Crow Busters

Photo Gallery

Below are photos provided by successful members. If you wish to have your favorite photo posted here, email a scanned image to staff@crowbusters.com or mail a photo to:

Crow Busters
P.O. Box 6322
Timonium, MD 21093

Please include your name, membership number, date of hunt and any interesting details about the hunt. Note: Please send a copy of your photo, we are not able to return any photos. Thanks.

 
 
 

Member "Coot" Connelly from Central New York and the results of a successful hunt.  While we don't endorse his field handling of dead birds, we do applaud his enthusiasm.

 
 
 
  Member Gary Clawson's son Alex from Lenoir, S.C. after an 18 degree hunt in late January. They hunted for one hour and took 20 crows with a 20 gauge Franchi. That's an average of one crow every three minutes. Not bad!  
 
 
 

Member Lee Abrahart (Great Britain) with a mixture of Carrion Crows, Rooks and Jackdaws, all shot on a pig farm in southern England. It's true, variety is the spice of life!

 
 
 
  Member Keith McNealand friends after his town's crow shoot near the PA/NY border. The shoot usually involves 20-25 two man teams. Nice teamwork Keith and quite a crew you've got there!
 
 
 
 
 

Member Stephen DeCourcy after a 5 bird kill with a total kill count of 23. Pretty impressive considering he used a Gamo Hunter with scope and use the Gamo "Raptor" pellets.

 
 
 
 

Member Mark Wolfe after their last crow hunt of the 05-06 season. It is Mark and and his brother in the picture and they scratched a Wisconsin limit (30) on the very last day of the season! Nice way to end the year!

 
 
 
  Member Randy Troiani Jr. and his Dad after a great shoot at a feeding setup in northeast PA. After listening to Bob's instructional CD and using a Gibson call, they took nearly 80 birds. Beautiful!  
 
 
  Member Bob Jacobson after a desert hunt in the spring of 2006 using, believe it or not, cardboard cutout decoys. Most of us think of the desert as having few crows. Guess we were wrong!  
 
 
 

Member Barry Klaasen after a March crow hunt with friend Stan Alphenaar. The count is obvious!

 
 
 
 

Member David Beck, a duck hunter for a few years, shot this crow but missed his buddy as they came to visit his horse pastures in Starks, Louisiana. He says that he was surprised at how challenging a sport this is. Keep at it Dave. 

 
 
 
 

Member James Marks with the successful results of a feeding setup. He uses a E-caller to get them in and then turns it off and goes to the hand call. Whatever you're doing Jim, it works!

 
 
 
  Member Michael Kurtz after his first hunt of the season, September 24, 2005. He used a feeding setup in a corn field, but it was an extremely slow day.  
 
 
 

Member Ted Chick of Manitoba, Canada shot 17 crows in just under a half hour on September 23rd 2005. These birds were feeding in a sunflower field near his home. Ted says "Sorry guys, 17 less crows are going to cross the border this fall!" That's OK Ted, I expect we will prevent a few from coming back your way as well.

 
 
 
  Member Zane Garrett after an October hunt  in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He used an e-caller and hand calls to bring them in, no decoys. Nice goin'.  
 
 
 

Member Paul Temple from the Midlands, United Kingdom shot these crows with his 12 gauge Beretta al39. He says that he has a great decoy frame that never fails, 20 minutes for this lot! Works 200% better with a dead rabbit! Paul, we believe you!

 
 
 
  Member Renny Gilliland shot this East Texas bird with a Gamo Shadow 1000 pellet rifle. Renny and his friend Kevin dropped 11 the same month in four evening hunts. Who says you need to make a lot of noise to kill crows!  
 
 
  Member Dan Sherwood after his first hunt of the season in upstate NY took 104 crows using a feeding setup. If this is his first hunt, we can't wait to see his season total!  
 
 
  Member Robert Bingel knocked this last crow of the season down on March 18, 2005. We know how you feel Bob!  
 
 
  Member Jim Rudd on a California hunt in March of 2005 took the limit of (24) birds hunting out of Grape Vineyards. Nice limit!  
 
 
  Member Massimo Venzin of Switzerland took these fine Imperial Crows using his 12 gauge Beretta double in the Mesolcina valley near a small city named Lostallo. All we can say is that we wish we had a few of those Imperial Crows on this side of the Atlantic.  
 
 
  Member Graham [froggy] Holbrough was shooting on the Scottish borders
using a couple of tips that he got off the site and of course his Buster 2. Glad we could help.
 
 
 
  Member Randy Spencer and a couple of crow hunting buddies, Bryan and Grant. They were hunting in western KY, the Peabody Wildlife Area using his Buster 2. He said that he called many crows, shot many times, however only managed to bring down 5 crows. We know just how you feel Randy!  
 
 
 

Member Jeffrey Olsavicky and his winning team in a local competition. Nice shooting and nice picture.

 
 
 
  Member John Blair, Jr. marches to a different drum and hunts with a Marlin 917V in .17HMR. Apparently he shot at this crow, missed and then the bird made a fatal mistake and returned to the same branch (simulated in red). Nice shot John, but we especially like your choice of stock decorations.  
 
 
 

Trev Hawkins shot this bag early one morning on a nearby farm in Lincolnshire, England. He says that his guest and himself have shot over 2,000 crows in about six months. All we can say is "bloody good shooting!"

 
 
 
  Member Rich Fry's gang has taken 100+ birds six years in a row on opening day in Illinois. Here is Joe Tanaglia and Curly Sommers with 128 of 153 day.  
 
 
 

Member Phil B. Barbetta after a state land hunt near Litchfield CT in November of 2004. Great day...overcast...cool but not cold and lots of action!!!

 
 
 
  Member Skip Deckman used his "Walking and Distress Calling" technique to bag this nice double pair in an hour before work.  
 
 
 

Eddie Menegazzo with his first crow shot with a .410. This crow was shot in Putman county, NY. Congratulations Eddie!

 
 
 
  Member Stan Stewart managed to bag 2 crows with one shot while hunting in Upstate NY. Two crows landed on the other side of an alfalfa field 285 yards away and he shot at the one on the left, only to be surprised when a crow to his right dropped also.  He is not sure whether it was from the concussion or a bullet fragment, but he suspects just bad luck!  
 
 
 

Here are the results of a mid-western crow hunt by member John Voehl. Nice pile!

 
 
 
  Member Mike McCutcheon poses with with regular crow huntin' partner Chuck Andre and his son Shawn on a cold day in Finger Lakes, N.Y. That's dedication to the sport boys!  
 
 
 

Member Mike Carr poses with 40 of the 62 crows he shot one day near Clinton, N.J. Nice work!

 
 
 
  Member Byron Rice after a successful winters day Ohio crow hunt. He was assisted by his black lab who retrieved every one of them. Handy dog!  
 
 
 

Member Gene Barth (right) with friend Bud Housel with 45 crows taken in Southern Maryland. Note the use of a mounted fox to aggravate the birds. Seems to work well.

 
 
 
  Member Jim Ligda (left) and friend from Indiana after his best crow hunt ever. Nice going Jim!  
 
 
  Member Joe Tanaglia (friend of Rich Fry above) with 40 of a 225 bird shoot in Illinois. Joe says this is the best single day shoot for the "Hunt'n'Fry'M" gang. Wow!  
 
 
  Member Rod Straight (right) and hunting partner Perry Hewett (prairie dog) on one of their first hunts for crows near his home in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Rod says he found them passing a friends gravel pit. He waited and picked a fight with them on their return trip.  
 
 
  Member Joe Perkins took these five birds with my NEF 17.HMR at Hatfield, Arkansas. He says that he is very impressed with this new rimfire cartridge. We are too!  
 
 
 

Member Mark Guerin took this beauty while duck hunting with his new side-by-side. He says that he had a load of #4 steel in at the time.

 
 
 
  Member Robert Scott used the "Run and Gun" technique to take this fine collection of birds. What's more impressive is that he did it all with a .22.  
 
 
 

Member Larry Haire Jr (right) highest total ever in one day after hunting a pecan orchard in Warren County, Georgia. Nice display Larry, we can't wait to see it when your break 100.

 
 
 
  Member Chris Reinhart of Pennsylvania took these crows on the last Sunday of the season in a harvested pumpkin field on a very windy day. He also managed to drop this piebald crow. Nice hat too!  
 
 
 

Member Will Trout (left) and friend after the results of a successful evening hunt.

 
 
 
Member Nick Fowler (right) of Colorado with a few of the local birds. In the center is first time hunter Brad. Thanks for passing along the sport Nick.
 
 
 

Members Bob Irving and Reg Van Meter with the successful results of a hunt in an East Texas pecan orchard. These boys have some serious crow bustin' gear!.

 
 
 
  Members Jeff Schneider and Jerry Tomlin (and friends) after a hunt in a Georgia pecan orchard. Check out the empties surrounding the blind!  
 
 
 

Member Doug Schutter with two 12 year old boys on their first crow hunt in a corn field in Southern Michigan. Thanks for keeping the sport alive Doug!

 
 
 
  Member Björn Backeby of Alfta Sweden after a morning in the "hide" as he calls it. Check out the Grey Back Crows.  
 
 
 

Member and firearms instructor Mike McNally shows that he knows how to successfully use those firearms when hunting the black bandit. Mike says he has been hunting crows for over 30 years. It sure shows!

 
 
 
  Member Michael Pajonk with a nice line of woods shot crows taken in Southern New York. Mike says these crows all responded to a hand call.  
 
 
 

Member Kent Lidström busted these Greyback crows on an August hunt in Sweden. Looks like Kent armed himself well for this hunt.

 
 
 
  Member Mike Rawlings with 140+ birds after a winter morning shoot at a Wyoming feed lot (note owl decoy on top). Nice method of decorating those hay bales Mike!
 
  Member Mike Rawlings after a successful feed lot shoot using the extended "Metro Barrel". He said that it worked well and didn't scare the sheep, calves or even the crows.  
 
 
 

This nice pile of crows was taken by member Gary Mrozek during the first week of the Minnesota crow season. Gary says that he has been using motion decoys in his setups and it sure shows.

 
 
 
  Member Jeff Curtis of Blairsville, GA with a crow he believes had the West Nile Virus (notice the condition of the birds neck and head). Jeff say that he has taken a couple of other birds in this condition.  

 

These Greyback Crows were taken at a landfill site in Northern Ireland by member George Wilson. He says that they are slightly smaller than the American crow but act the same as all crows.

 
 
 
 

Showing a big smile, here is a photo of one of our youngest members Ross Taylor of Lees Summit, Missouri and his first crow. Ross's dad Rick Taylor is also a member as well as his uncle Logan. Nice to have the entire family involved in our sport.

 
 
 
 

Member Mark Schaller of Northern Michigan took these crows using a Crow Distress call and full choked 12 gauge 870 Remington. Looks like a good use of his Ghillie suit.

 
 
 
Long time member Adam Watkowski with the day's harvest of his late season honey hole located in York County, Pennsylvania.

Member Patrick Harris never left his house to knock down these 13 birds. He hid in his garage and cranked up the Johnny Stewart tapes.


Member Jim Cook of Columbia, MO after a great hunt on Super Bowl Sunday. Jim managed to drop 18 birds and still make in back for the Super Bowl party.

Member Dave Weirs from Michigan managed to drop two birds with one shot from his varmint rig. Dave says they were both feeding on a carcass.


Member George Minor and his ultimate tribute to our organization. We appreciate his lifelong commitment to Crow Busters. Ouch!

Member Dennis Cross (who is confined to a wheelchair) uses his friends military jeep to hunt crows from. He says he backs the whole rig in deep brush and hangs the speaker from the 50 cal. I think we just found the official Crow Busters hunting rig! 

Member Ed Thompson and Donnie Poe of St. Marys County, MD, and the results of a successful hunt.  Nice blind work boys!


Crow Staff Advisor Bob Aronsohn of Hutchinson, Kansas managed to take an unbelievable 285 crows this day. Hey Bob, do you think you could save a few for the rest of us?

Member Shareque Haque (the Crowminator) on the right with his buddies the Crow-Magnum and the Incrownacion after taking a bonus crow on a Mexican dove hunt. Note the sporty headgear made from a few wing feathers.


Member Tom Jones of Fruitland Maryland with 82 birds after a hunt with Crow Busters Co-Founder Doug Wigfield. Tom sure looks serious about his crow hunting.

Member Kim Bolin (the Bushwacker) of Mulberry, Arkansas and the "Crownies" on the last day of the 2000 season. Some speculate that Kim's proud displaying of the Crow Busters logo has increased his kill ratio.