Non traditional birds for training?

[fabsroman]

I used crows to train Nitro the first year I got him. He was retrieving them at 4 and 5 months old. Set up the caller and started shooting. For a portion of the time I let my dad be the only shooter while I worked with Nitro. Can't wait until my kids are older and I can get back to some more serious hunting and dog training.

One of the prior members on here, the name of which escapes me right now, warned me against using crows because they are essentially raptors with hooked beaks that could poke out Nitro's eye. Nitro might have even gotten poked by one, because I saw him shake the stuffing out of one of them. Needless to say, he still has both eyes and we have shot crows a couple more times after that.

[Mr. 16 gauge]

One of the prior members on here, the name of which escapes me right now, warned me against using crows because they are essentially raptors with hooked beaks that could poke out Nitro's eye.

That could have very well been me.....I have the scars on my hands from a couple of "Not-so-dead" crows that I went to pick up and finish off....they had other ideas! Black bastards actually drew blood! I don't mess around with that anymore.....take the .22 pistol and finish them off with that.

I wasn't planning on taking her, but rather bringing the crows home (after making sure they are completely, not merely, .....and certrifiably DEAD!) and using them for yard training.

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by Mr. 16 gauge

That could have very well been me.....I have the scars on my hands from a couple of "Not-so-dead" crows that I went to pick up and finish off....they had other ideas! Black bastards actually drew blood! I don't mess around with that anymore.....take the .22 pistol and finish them off with that.

I wasn't planning on taking her, but rather bringing the crows home (after making sure they are completely, not merely, .....and certrifiably DEAD!) and using them for yard training.

Nope, it definitely was not you. I cannot remember the person's screen name, but if I saw it I would remember it. It was quite a while ago, but the guy posted in this forum quite often, I know his first name off the top of my head, and he and I exchanged quite a few e-mails. Unless you changed your screen name, it wasn't you.

Me, I have never had an issue with a crow pecking me because I have rarely picked one of them up.