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From: jimf@ihlpf.ATT.COM (JF)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: hunting crows, etc . Can crows talk??
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Date: 29 Aug 88 13:15:38 GMT
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: James Donndelinger, in article <36223@aero.ARPA:, tells a most
: interesting story about attracting crows with an owl decoy, so as to
: blast them with a shotgun (a good hunter eats what he shoots).
: 
: However, as a fan of crows and other corvids, I'd like to point out
: that all native birds are protected under the federal Migratory Bird
: Act, except game species in season.  If there are any legitimate crow
: seasons these days, I'm unaware of it; correct me if I'm wrong.

I looked it up. Crow season in Illinois is 7/1 - 8/15 and 12/15 - 3/1.
There is no limit on how many can be killed. Since Illinois is largely
agricultural, this season probably arose because crows can do a lot of
damage to cornfields. I've seen tens of thousands of crows sitting in a
cornfield in October. It was a hell of a lot more interesting than the
Republican convention.

Question. Can crows be trained to talk? I heard that they could!