crows legal issue's

[Fl0und3rz]

232-12-005
Predatory birds.
  (1) HUNTING PREDATORY BIRDS:

     (a) It is unlawful to hunt for or take predatory birds without a hunting license except as allowed under RCW 77.36.030.

     (b) Crows and magpies: It is lawful to take crows during established hunting seasons and crows or magpies when found committing or about to commit depredations upon ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance provided that none of the birds, or their plumage, be offered for sale.

I had a post that will not pull up that talked aobut the defintion of depredation... I will try and find it.

Thanks.  I like the bolded parts.  Plant a fruit or shade tree and hang your feeder from that. 

[seth30]

It is hanging from my alder tree which not only provides shade for my home but also provides habitat for the many bird homes that I built, well did.  Every single home there is now vacant and the paint is all but gone from the roofs where the crows have been pecking at it nonstop.

[boneaddict]

I've never seen a crow that wasn't in the act of, on the way to, or on the way back from, an act of depredation.

Thats about the most honest whereto statement I've heard in a long time

[BOWHUNTER45]

pellet gun ...depressor ...no problems 

[seth30]

I will be buying one on payday

[BOWHUNTER45]

I will clue you in a little .... if you wound one  :chuckle be propared for and all out war ....you might want a semi auto pellet gun 

[seth30]

 Been there and done that will my 12 gauge last december

[Fishaholic]

With crows I would shoot first and ask questions later.   

Is anyone really going to care if a crow dies?   

i go chewed out by some Green anti hunter people for shooting crows.


and yes i would think you could shoot them because you didn't put the feed out for them and they are eating  the food to put out for the other birds

[bobcat]

i got chewed out by some Green anti hunter people for shooting crows.

    

[Carnivore]

I will clue you in a little .... if you wound one  :chuckle be propared for and all out war ....you might want a semi auto pellet gun 

When you shoot one be prepared for the sky to fill with them.  They seem to come in flocks when one of their own gets wounded or killed.

[KFhunter]

buddy of mine was over at the house the other day, wanted to see the new foxpro
 
 
so I stuck a crow decoy at the back of the yard and fired up crow distress - good fun - lot of rukus and disturbed all the neighbors
 
had a lot of crows circling the house all pissed off

[h2ofowlr]

I will clue you in a little .... if you wound one  :chuckle be propared for and all out war ....you might want a semi auto pellet gun 

When you shoot one be prepared for the sky to fill with them.  They seem to come in flocks when one of their own gets wounded or killed.

This only happens until you knock of the next one and they witness it.  Then it's every crow for there own.  They are smart critters.  I raised one in H.S.  I think the smartest bird I was ever around.  I would just be discrete about it and take care of the depredation problem.

[uplandhunter870]

if you do kill a crow in said act of depredation and it falls dead on your property i would strongly suggest you get it disposed of quickly

one dead crow equals lots of live crows investigating

shot one out of my dads cherries last summer with my 410 broke both wings and it went squawking and bawking through the orchard as i tried to chase it down and finish it, by the time i got it i had 20 more overhead and boy were they pissed after it was said and done i was out of shells and we didnt see another crow all summer

[MadHatter]

I shot a crow rooting in the garden one year and missed the body and broke its wing.  It ran off into the thick brush before I could cycle my bolt.  This happened to be at a family members house and I had to leave the next day...  Knowing how smart they are I felt really bad about not killing it... That damn bird lived for 5 more years as a flightless crow until it met a log truck that it couldn't outrun on the highway.  It managed to outsmart me hunting it for all those years as well.  I eventually gave up and let it be, if it had enough will and smarts to live without being able to fly it had my admiration.  Haven't shot a crow since, and still feel bad about that one...

Now their cousin the starling... I take out every one I can get a shot off on...

[j.galloway]

Now their cousin the starling... I take out every one I can get a shot off on...

There have been a ton of starlings around here lately, though unfortunately they hang around city limits. The biggest group lives at/near the school 

I didn't mind them that much until they dive bombed my truck
one even hit the drivers side door handle too, just 20 seconds before I was going to open it.