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intelligent they can be taught to talk, like a mynah bird or a parrot. This intelligence makes them curious, and it gets them in trouble at times. Crows seem to have some problem-solving capacity, and hunters can take advantage of that. Hunting crows is somewhat of a relic from the past. I remember old-timers talking at my various gun clubs of how they would cruise around the backroads, with a rifle behind the seat, and take out any crows they came across. Of course, that practice is illegal now. Former Game News editor Bob Bell wrote more than a few articles on chuck hunting and made mention of using rifles, legally, on crows. Folks would use calibers such as the .22 Hornet, .220 Swift, .22-250, and many others to take crows at 100 to 300 yards. Taking a target smaller than your fist is actually quite a feat, when you think about it, particularly because the guns many hunters used years ago were not the technological equal of the varmint guns we have today. In fact, many hunters used standard weight sporter rifles, so that makes it even more incredible. I don’t know of anyone these days who uses a rifle for crows, at least in my part of the state. The area is just too developed, and taking a shot at a crow in a tree or even on the ground is often unsafe here in the southeast. Crow hunting, here, is a shotgun game, and any shotgun can be used. I feel that you will do better with a gun you would use for doves or waterfowl, a gun with a longer barrel, in 12-gauge. I prefer a pump or semi for the third shot they provide. Crows can be quite fast and can spin on a dime in the air and put themselves out of range in a hurry, particularly if they use the wind to their advantage. Having three shots as opposed to two can help even the odds. No matter what, you should use either a modified or full choke for crows. These birds rarely come in real close like doves JUNE 2009 or ducks, so you need to reach out and touch them. A tighter choke holds the pattern at longer ranges, and creates the density to hit them. Even though they are larger than doves, crows are a lot smaller than most other birds, such as pheasants, grouse and most ducks, and offer a smaller area to hit to ensure a clean, one-shot kill. Knowing this, you want to concentrate the load out farther and create the density to ensure a good hit. As for shotgun loads, I prefer high velocity 6s or 7½s, but I’ve also used dove loads in 8s and done well. One time I was hunting doves on a friend’s property, and while there was a decent number of doves cruising around, there were long periods without seeing a dove in range. A flock of crows was hanging out on the farm, which is on top of a plateau, and they kept on flying back and forth over my stand. For an hour or so I had some great shooting at the crows, and it continued when the doves started moving again. But the crows kept my attention, and despite being shot at, they kept on coming back. It was a very windy day, which made them hard to hit. I barely had enough ammo to limit out on the doves when they got active again, but I did. You can use dove loads on crows, but make sure the birds are within 30 yards. Crow hunting — like dove hunting — is kind of like duck hunting on land, and folks like to use calls and decoys for them. Both work well, although I have never used decoys. I will use dead crows as dekes, which works well, but I have never purposely taken decoys out in the field. I place the dead crows in trees or in open areas on the ground. But, as much as decoys can help, I think calling is more important. A 21 Corsetti.pmd 21 4/29/2009, 9:00 AM

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009

Pennsylvania Game News - June 2009
Life & Times of the Whitetail
Patience . . .
State Game Lands An Integral Part of PA History
Contents
It’s All in the Planning
Bait and an Eight
Making a Difference
The Other Birds
The Spring Field
Field Notes
Conservation News
Off the Wire
Another View
The Naturalist’s Eye
Straight from the Bowstring
Fun Game
Lock, Stock & Barrel
Crossings
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Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - Life & Times of the Whitetail
Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - Contents
Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - Patience . . .
Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - State Game Lands An Integral Part of PA History
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Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - It’s All in the Planning
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Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - Bait and an Eight
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Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - Making a Difference
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Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - The Other Birds
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Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - The Spring Field
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Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - Field Notes
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Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - Off the Wire
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Pennsylvania Game News- June 2009 - The Naturalist’s Eye
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