Favorite caliber for shooting crows?

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Mo Lassis

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Just was talking with a couple friends and wanted to see what y'all thought about it. Obviously on the wing I like a shotgun, but what about shooting the sentries or the ones in a field as you are out.
 
I've had alot of trouble with crows... every time i line one up and pull the trigger with a 243 they just vanish in a puff of feathers, I think they can teleport.....
 

Here's a short video I did a few years ago. I have used the .17 HMR quite a lot but also a 6x45, 223 and 243.





 
Mo Lassis, I am planning on getting a CZ 455 American in .17 HMR for crow/varmint sniping after doing some reading about it.

6mm06, just curious as to why don't you shoot the V-max bullets when sniping from tree tops? Also what scope magnification do you use? Is a 3-9x plenty or would a 4.5-14x be better on small varmints out to 150 yards?

Not trying to jack the thread, just thinking it could also help with the crow shooting discussion.
 
Originally Posted By: 6mm06
Here's a short video I did a few years ago. I have used the .17 HMR quite a lot but also a 6x45, 223 and 243.







That is one awesome video. Professional grade I might add. Got me wanting winter to hurry and get here! Thanks for sharing. I've been doing a lot with my 17hmr this year actually. More than I've ever used if prior.
 
A 17hmr is a perfect Crow Sniping Rifle along with .22mag using Hornady 30gr.

However I try to keep my shots at 100yds or under due to bullet performance
 
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I shoot the v-max in my HMR and Ive killed crows at 200yds. my buddy killed one with his vmbz hmr at 232yds.! The 22 magnum with the 34gr.Supremes out to around 150yds.
 
I've shot them with everything from a Daisy BB gun to 7Mag. If you want to kill more than a 2-3 forget any rifle, get a shotgun & a caller and kill 60-80 in a day.
 

I used to call crows for shotgunning, did it for many years and put a lot of birds on the ground. As Coleridge said, if you want to kill more then use a shotgun.

But, if you are like me, there's just a lot of joy in taking them with rifles too. Granted you may only get a couple here or there, but it's a lot of fun.

Roky0702, actually I do use V-Max, though not in all my rifles. It just depends on which one I am shooting at the time. I have two .17 HMRs. One is a CZ 452 American that really likes the 20 gr. CCI Game Point. The other is a Marlin thumbhole with a heavy barrel that prefers Hornady 17 gr. V-Max. In my 6x45 AR I shoot 75 gr. Sierra HPs. That's my coyote load, accurate and so I shoot it. I shoot 60 gr. V-Max in a Stevens 223. Again, it's accurate and doubles as a coyote round. I use a 58 gr. V-Max in a .243 for crows. Devastating.

As to scopes, my CZ HMR has a Leupold Vari-X 2 4x12 A/0. The lowest power scope I use is on the 6x45 AR and that is a 3.5x10 Mueller Sport Dot. I like a variable scope since it allows me to shoot crows up close as well as distances.


Hornady 17 gr. V-Max from Marlin .17 HMR. Centerpoint 4x16 scope.







Shot this crow with a Remington model 7 .243, shooting 58 gr. V-Max.





CZ .17 HMR and 20 gr. CCI Game Point. Leupold 4x12.







Marlin 22 Magum and Remington 33 gr. V-Max, Nikon 3x9 scope





Places like this are good for crows; an old barn, cattle in the field, grain about and a nearby tree for them to perch.





If you are into numbers, then calling and shotgunning is the best way to go.






I know this is a bit off subject, and definitely a long way from where I live, but just for discussion and interest, here
is a video I shot in South Africa a few years ago, near Cape Town. I videoed a friend on a morning crow shoot.
These are pied crows and have a lot of white on them.



 


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