1st sit of the season

[Ketchup]

12 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

If you can honestly say you were going to shoot that crow for food - which I seriously doubt - that's different.  I feel the same way about bowfishing.  For food, fine, for the enjoyment of killing - I'm out.

I was serious. In the 30’s and into the 40’s  there was a rage about eating crows, so much that there was even a gathering of sorts of folks that shared ideas. 
 

When i used to join the guys at hunt camp, a few of them insisted that they had eaten it several times, and that it had a stronger, tho pleasant taste. 
 

I did get 2 shots off on them, but both times i missed just enough. The deer wouldn’t stay out of the field more then 10 minutes. 

[Ketchup]

4 minutes ago, laker67 said:

Laker and I were "plinkers" in our early married years.  I wish I could say we never shot anything we didn't eat.  One day we were at a dump practicing on cans.  I caught something move out of the corner of my eye, thinking it was a rat.  I told Laker to "shoot it".  My deadeye husband responded, and regretably killed a groundhog.  Never again did we shoot anything we didn't eat.  Oh wait.  There was a house sparrow killing my bluebird babies...

Oh, i have killed thousands of animals I didn’t eat. 
 

I was hired by a dairy to shoot the pigeons that lived in/around the barns. Couldn’t even begin to give an accurate number of birds we shot. I have been to Kansas prairie dog shooting. Killed skunks, armadillos, mice, opossums, etc etc etc. that were never eaten. If you live outside of the city, there are reasons to kill things. Sport shooting birds is a fun outing. Turning on that electronic call on the crow call lights the sky up with black in a hurry. Talk about some fast shooting. 

[Ketchup]

1 hour ago, MrGiggles said:

I've been going here and there lately. 

Sunday 11/6 I had nice 8pt at 15 yards. He was just about to cross into the opening where I could shoot, and stopped and went the other way. So yeah, they're good at not dying.  When I climbed down I noticed the tree I was in was skylit pretty badly. Live and learn I suppose.

I haven't seen a whole lot for acorns this year. Red oaks have plenty that are good sized, but the white oaks are tiny and hollow, if they have any.

My turnip patch has been more or less untouched for the last month or so. Which is typical, it'll come alive first week of December. Just been hunting sign and acorns where I can find them.

With the leaves falling, it’s easy to get lit up. I like getting up in cedars. I have a few stands up in cedars. The first thing i do is break off some and rub them between my hands, then on my clothing to kill any left over scent. Works like a charm, and those trees are green and prefect cover year round. 

[BilletHead]

5 hours ago, Ketchup said:

I was serious. In the 30’s and into the 40’s  there was a rage about eating crows, so much that there was even a gathering of sorts of folks that shared ideas. 
 

When i used to join the guys at hunt camp, a few of them insisted that they had eaten it several times, and that it had a stronger, tho pleasant taste. 
 

I did get 2 shots off on them, but both times i missed just enough. The deer wouldn’t stay out of the field more then 10 minutes. 

              I have seen several hunting shows featuring crow including Meat Eater, the sporting chef and dead meat. Search the web for many recipes. My Grandma Gentry said they ate chicken hawk, crow and other things most would not thing was palatable although anything was consumed in hard times. She did say chicken hawk was very good. 

[Ryan Miloshewski]

I have gladly shot opossums, skunks, raccoons, coyotes and other nest predators with zero intention of eating them. And I will continue to do so. 

[fishinwrench]

Coons & possums get a free pass around here.  I like the fact that I can toss fish guts, and science experiments from the refrigerator out behind the house.....and it magically disappears overnight. 

Feral cats, armadillos, starlings, and cowbirds get pelleted.   

[Ketchup]

The plot looks full this afternoon. 

[Quillback]

2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

              I have seen several hunting shows featuring crow including Meat Eater, the sporting chef and dead meat. Search the web for many recipes. My Grandma Gentry said they ate chicken hawk, crow and other things most would not thing was palatable although anything was consumed in hard times. She did say chicken hawk was very good. 

I remember watching one of those shows, probably the sporting chef, where they ate crow.  They seemed to like it, but it looked like a lot of work.  

[laker67]

Laker and I live trapped so many armadillos that the city told us to quit calling them to pick them up, and to just shoot them.  The problem is you can't discharge any type of projectile in the city limits.  Word must have gotten out.  After about 6 or 7, they just stopped coming.

[tjm]

4 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

cowbirds

Are a protected species.