Their like a mini buzzard. Yeah I'll pass on the eating part. :puke
Lobster, crab, squab, gator, hog...
Lots of animals we eat do double duty on the buzzard brigade...
I still ain't eatin' no crow though!
here's a good reason!
Where their ranges overlap, crows severely impact the annual waterfowl populations. When the hens begin laying, crows break open and eat the eggs. Later they will return and devour the fledglings. In the 40's a biological survey was conducted that really shows the damage crows can cause to the waterfowl in the Canadian "Duck Factory". It was shown that crows in close proximity to duck nesting areas took an average of 110 to 120 eggs or fledglings per
crow per year, approximately 20,000,000 ducks. During the same year, sportsman only took 11,000,000 ducks. A common slogan of the time was "Kill a crow, Save a duck". At a time when waterfowl seasons are being dramatically reduced and even canceled, the survival rate of waterfowl at their breeding grounds is paramount. Shooting crows can make a real difference. Crows also take a heavy toll on upland game birds, including direct responsibility for at least 4 1/2 percent nest depredation on ruffed grouse and in California crows have been implicated in the endangerment of the Mojave desert tortoise. They also prey on small mammals such as rabbits and squirrels and have been known to kill prey as large as newborn lambs.
the best place to hunt them is at a roost where they gather by the hundreds to spend the night another place likely to have crows now is a pecan grove the owner should be glad to see you as they are a major pest . they peck a hole in many nuts per day causing more damage than squirrel's. 22rifle required for groves. to hunt them near a corn /peanut field or open area use a owl decoy and a couple crow decoys and call them .note you must kill the first one that comes to the decoy. the rest will think that the owl killed him and will attack in mass .crow are a pest and with modern agriculture ie. unlimited food supply. the population is out of control thus no bag limit .i believe the impact on native bird game birds and songbirds reason enough to kill them. eat them no.now if only we had a feral cat season
I prefer a 12 gauge pump or semi with a modified choke and #6 or #7 1/2 shot..... put/nail/strap the owl decoy on the top of a fence post..... jesse is right on.... with his advise....
