Crow callers and camouflage
With a little practice, you can draw the crows’ attention to the decoys using the call. It is necessary to be well camouflaged, and remember that they see the hunter from above, so a hide is not always enough. After being successful in one area, you should expect the local crows to avoid this for some time. You will therefore need to observe the crows’ new flying habits. It is a very exciting and challenging form of hunting, and often quite cheap, as most landowners want their crow populations reduced to protect the other fauna.
BLACK BIRDS AND AN ADULT DOG
Crows are a cunning adversary! They are not easy prey that can be outwitted by cheap tricks or a quick walk through a random hedgerow with a shotgun. You shouldn’t feel superior to a worthy crow. It demands a lot from a hunter to bag a crow. You often feel inferior in the battle, but you are also only a poor intrusion into its daily surroundings, where nothing is left to chance! A week before the planned hunt date, I set up a hide made of a camouflage net covered with branches and leaves from nearby trees and bushes. It was at a beautiful old yellow-painted farmhouse, which had been passed on from generation to generation over centuries. The farmer was also a hunter, and wanted to protect his wild partridges. A friend and I were therefore given permission to sit in the meadow behind the farmhouse and try to outwit the crows. It was a rewarding day, we each bagged a good handful of birds.
READ ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF HUNTING
- PIGEON SHOOTING
- GOOSE HUNTING
- STALKING
- HUNTING GUIDE FOR DEER STALKING
- Bow hunting
- WATERFOWLING OPEN WATER
- fox hunting
- DRIVEN HUNT FOR HARES
- Driven hunt
- buck hunting
- SNIPE SHOOTING
- PHEASANT SHOOTING
- DUCK SHOOTING
- PARTRIDGE SHOOTING