Each year we hunt at about 5 different landfills and at every one we go to there are the smaller rain crows hanging out there at least three to one of the common crows. Why the difference? Anybody have an opinion?
I know that I had said previously that I do not hunt much alone, but yesterday I rode to our local landfill and saw a bunch of Rain Crows buzzing around and with only today and Friday left in our season I had to try em.. If any of you have ever tried to shoot the smaller rain crows you know how hard it is to get them to commit. You start calling and they all come at once and if you are lucky you can kill a few or four before they soar straight up and circle at an altitude of 200+ feet screaming all the while. I called sparingly every 10-15 minutes and managed to kill 17 of the little rascals and 3 common crows that came in as solo pilots to attack my decs.
I have heard of bug-eyed before but this guy takes it to a new level. Looks like a boot heel might have been the culprit here? Would make a great screen saver.
Personnally I think the practices at the larger landfills have reduced the number of crows around them. Garbage is managed and quickly covered with giant plastic tarps to prevent rain water from running through it reducing the size of the buffet table. Employees fire arial bird bombs all day 6 days a week to deter seagull but it is much more effective in harrassing the crows. Dumps don't produce crows like this once did in these parts, not even close.
NH good to hear from you!!!! Here in the South, at least in my area the trucks dump the garbage and the equipment covers it with dirt pretty quick, no tarps. Seagulls by the thousands still buzzing around. They do put some type of heavy plastic when the landfill is started and pipe under the first layer of dirt and they extract methane gas from the biodegradable garbage. Ahead in some areas behind in others. Crows are still in good numbers around them but 90% rains.
