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afulle03
Longbeard
Joined: Sun May 15, 2005 2:49 pm Posts: 152 Location: Haysi VA
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Crow Decoy
I know this is not a turkey topic but there is no "other" forum. And there are many crows around when you are trying to turkey hunt. Anyways I was wondering if any of you guy/gals have suggestions on how to make a cheap home-made decoy of a crow? I looked at the manufactured ones and they are almost 50.00 per decoy OUTRAGEOUS!
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:23 am |
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Turkenator
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:28 pm Posts: 333 Location: Wise County, VA
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Kill a chicken and paint it black.
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:48 am |
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gobbstopper1946
Longbeard
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:21 pm Posts: 275
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Check EBAY, they've got'm. Good luck
GS...
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:40 am |
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afulle03
Longbeard
Joined: Sun May 15, 2005 2:49 pm Posts: 152 Location: Haysi VA
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Turkenator wrote: Kill a chicken and paint it black.
HAHAHA, Good one,
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:40 pm |
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catfish hunter
Poult
Joined: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:14 pm Posts: 8 Location: harrisonburg, VA
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take coat hangers, bend the triangle part into a crow shape, and cover it in black garbage bags. straighten the hook out and stick em in the ground.
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:10 pm |
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afulle03
Longbeard
Joined: Sun May 15, 2005 2:49 pm Posts: 152 Location: Haysi VA
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catfish hunter wrote: take coat hangers, . sounds like it might work, ill give it a whirl.
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:02 pm |
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caddis
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:38 pm Posts: 543 Location: Augusta Co, Va
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crow decoys..
Catfish Hunter...would a white garbage bag with a coat hanger work as a decoy for snow geese????....j/k hey I live rite down the road from ya in Augusta Co....
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Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:37 pm |
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barry
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:44 pm Posts: 2720 Location: Bedford, VA
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crow decoys
Read this somewhere, don't remember where, but they took plastic drink bottles, a mix of 1 liter and 2 liter sizes, painted them black and spread them out for decoys. At least it's cheap, who knows it might work.
barry
_________________ "Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:34 pm |
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Dale
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 am Posts: 1907 Location: Roanoke, VA
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If you kill a crow, use the dead crow as a decoy. Did this very recently on a crow hunt with Big Bird and it was amazing how the live crows honed in on the dead ones. Also know I have used this waterfowl hunting by tucking the head under the wing and laying them out on a sandbar. Especially deadly on geese.
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:22 pm |
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catfish hunter
Poult
Joined: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:14 pm Posts: 8 Location: harrisonburg, VA
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Re: crow decoys..
caddis wrote: Catfish Hunter...would a white garbage bag with a coat hanger work as a decoy for snow geese????....j/k hey I live rite down the road from ya in Augusta Co....
haha, never been goose hunting, so i couldnt tell ya...cheap enough that its worth a shot i guess
where in augusta co. are ya?
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:56 pm |
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 2650 Location: central Va
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Use an owl decoy, then you only need 1. Or cut out some silouettes from cardboard, paint em black maybe slide a piece through a slit in some for 3d effect glue to a clothes pin, clip on a branch and start callin.
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:24 am |
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SCbigten
2 Year Old
Joined: Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:37 pm Posts: 56 Location: Charleston SC
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These are a little cheaper!
these are $12 a piece from Cabela's. In my experience you don't need too many of these.
Not sure this link will work but search for crow decoys.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ ... sults1.jsp
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:52 pm |
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afulle03
Longbeard
Joined: Sun May 15, 2005 2:49 pm Posts: 152 Location: Haysi VA
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Kewl thanks allot,
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:14 am |
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FlatLand Gobbler
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:46 am Posts: 753 Location: Hampton, VA.
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Putting a dead crow out sounds real good. As long as it is one you killed that day. If you killed it last week or last mounth, it could be a bit gross
_________________ Ron
"Turkey hunting, when you knock all the feathers off it, is a game of infinite variables, played on a field of unlimited dimension, against an opponent who doesn't know the rules and wouldn't play by them if he did." ...Jim Spencer
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:39 am |
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Beardedturkey
Poult
Joined: Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:49 am Posts: 19 Location: Northern Virginia
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crow decoy and forum
Actually there is a crow website and forum. It is called crowbusters.com. They have a forum, articles and a store to buy stuff. I have bought some crow decoys from wing supply (they have a web site) i think they cost about 12-15 dollars for three. They are pretty big and are made out of hard plastic. I have also bought some smaller decoys made out of styrofoam from Gander Mountain and i believe they cost about 3-4 dollers per. I also own a mojo crow. You may have seen the mojo duck and goose and it is the same except it is a crow. I hope that helps you out.
Bill
_________________ Beardedturkey
Northern Va.
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Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:01 pm |
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