Show smart crow often has to fight other birds but he always calls for help the natural enemy of the crow is the hawk blackbirds bluebirds swallows and at times robins will fight them viciously however the crow is is smart smarter than most of the feathered world in that he will fight only when backed by a company of his kind virtually all other birds and animals hunt alone the T he crow will feed alone but when trouble arises he begins cawing for help and a whole platoon of his companions is soon on the scene to help because of these gang methods however the crow furnishes excellent sport tor for the shooter because he is easily de coyed anyone armed with a crow call can have excellent sport calling and shooting the black robbers there are several ways in which to hunt them advises a writer in the chicago daily news A stuffed or live hawk or owl is an excellent decoy the decoy should be placed in the open and the gunner should hide in nearby near by woods then he should blow his crow call lustily ile he soon is rewarded by the approach of crows another method is to locate a roost where the crows corne come in by the thousands for the night this takes some time and quite elaborate preparations once the roost is located the shooter should watch the line of flight of the crows and build himself a blind in a woods or field in line with this flight then around the blind he should stake out decoy crows silhouettes or stuffed imitations of the black birds when the flight to the roost starts in the afternoon the shoo shooter ter occupies the blind calls lustily at the approach of the crows and decoys and kills them much as a hunter kills waterfowl crows conservation departments declare are excellent eating |