aircraft grade aluminum billet instead of 6061 T6 that is routinely used. The 7075 aluminum is much stronger and harder than 6061 and would seem to be the logical choice. Inside the barrel, a 1 in 16" twist Chromalloy steel button rifl ed barrel liner is affi xed in place and fea- tures a recessed 11-degree target crown. Clint offers ½" x 28 threaded barrels so that suppressors can be used. The barrel shanks are oversize 0.001" to allow for a perfect fi t for any receiver. I opted for a 16" barrel that weighs only 24 ounces. To offer the crows a new chorus
of sounds, I set up my Johnny Stewart wireless PM-4 Preymaster digital caller. Hunters Specialties greatly improved the Preymaster caller by making the base unit wireless. The remote caller can operate at ranges of 100 yards or more. I have been able to extend this range farther in wide-open country. The base unit has three slots which offers you ac- cess to 12 digitally remastered original Johnny Stewart sounds. Each memory card holds four sounds. Three different memory cards of crow sounds are avail- able. Although it was not as loud as the FoxPro caller, I had no trouble luring in crows. This lightweight caller is easy to carry and is very affordable. A nice feature, which I utilized all the time, was a 10-ft. speaker cord. This allows you to place the speaker off the ground while the base unit remains on the ground. Having the speaker at an elevated level defi nitely increased the distance that the sound traveled. As I settled into my ground blind,
I cranked the setting of my scope to 10 power. This allowed me to thread the bullet through the various dead limbs in search of the crow’s vitals, and yet it still offered me a view of the surround- ings. I decided to start my calling with a mourning call. This usually brings in their brethren like nothing else can. They seem to be hell-bent on helping out their fallen comrades. I try not to use one particular call for an extended period of time. The crows seem to get smart in quick fashion and therefore I try to mix up my calls. After I quit using one call, I will just sit and listen to see if I can hear any crows around me. After a short rest period, I resume calling. Within a few moments the fi rst
crow landed in the highest point in the tree. I noticed something odd about the crow’s mouth and cranked the scope up
Crow looking down at decoy setup.
to 20 power. Evidently, I had lured the crow from a pecan tree because a pecan protruded from his beak. I quickly put down the rifl e and picked up my Nikon camera that already had my 300mm telephoto lenses attached. I quickly took a couple of pictures, picked up the rifl e, and then aimed my crosshairs on the center of his chest. With a dull thud, the crow plummeted to earth … with the pecan still nestled in his beak. It had been almost 15 minutes since I shot the fi rst crow and boredom was beginning to set in. My attention began to wane until I heard the distinctive “caw-caw.” Unbeknownst to me, a crow had landed and was mourning the loss of his fallen comrades. I waited a few moments to see if his actions would lure in any other crows. Nothing appeared and I quickly dispatched him before he had a chance to fl y away. The morning had begun slowly and I decided to change
tactics by switching to a crow gather- ing call. I called for almost 10 minutes, ready to give up, when the faint sound of an approaching crow reached my ear. I eagerly awaited his arrival, with my suppressed .22 LR already pointed in the direction of his call. He landed on a limb on the far right side of the tree. Before I could place my crosshairs on him, another crow landed on the opposite side of the tree. I decided to shoot the fi rst crow and see the reaction of the second crow. As the Winchester truncated hollow-point drilled him, the other crow took fl ight. After a brief circle of the tree, the second crow landed back in its original spot and was quickly dispatched. The slow action of the morning dispelled my hopes of another “yesterday.” I tried a “young crow in distress” as my last ditch effort. I called for almost ten minutes without a single response. Just as I started to turn off the
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