...right after a crow has sounded off?
Personally I don't just because I can't ever remember hearing a hen yelp after I heard a crow. I just figured it was not in the natural scheme of things for a hen to draw a crows attention.
What say yee?
The crows are going so often I never even thought about it. Come to think of it I have never even heard a gobble after a crow screems.
I've heard hens start cutting right after crows sound off, but I don't let it dictate my calling.
I call when it feels right and usually not immediately after some sort of background noise, car horns, jake brakes, crows, owls, crop dusters, and such.
Quote from: Gooserbat on May 18, 2013, 04:16:47 PM
I call when it feels right and usually not immediately after some sort of background noise, car horns, jake brakes, crows, owls, crop dusters, and such.
Ditto
It really just depends if I just yelped few times right before the.crows.started to crow I wouldn't but if I am about ready to call and crows start making noises I will wait for them to stop. To see if I can hear a shock gobble and then call.
Quote from: Gooserbat on May 18, 2013, 04:16:47 PM
I call when it feels right and usually not immediately after some sort of background noise, car horns, jake brakes, crows, owls, crop dusters, and such.
That crop duster did not seem to bother that gobbler in Kansas. Not nearly as much as those Winchester 6's!
no i dont call right after a crow
Never thought about it, but as to hearing a gobble following a crow scolding, I stopped counting at several thousand times over the past 35 years...
mudhen
Crow stories ---
I wont shoot Crows , call it superstition --If you ever watch crows you will notice they wont pass up a chance to give a wild turkey hard time -they fly over and call at them , often times pitching on a limb nearby and giving a extended smack talk
This year on DC ranch I was with Rocky here trying to getting him his grand slam , there was a gobbler hung up behind us he would occasionally gobble , but what would really get him pissed off was this one particular crow that would pitch in a branch 15 foot over his head and do this raw-raw-raw-raw-raw-raw calling , it was like the crow was doing his best gobble imitation , those crows are clever and he had a pretty good gobbler impersonation going on , I think we heard him do it about 10 times , he would fly away then come back 10 minutes latter - the crow would do his raw-raw thing and the gobbler would sound right off giving us a fix on his location in the cypress head behind us - never seen a crow do a gobble impersonation before , Ill try and get it on film if the same crow is in the area next season
Like a parrot can imitate a human voice , I guess Crows can mimic other sounds -I watched a show on TV about the Tower of London I know than one of the Ravens kept there can imitate one of the Yeoman -Guards words - Ravens are closely related to Crows
But any ways quite often when the gobbling settles down , if I hear a crow sounding off in the woods , I interpret that to be the location of a turkey -if a crow flys near me , I stay quiet and still , crows will pick you out and pitch over me and give my location away likewise
eyes in the sky ....
We have so many crows that I don't ever worry about it.
I call when I call. If a crow goes off, and a gobbler hammers back, then I crow call (but NOT hen call) as I work my way in towards him.
Not to get off topic, but as Old Gobbler said, I have seen crows imitating certain sounds including a hen yelping. And they are good at giving up a silent turkeys location at times, enough to the point to really pay attention when they start a ruckus.
With so many crows, I never worry about calling right after one if it's in the natural course of a hunt. But, I can guarantee I am always attentive when a crow or woodpecker calls.
If i am moving i'll stop and listen hard when the crows get really fired up, if i'm still or working one i still listen right after the crow calls.
Quote from: Old Gobbler on May 19, 2013, 01:48:23 PM
never seen a crow do a gobble impersonation before , Ill try and get it on film if the same crow is in the area next season
Like a parrot can imitate a human voice , I guess Crows can mimic other sounds -I watched a show on TV about the Tower of London I know than one of the Ravens kept there can imitate one of the Yeoman -Guards words - Ravens are closely related to Crows
But any ways quite often when the gobbling settles down , if I hear a crow sounding off in the woods , I interpret that to be the location of a turkey -if a crow flys near me , I stay quiet and still , crows will pick you out and pitch over me and give my location away likewise
eyes in the sky ....
I've never heard/seen a crow do that either. But I've been surprised at how well mockingbirds can pick up a kee kee call and repeat it.
The lyre bird is the most impressive imitator in nature. Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSB71jNq-yQ
Quote from: mikejd on May 18, 2013, 04:01:42 PM
The crows are going so often I never even thought about it. Come to think of it I have never even heard a gobble after a crow screems.
Neither have I.