Author Topic: What is your favorit crow gun. (Read 3487 times)

kirbymagnum · « **on:** December 12, 2005, 02:02:43 PM »

What is your favorit crow gun? So far my favorit is the .410. Tried to shoot them with the 22lr but can't hit them they are to far but the get close enough to you when they fly though so the .410 works good but im going to try my 20 gauge and the .243

If i didn't list one of your choice just choose other and tell us what is your favorit gun.

mangulator · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2005, 07:04:00 AM »

I just bought a new 17 HRM in a Savage rifle with the accu-trigger. I find that its one of most accurate guns I have in my arsenal and it would a deadly crow gun.

kirbymagnum · « **Reply #2 on:** December 13, 2005, 04:05:58 PM »

I have been told many good things about the 17 hmr on crows but my .410 did me well on the weekend so i have to vote for it.

How far will the crows fly if they do is there feathers every were?

markdzettel · « **Reply #3 on:** December 15, 2005, 05:29:59 AM »

My all-around favourite for crows has got to be the 30-06. I just love the way they explode :grin: :grin: Crows come and sit in the pasture fields near my house and sometimes on the fenceposts. I can just sit on my deck, read a hunting magazine, and blast crows with the cannon every once in a while.

markdzettel · « **Reply #4 on:** December 15, 2005, 05:47:24 AM »

My all-around favourite for crows has got to be the 30-06. I just love the way they explode :grin: :grin: Crows come and sit in the pasture fields near my house and sometimes on the fenceposts. I can just sit on my deck, read a hunting magazine, and blast crows with the cannon every once in a while.

coopershooter · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2006, 06:07:12 PM »

cooper arms model 22 varminter, in 22-250AI. sightron 6-24.i shot a crow in mansfield ohio, at 407 yards, measured with a range finder.
i havn,t shot many, but none were that cool!

Dano Bofano · « **Reply #6 on:** January 13, 2006, 06:47:47 AM »

Com'on, doesn't anyone use their good ol' BB/Pellet guns :?: ! I've shot many a crow with 'em, maybe not from 100yds, but hey, I think it's a lot more sportsmanly-like to sneak up and get 'em at 15yds. The ammo is a whole lot cheaper too!

popplecop · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2006, 07:16:27 AM »

In Wis. they must be hunted with a shotgun only. Before the feds screwed up the crow situation years back my favorite rifle was a 22 K Hornet. Now I use my Browning Sweet 16(not on the poll) or a 20ga. Both work well.

S.S. · « **Reply #8 on:** February 07, 2006, 04:23:10 AM »

both the 17 hmr and the 17 M2 work quite well.
410 shells are too expensive to use on something I am not going to eat.
So I use a 20 ga with #6 or #7 1/2...

GeorgiaDave · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2006, 08:14:05 AM »

Hello from Georgia,
I have enjoyed hunting crows for many years and have finaly found my perfect crow load. I use a 3 1/2" magnum wih #6 shot through a modified choke. Cows are not hard to hit or bring down but with these big loads I can regularly get a double with only one shot.

I have also had good hunts shooting them in fresh cut corn fields using my deer rifles. This can really help build confidence with a gun. Good Luck

Dave

GeorgiaDave · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2006, 08:16:01 AM »

Hello from Georgia,
I have enjoyed hunting crows for many years and have finaly found my perfect crow load. I use a 3 1/2" magnum wih #6 shot through a modified choke. Cows are not hard to hit or bring down but with these big loads I can regularly get a double with only one shot.

I have also had good hunts shooting them in fresh cut corn fields using my deer rifles. This can really help build confidence with a gun. Good Luck

Dave

Idaho_Hick · « **Reply #11 on:** March 03, 2006, 09:35:12 AM »

16 gauge,
In Idaho, we can only shoot them with shotguns and this is the only shotgun I own that I really enjoy shooting. It is a model 12 that my wife inherited from her grandfather - don't tell me marriage is only for fools.

IOWA DON · « **Reply #12 on:** March 21, 2006, 11:37:53 AM »

A Thompson-Center TCR with a heavy barrel in .17 Hornet with a 4-12 Leupold scope. It will shoot 15 grain Berger HP's at 3950 fps. Since the bullets are so light and slow down so quickly I feel safe shooting up into trees, at least if the angle is high enough. It shoots 5/8th inch groups at 100 yards.

GCW · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2006, 11:08:16 PM »

All my crow shoting has been done with a shotgun 12ga

countryrebel8174 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 30, 2006, 11:31:05 PM »

well i had to pick 12 ga on the poll but i like to shoot em with the 300 mag.
everyonce in awhile when they are sitting on a fence ill just try to take there head off....other then that i also like to watch them explode.

country rebel

992 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 31, 2006, 08:56:59 AM »

Sako 25-284

kyote · « **Reply #16 on:** September 15, 2006, 11:28:42 AM »

When they are around I like to call them in just for the fun of it.they come right over the top of me cawin away.But I like travelin old desert power line roads,they sit on the towers and seem to think they are safe 4 towers down...he he he they are not he he he..I use a .220 swift ackly improved shooting 40gr ballistic tips at warp speed.my oh my what a sight ta see..

ratgunner · « **Reply #17 on:** October 01, 2006, 10:38:21 AM »

12 GA.

Hodr · « **Reply #18 on:** April 10, 2009, 08:54:03 PM »

Wincester trapper with a 38 special load and 125 grain jacketed hollow point. Works on coyote too.

blindhari

Wyo. Coyote Hunter · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2009, 12:05:24 PM »

When I visit friends in Pa. we often call, and then my favorite crow gun is an 870 Special field in 12 ga. with an IC choke and 7 1/2's. While I enjoy calling, for years I have loved to hunt crows with a rifle. Shot 'em with everything from the .22lr up. I would say my very favorite gun for crows is an old .222 custom built for me with 50 grain bullets. When I am visiting I keep a .22 Hornet in the corner for crows that land in the fields near the house. I also like my .22-250's for shots longer than 200 yards. But crows are far tougher to hit at those ranges than chucks. One of my very finest crow killers was a .22 Cheetah

Cheesehead · « **Reply #20 on:** April 12, 2009, 03:02:32 PM »

Quote from: GeorgiaDave on February 23, 2006, 08:16:01 AM

Hello from Georgia,
I have enjoyed hunting crows for many years and have finaly found my perfect crow load. I use a 3 1/2" magnum wih #6 shot through a modified choke. Cows are not hard to hit or bring down but with these big loads I can regularly get a double with only one shot.

I have also had good hunts shooting them in fresh cut corn fields using my deer rifles. This can really help build confidence with a gun. Good Luck

Dave

+1 on the 3 1/2 inch. I have used steel bb to #6 and many in between. They drop like a stone.

Cheese

squirrellluck · « **Reply #21 on:** April 13, 2009, 05:32:49 PM »

45-70 also known as my turtle gun

castman · « **Reply #22 on:** July 28, 2009, 10:13:55 PM »

browning 525 sporting, 2 3/4" 1.25oz 7.5s or 6s. Skeet and IC chokes. They are just like big black clays.

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