what do crows eat

[mtherabbthuntr]

I keep getting crows in my corn feilds and I would like to keep them away by baiting them some were else

[Triple B]

anything and everything. crows are opprotunistic feeders as are most corvids, but depending on your location and time of year will show preferences in food selection. they are omnivorious and will feed on everything from carion ,to nuts and berries, to trash from dumpsters. why do you want them gone?

[Bgunit68]

We have an overpopulation of crows in this area. We hunt on two local dairy farms. Both farmers have asked us to shoot as many as we can while rabbit hunting. The last year they have been destroying his crops. We went one better. One weekend we'll hunt crows. The next we'll hunt yotes in the am and rabbits in the afternoon. Most of the crows we shoot have their crops full of corn. The farmer loves us. So do the hawks and coyotes. They eat a lot of the crows we shoot. You see? Everybody is happy, well, except the crows.

[irdaniel]

Crows will eat items that will make a possums gag!

[AlpineArcher24]

Maybe look into inviting a couple skilled crow hunters to your property

[dfisher]

Crows eat a lot of different things. Seen them eating dead, winter killed fish at lakes, carrion long road sides, grain, bird eggs and baby birds...the list goes on. Old farmers say they like to get in a newly emerging cornfield and pull up the new shoots of corn to get the seed. I don't know if this is true but I wouldn't put it past them.

Dan

[gentleman4561]

They love corn. But will eat pretty much anything they can get their hands on.

[maukwa]

We have an overpopulation of crows in this area. We hunt on two local dairy farms. Both farmers have asked us to shoot as many as we can while rabbit hunting. The last year they have been destroying his crops. We went one better. One weekend we'll hunt crows. The next we'll hunt yotes in the am and rabbits in the afternoon. Most of the crows we shoot have their crops full of corn. The farmer loves us. So do the hawks and coyotes. They eat a lot of the crows we shoot. You see? Everybody is happy, well, except the crows.

You will be a grub on the other side and the crows will hunt you.....

You are upsetting the balance by shooting these creatures that you do not need for food and who are not threatening your life....

http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/a_closer_l ... crows.html

[Bob Aronsohn]

Crows eat corn, milo, soybeans, sunflower seeds, mellons, pecans, frogs, baby ducks, baby song birds, baby upland birds, turtle eggs, and much more.

Bob A.

[ZenZappa]

Big Bad Crow Hunter with your guns that all you have to do is point and shoot and call yourself a hunter. Crows are mythic creatures linked to the richness of the land and the Natives that lived here before you. You have no honor.

[Bob Aronsohn]

Dear Zen,

You let your mouth run without even knowing me. Are we just a bit judgemental here!

I can tell by your asinine statements that you have never picked up a shotgun in your whole life.

As far as me having no honor, there you go again, talking about something you know nothing about.

Bob Aronsohn

[buckseye]

They will eat anything that don't eat them first. I suppose a little of this and a little of that so there really is no way to bait them into giving up the variety they now enjoy.

[Lt.monkeybutt]

I use Expensive steak, Beef Porterhouse Steaks, and Beef Rib Roast, They Love it.

[alleyyooper]

Mickey Dees cheese buger and fries I was told. But if your in an area with dump chickens (sea gulls) you will get to see a good fight.

Al

[deerblazer93]

You will be a grub on the other side and the crows will hunt you.....

You are upsetting the balance by shooting these creatures that you do not need for food and who are not threatening your life....

wtf , are u another one of them tree huggin hippies , i would come out to this guys feild and shoot till i ran out of ammo

[deerblazer93]

Dear Zen,

You let your mouth run without even knowing me. Are we just a bit judgemental here!

I can tell by your asinine statements that you have never picked up a shotgun in your whole life.

As far as me having no honor, there you go again, talking about something you know nothing about.

Bob Aronsohn

what is with ZEN and maukwa they obviously dont hunt or they would relize we are doing more good than anything!!!!!!!!!

[kvernum3]

crows will eat just about anything.

[buckseye]

They like eyeballs!!!

[mallykiller]

hahahahha zenzappa and maukwa are ridiculous........ this site is for hunters not for crybaby tree huggers....your on the wrong site I think you meant to go onto www.peta.com, go and find some friends there

[fuzznuts]

Crows like fresh dog poop. So do your neighbors a favor in the evenings and get yourself an extended dust pan and a spade and pickup the neighborhood. If your really hard up for some dog poop, get ahold of the humane society bet they would love to bring you over a truck load. After you've gathered all the poop you can get, buy a can of corn and dump that on top of it....now take it out to your favorite hunting spot, hopefully your upwind from it, you'll figure that out soon enough....

[Anntelope]

A single family of crows can consume 40,000 grubs, caterpillars, army worms, and other insects in one nesting season. Twenty percent of the Eastern crow's diet consists of insects that are generally considered pests by gardeners and farmers. Though crows do eat corn, the grain does not make up a large percentage of their diet, and the amount of corn they consume is offset by the good they do for crops by eating damaging insects and larvae.

Crows are good citizens of their ecosystem; their seed transport and storage contribute to the maintenance, renewal, and spread of forests, thereby stemming soil erosion. And their habit of eating carrion makes them nature's cleanup crew.