Why to some people shoot Crows?

[monet61]

They murder the baby quail, and for that, must die!!!
Just like roadrunners.

 

[Jim Kuykendall]

I haven't seen this much ANIMAS on the forum in a looooong time. glad all of you feel better.I know I do, and to think of it, the therapy is free.

"Quote the Raven nevermore". ...Poe

 

[spudwrench]

They murder the baby quail, and for that, must die!!!
Just like roadrunners.

Are roadrunners pests also. I always did root for Wile E and now I know why

 

[fonejack54]

Believe it or not, I've been walking through the woods stalking deer and crows have followed me, going tree to tree raising hell. I know they were alerting everything in the woods to my presence. I've actually gotten so frustrated that I've shot at them with a deer slug. Missed of course. Dang it.

 

[rags]

Sooooo, I get home from work today and let the dogs out. They all did their business and then... The youngest started chasing a baby rabbit. (Dogs will be dogs...) The chase ended up with the rabbit in my dogs mouth. I told her to drop it, and she did. She ended up just stunning it. So I picked it up and put the "still stunned" rabbit on the other side of the fence and it scurried under a Hosta to catch it's breath.

I went inside for some coffee and when I came back out a crow was pecking at it, by the edge of the plant, and ended up killing it!

SO I TOOK THE CROW OUT !!! Reason #1

I guess I like little baby bunnies better than flying RATS.

That is all...

rags

 

[feralmerril]

When I was a guard at lockheed I sometimes would catch a detail standing by while a contractor outfit was hired to catch owls etc that would get in the hangers. It had to be some green peace regulations. They always would use guards on overtime to escourt these guys to net or live trap the birds to release somewhere in the boonies. I often wondered what that had to cost lockheed per bird! Let`s see, 4 hours OT = 6 hours pay for me, and what the bird trapping specalist got I can only guess! This was a regular event too!

 

[Road Rat]

Crows cause MILLIONS of dollars of crop loss every year to American farmers!!! Shoot them if it is safe to do so!!!

 

[walter o]

Life is strange, Yesterday coming back from the target range I happened to notice a flock of small birds diving at a single crow. They were giving him a truck load of torment as he flew away. Guess we are not the only creatures that don't like crows .

 

[Pete99004]

One Plus One

+1 on that - in fact, I shot one with my 10/22 yesterday and will shoot it's mate when I get the opportunity. They raid other nests - broke the eggs of our barn owl harass the robins, king birds, barn swallows, etc. Next in line for target practice behind crows are the starlings.

Today was the day I got my opportunity and the Crows mate bought the farm. I was out getting ready to do some weed spraying when I heard that ugly "caw - caw" coming from inside the barn - so I sneak into the barn and look up through the floor trap door and see it sitting in the barn owl's nest way up in the rafters at 30ft. plus. I didn't have my 10/22 but I had my trusty Sig P232. I stood silently and waited while tapping lightly on the wall. Sure enough she poked her head out to see what the noise was - and "pop" - head shot from 30Ft. and down she came. DOA. I was pleased I had such a good shot since I've only put a couple of mags thru this one to get the feel for it. Sig (like S&W) makes fine pistols - very accurate from the box and a pleasure to shoot. Normally I carry my 3913 around the farm when working but today I thought I would see how the Sig feels. Well anyway - two down and if more show up they will find the same reception.

 

[lanxandreads]

Crows don't have anything on ravens. When I spent the summer in Alaska I was amazed at how huge they were, some only slightly smaller than bald eagles and they're just as annoying as their smaller cousins.