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Almost to pretty to cut down. Strawberry OG. And NO Big it isn't photo opted....

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hey now , I know I sold you a can of that red plant spray , I see you finally got the hang of it...


some of my earlier experiments...


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Graywolf - I admire crows & ravens. I consider them as chess players who beat me 99.9% of the time.
I hunt crows (in Pa - Fri,Sat,& Sun are legal hunting days). I hunt the forests- not farmers fields where huge murders of crows gather.

I carry a 12ga shotgun, a plastic Great Horned owl that I bought at Walmart for $14, and I use ecalls & mouth calls. Gotta dress in full camo including camo gloves and facemask. They can see my ***** skin from 1/2 mile away.

I start out with a crow call - and oftentimes a crow will respond from a distance. They always do a fly bye because they are such a curious critter. If setup is right, I will use owl call with the plastic owl placed on the ground within shooting distance. Along with the owl - I have a full feathered crow decoy that I bought as a Halloween decor item years ago. I lay the crow on the ground next to the owl while blaring owl-vs-crow fight calls.

The target crow will often focus on the ensuing battle and his fallen comrade and roar into the area like a hot F15 fighter jet.

bang bang - I usually get two shots out of the pump12ga. More times than not - I miss.
Don't matter to me - I just love the long walks and the nature show.

Ravens have started to re-populate this area. On several occaisions, I have had a raven follow me along as I fished a mountain trout stream. The noises they make almost sound like they are speaking words.
One day I caught a small shiner and noticed the raven staring at me from a near by tree branch. I bonked the fish and laid it in a rock. I backed off a bit and within minutes that Raven swooped in for a free meal.. He gave a thank you caw as he flew off.

I have to look into the book you are reading... I think I will enjoy it greatly.

p.s.
a lesson on water displacement:


What a wonderfully smart birdie.

Two things about crows in my life:

When I was a little kid back in the 40's, we were in Upstate New York at someone's house and they had a crow in a huge outdoor cage. It could talk.

I was told to ask him his name. The crow said quite clearly: "I'm Jimmy!"

"What are you?" was my next prompt. "I'm a crow!" Then he said, "I'm Jimmy the crow!"

Second crow thingy was when I was up a tree deer hunting in Northrin Floriduh. A HUGE racket of crows suddenly descended all around me. All screaming and chasing an owl. The owl landed about 20 feet away and tried to hide in a crotch.

The crows tore the pore bastage all to pieces. Never saw anything like it again.
 

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