Crow Hunting....Need HELP!

[okiearmory]

I will be doing a crow hunting contest next month as a fundraiser. Can anyone give me some pointers? I have a FoxPro I use for predator hunting that I will add some more crow sounds to. I was planning on using the run and gun approach. Start at daylight sit up call then move to the next location like I do when predator hunting. I have been reading online to see if there is anything I might need to know. Some guys use #5 high brass pheasant loads and some use #7.5 or #8. Using pheasant loads seems like an expense outing just to shoot something I will not eat. They said the guys who won it last year had a little over 100 birds and 2nd place was 60 something birds. Some people say use decoys some say they don't. Its all for fun and a good cause but I would like to make a decent showing if possible. I remember years ago when I got my first cassette tape predator caller putting a crow tape in to see what would happen and had several come in right away. I shot two and went back up to the house and called it quits. That is the extent of my crow hunting. I spend months every year in the field and woods hunting deer, hogs predator and the occasional pheasant just never went out for the day to hunt crows.

 

[CorpsVet]

When and where? I haven't shot crows in many moons but used to every year down at the north end of Ft. Cobb lake

 

[okiearmory]

February 27th in Seminole. Its a fire department fundraiser.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

When and where? I haven't shot crows in many moons but used to every year down at the north end of Ft. Cobb lake

Nothing like what it was when Crows Roost got its name.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Good cano is paramount. The first crow comes in as a scout. Don't shoot him first thing. Let others come in once the first one announces all clear.

After shooting immediately switch to crow in distress and sometimes they will come back.

 

[retrieverman]

I bought a Foxpro Crossfire a few weeks ago, and all I've had to do is turn on "crow fight" and in under 3 minutes start shooting crows. It's pretty crazy how they've come in to it.

 

[Toothpick]

This fundraiser intrigues me, I'm trying to come up with a good fundraiser for my son's baseball team.
Do you mind telling me how much the entry fee is and how it is split up for winners?

 

[okiearmory]

I'm not sure how the winners are split up. But the entry fee is $100 for a 4 man team. They are also raffling away a shotgun and have other donated door prizes to give away. They have a local business that will serve as the check in spot and the business is providing dinner for everyone as well. I will let you know how the pot will be split once they finalize it.

 

[ahamay6]

I'm in Ada and can probably get a couple of teams entered. Keep me posted on details. I've never done it, but have been told to sit in a cedar tree and I believe they said to use a crow fighting an owl to call.

 

[Long Barrel 44]

I bought a Foxpro Crossfire a few weeks ago, and all I've had to do is turn on "crow fight" and in under 3 minutes start shooting crows. It's pretty crazy how they've come in to it.

Myself as well. I took my Crossfire out and after I didn't see any predators I noticed 3 crows off in the distance. I hit the crow distress and they came to the call on a string. I shut it off as they flew in and circled around the call. They flew off and hit it again and they came right back. Pretty neat.