lands is permitted from September 1-March 10 (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday only).  

I guess the crows have important stuff to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  :D

[Davie C.]

those are their days off from being hunted. Its hard work being hunted you know    

[Joe Clark]

Some of the weird hunting schedules for crows comes from the fact that they are a federally regulated migratory bird. That means that there can't be more then a certain number of days in an annual hunting season. (124 this year in AR). So to extend the length of the season your local DNR or Game and Fish group usually eliminates a couple of weekdays from the season. Here in Arkansas the season runs from September 1 to last day of February, with no hunting on or Tuesday and Wednesday.

Course you can almost always get a deprevation permit for crows and you can hunt them all year long.

[Gene Roberts]

i've shot many crows with a gun but never a bow,good luck

[Tater John]

There are plenty of quality cassette or cd's that produce 100% results at bringing crow in. I have a tape of crow/owl fight that I run through a boom box from a pawn shop, crows have never ignored it...

Can't say I've attempted crow shooting with a bow but from several seasons and many hours of gunning them, I know enough about the sport and the rascals that taking them with archery gear diffently can be done.

Spend $12 bucks or so on a recording and stick it in any loud player device, maybe your car or truck radio with the windows down and the doors open. Down the end of the steet in the neighborhood.  If crows hear it, they can't resist it and will come. Very smart animals watch what they do and how they act

Rusty

[Ray Hammond]

I've shot a few myself, too, missed a good many more..but like Charlie says, its the trying thats fun.

I'd give it a rip. Mine were opportunistic kills...but I would try it with a caller iflegal,and really get afterthem..bet it could be really fun.