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Offline jeff223

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i have not shot a crow this winter
« on: February 24, 2005, 01:08:35 PM »
my 223 is just sitting there waiting for the crows to come by and land in my pine trees out back.each year i shoot a few but this winter not a one has stopped by for a visit :cry:  :cry:

what is there for a poor boy to do? :)

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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2005, 05:19:16 PM »
Wash your vehicle...make it real pretty and clean.  Park it directly under the pine trees.  They can't resist the temptation to "bomb" it...and they'll invite all their friends. :lol:
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2005, 08:25:42 PM »
Well heck, I can't even find any :(  Sadly, I think West Nile has killed many of our birds including crows, pheasant, and quail. We used to have flocks of 40-60 crows up until a few years ago. Now you're lucky to even see 6 in an entire day. It's really a shame. The most I've seen in one day this winter was 11 birds in one flock.

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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2005, 11:14:24 PM »
They might have outsmarted ya... My Dad hated crows.. would shoot at them all the time. It wasn't too long till you could watch a crow in flight detour around my Dad's property.  They wouldn't even fly over the place anymore.  :grin:

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i have not shot a crow this winter
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2005, 06:19:17 AM »
The reason you haven't seen any crows is they have all relocated to urban Terre Haute for the winter. It's normally warmer by several degrees than a rural tree branch. It's also safer due to municipal codes restricting the discharge of firearms within city limits. And, of course, these flying pests are protected by State law, as well as those who feel cows, and other "sentient beings" should join us at the dinner table as guests, not the main course.

So, these large black scavengers are free to multiply, destroy property, and spread histoplasmosis, and other filthy diseases at will.

I suppose when crows develop a taste for stray pets, and small children, some form of non-lethal action will be conducted to appease public outrage. But this will, of course, provide only a temporary solution to a permanent problem due to misplaced, and misguided sentiment.

I realize your post was intended to be humorous, but when I endured my latest CT scan (I'm severely asthmatic.) my pulmonologist informed me that I had become infected with histoplasmosis, which, he added, was becoming quite common in my area.

Thank you PETA, for your imaginative, and diligent effort to brainwash our impressionable youth to accept all forms of life as equal partners.  :roll:
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2005, 06:26:10 AM »
We got crow all over here and thats because we arent allowed to use a rifle, only a shotgun :x  Jimmy
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2005, 10:27:56 AM »
I haven't seen many crow this winter either. I got a total of about 6 shots at them with the 17HMR and 223 this round.

The last was a shot I posted on a topic on here not too long ago. It was in a tree at a measured 275 yards. Gun was the new 223 using Speer 52g hollowpoints. After the vital explosion, what was left of the bird fell to the ground. :)

Good luck to you with the feathered varmints :D