Never hunted them, but I shot one last year



I keep a good bit of corn in my yard about all the time. That naturally draws in squirrels, deer and yes crows. I generally will set in my trophy room at my bar or reloading table with a pair of binoculars sizing up all the activity while I'm doing household chores. I also will shoot at my target at end of my yard several times a day for practice from the trophy room. I walk back and forth to pick the arrows out of the target occassionally. Last year there was a crow just about to my target walking around. I lasered him and adjusted my sight. I released and plowed him stone dead. Pretty lucky really, he was intermittantly walking and stopping to pick up a worms/bugs here and there. The arrow was easy to find because it was in my mowed yard. I generally don't shoot at small game because the arrows are so expensive but will admit that it was fun. I have a family of foxes that enjoyed the crow meal that night. I feed the wild animals all of my table scraps and anything that I think they'll eat. I like watching the wild animals almost as much as hunting them.

 

I shoot crows and grey squirrels with my bow for target practice but don't truly hunt them. Crows get really smart after they watch a few of there buddies get it.

 

Shoot one crow and then watch all heck break loose from the other 150 that see it. Talk about drawing a crowd. I put a BH through one last year, and he flew away. The arrow was covered in blood from tip to nock. Last week I put a Judo point through one. This crow didn't go anywhere.

 

i could have plenty of time if i wanted to shoot out my window. but giventhe fact there a house behind me i didnt not worth it.

 

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seems like you would lose allot of arrows?

 

I don't specifically hunt crows but more often than not when I am out in the woods with my bow I come across small game and shoot it. I have never actually sat there with decoys and calls with the intent to bring crows in.

 

I have a video of Fred Bear shooting crows. They set up an owl decoy in a pine. Tied a piece of fishing line to a limb and started shaking the limb while calling. All Hell broke loose. Owls and Crows must be Mortal enemies. The Crows were everywhere and Mad.

 

You need a road kill to lay out as a attractant and then put a crow decoy next to the road kill...open the belly so you have some red meat showing...if you think turkeys can bust you..crow will spook if you even blink a eye....JMO

 

Never hunted... but have eaten crow...

 

I've never killed one with a bow, but setting up decoys, using calls, and shotguns is a riot. VERY fun hunting. They are very intelligent birds. If you use a shotgun, use heavy loads. They are very tough. Oh, and make sure it is in season in your state. In IL there is a season, but you can shoot them year round without calls as long as they are doing damage to your crops, garden, etc.