Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: loefflerchuck on February 12, 2015, 10:05:37 pm
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I heard that for the first time they allowed crow to be shot in Utah. I know everything is illegal in California, but is it now legal to use crow feathers on arrows elsewhere?
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There is a crow season like dove season but I still think it falls under the Migratory Game Act.
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Interesting question. I'll call dwr tomorrow and let you know Chuck.
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Crows, magpies, coyotes... open season year round. Ravens and seagulls... off limits.
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There is a crow season like dove season but I still think it falls under the Migratory Game Act.
Im not sure they migrate Eddie? Ours stay put year round.
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That was the big fight here Chris. They are federally protected, yet Utah had the first season for them this last fall, and again in January. They only had 2 reports of crows being taken during the first season.
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We have gobs of them and can shoot them, I believe, 10 months out of the year.
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Yea pretty much open season on them here in Ohio...cant imagine it being an issue on something you can legally harvest..
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Thanks everyone. Mullet I think your right. Probably pretty lax unless you try to sell them.
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Legal to hunt in Missouri too, November through March--as many as you can.
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Technically, although crows are a migratory bird, they are not considered a migratory game bird. Each state can set its own rules for killing/hunting crows. Its also legal to possess, but not sell or trade the feathers.
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From what a Federal officer told me was they were put under the Migratory Game Act in a deal with Mexico to help protect Dove. I guess they tightened regulations in Mexico shooting dove if the US would regulate crows?
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Crows are the vector species for West Nile Virus. I don't want to have anything to do with them.
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We made crow a game bird at Mexico's request. They treat doves as a pest, we know crows are a pest. Because of crows being regulated here you have to treat them as game. No sale.
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There you go, I new it was something like that. Thanks, Chief.
Adam, we don't have a choice down here, plenty of crows at the garbage dump and a lot more mosquito's then crows.
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Crows are the vector species for West Nile Virus. I don't want to have anything to do with them.
But it is the mosquito that will give you the West Nile Virus, not the crow.
This is one of those where you will want to contact your local resources. And it wouldn't hurt to ask several different sources, too!
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After it's bitten a crow with the virus...
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Eddie is on point with why we have a crow season in the states. It is federally protected to appease Mexico in North American migratory birds.
As long as the crows are harvested during a legal season and with legal equipment, then the feathers are fine to use for fletching.
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As long as it's not a rapor you canuse it.
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Not quite right, Roy. You can't use any native song birds, only legally obtained game birds.
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Ravens and seagulls are protected as well.
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Hmmm... I didn't know that Mexico influenced our laws on crows. That's interesting.
There are crow feathers for sale in ebay that are harvested in the UK. To have them shipped here they have to pass customs. Has anyone ever ordered these? Any problems? I'm just curious.
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In Wyoming you can shoot crows, but not ravens or magpies! So the saying goes "if it hits the ground dead, its a crow"! We have a real problem with the loss of numbers of sage chickens and the oil companies get the blame for building roads across breeding grounds. The sad thing is you can not protect one species without causing real problems with others. The crows and especially the ravens eat the sage chicken eggs and as there are millions of them the natural balance is upset. I have not had much luck with crow feathers for arrows. Joe
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I don't know about from the UK to the US, but you can't ship wild bird feathers from the US to Canada.
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Here's a link to the original memo on the proposal for a crow season by the US Fish and Wildlife service in 1973. It explains some of the birds involved with this new proposal.
http://www.fws.gov/news/Historic/NewsReleases/1973/19730204.pdf
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So the answer is yes. You can use crow feathers in an arrangement and send it to the white house to be used for a gala. But I would not.
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OK since we can only hunt crows on Thursday Friday,and Saturday in Ohio, does that mean I can only use them on my arrows those days ? >:D :laugh:
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California has a 124 day crow season with a daily bag limit of 24 with the exception of a few areas
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Here in Michigan the seasons are August and September/February and March, unless nuisance or health hazard. Feathers would be legal for fletching, not sure if you could sell them. It seems like they would be pretty short.
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So the saying goes "if it hits the ground dead, its a crow"! Love that Joe. ;) :) You can shoot them anytime in TN. Guess I could use them for fletching, but only when I run out of Primary Turkey feathers in the left wing version. picky picky I know. ;) ;D ;D ;D
Pappy
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In Wyoming you can shoot crows, but not ravens or magpies! So the saying goes "if it hits the ground dead, its a crow"! We have a real problem with the loss of numbers of sage chickens and the oil companies get the blame for building roads across breeding grounds. The sad thing is you can not protect one species without causing real problems with others. The crows and especially the ravens eat the sage chicken eggs and as there are millions of them the natural balance is upset. I have not had much luck with crow feathers for arrows. Joe
A little off topic but I read that one of the reason the ravens/crows eat so many game bird eggs is from the over grazing by cattle. The over grazing lets the birds see the eggs much easier. IDK - might be true, might be bunk.
Patrick