Anybody wingshoot crows?

[Tom Leemans]

As big as they are, they're about as easy to hit as doves. I've gotten my closest by trying to anticipate where they will be when the arrow gets there, because even if they are on the ground when you shoot, they will not be anywhere near there when your arrow gets there if you aim at them. Even missing them is fun though!

[Pon]

Originally posted by ishoot4thrills:
Just a reminder, there is now a season in many states on crows in case some don't know.

Some years ago we made a deal with Mexico(their national bird is a crow) that if they wouldn't kill bald eagles in their country then we in the USA would at least make a season on crows to offer at the very least some protection in our country for the crow. .

No it is not, our national bird is the golden eagle as in our flag

[instinctivebowman]

Originally posted by ronp:
By the way, what do you use for points/tips?  Blunts?

i havent hunted crows with a bow, but i have bow killed over 50 pheasant with the Pheasant Spear. Im sure pheasant are probably harder to kill than  crow. Not as easy to hit, and probably shooting at them further thuogh

[Red Tailed Hawk]

You have your work cut out for you to kill a crow with a bow.

Not saying it cant be done, but them are some smart critters..

A trophy for sure to one who can get it done!!!!

[instinctivebowman]

they decoy well if i can remember correctly, i was shotgunning thuogh.

[dnovo]

Charlie, I dunno, I though the flavor was like a spotted owl!  

[Duncan]

Yeah! I bet you could use an owl decoy to get them in closer.

[Red Beastmaster]

I've been shooting AT crows for a long time. Never hit one yet but it sure is fun!

One of my favorite things is to stand along the edge of a neighboring hay field and take long shots as they pass over between woodlots. I've come really close but the crow usually sees it coming and dodges the arrow. What a great way to spend a summer evening.

[TxAg]

Originally posted by Pon:
 

Originally posted by ishoot4thrills:
Just a reminder, there is now a season in many states on crows in case some don't know.

Some years ago we made a deal with Mexico(their national bird is a crow) that if they wouldn't kill bald eagles in their country then we in the USA would at least make a season on crows to offer at the very least some protection in our country for the crow. .

No it is not, our national bird is the golden eagle as in our flag [/b]

I thought the national bird was a cara cara?   ( yes, I realize the flag depicts a golden eagle)

[GreenGrizz]

I just made me some flu flus and am going to try and call some in to an owl decoy after deer season. I'll let you know how that works out, lol.

[kpete]

wingshooting?  I always aim for the body.  i guess if you miss the body, you might get a wing!  

[Killdeer]

From my "member interview" some years back:

     (TG)- What or who first got you involved in traditional bow hunting?  

(Killdeer)- It is something inside, I guess. Hunting is a very spiritual thing for me. When I was growing up, there always seemed to be somewhere that I could go to explore Nature. When I got into trouble, it was usually because I would forget the time and be gone long enough for my mom to worry. I was allowed to have a bow at eight. At thirteen, I read "The Archer's Bible", a new book by Fred Bear. I shot at my first critter (a crow) at 16 or 17. I knew nothing about hunting, seasons, or anything. At that age, one is so sure of what is right, and just, and noble, well, I was a complete snob. I hated gun hunters, it was just too easy, and had wiped out the passenger pigeons, dodo birds and nearly erased the buffalo herds. I was sure of my superiority, and knew that I was perfectly correct in launching that shaft. I knocked a tail feather off and lost my home-made "bird bolt".  

Is here a lesson here?