Hello everyone,
being new to this site I'd like to introduce myself. I am 38 years old and have been hunting for the last 26 years. First as a kid with my dad, on my 18th birthday I got my own license. Having said that, I am relatively new to hunting crows with decoys. Last year was my first season hunting with decoys, and it was a very interesting season. Crow hunting to me is not only very challenging but also extremely important to protect our wildlife. Unfortunately I have no chance to hunt Crows nearby (where I hunt in Germany it's only wild boar and deer) so I have to travel for two hours to hunt with friends in Bavaria in their hunting areas which we call "Revier". I hope to get some info here on the subject, but I'd also like to share some experience - which will not all be first hand from me but also from crow hunting friends in germany. With the end of the season here, the next couple of months will be spent on stocking up on decoys and some DIY improvements on them. As soon as the DIY session starts I'll try to post pics and info on how to do it. I want to make the decoys more durable, add motion and add some gimmics to enable me to use every decoy as sentinel as well as the usual deke on a stick. I am already looking forward to the summer and the opportunity to put my new gear into use. It's quite interesting to see the difference between hunting crows in Germany and the US, I am looking forward to finding out which tactics work on both sides of the Atlantic. So much for now, I hope to talk to you guys soon.
Regards, Zeddicus
Welcome to the site, I look forward to lots of pictures and reports from your side of the globe... please feel free to post in any of the other forums as well..
we have a crow DIY section, and as a tinkerer and a person that likes to modify everything; I would like to see what you come up with...
Hi again,
thanks for the friendly welcome.
Our season is over, so it's time for creativity, improvements and stocking up on stuff! I am sure this will be fun. Since you have mentioned DIY... I am in the process of doing a bit of that at the moment.
How about a decoy that's cheap(ish), durable and versatile? One that serves as sentinel, motion or stationary decoy? As soon as all the pics are taken I'll load it up. When I have my blind back, pictures of that will be next.
Once the dekes are up I'll start asking LOTS of questions :)
All the best and Waidmannsheil,
Zeddicus