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\"p1020031\"<\/span><\/strong>After our month long archery season ended, my husband and I hadn\u2019t gotten enough hunting in.\u00a0 <\/span>Since I was the only one that got a deer, and he had to wait until late season to try and archery hunt again, we had to find something to fill our time.\u00a0 <\/span>Our friend had just gotten a new coyote caller, and we thought we would give it a try.\u00a0 <\/span>We had seen a few coyotes when we were archery hunting and thought the area would be good to try, who knows, maybe we would see that bear we had on our game camera.\u00a0 <\/span>Anyway, we set out one cold foggy morning for the hunt.\u00a0 <\/span>I was pretty pumped up because it had been a long time since I last went coyote hunting.\u00a0 <\/span>IF you have never done it, I can\u2019t begin to explain the rush you feel when one is running right at you.\u00a0 <\/span>Sometimes you don\u2019t even know if you can pull your gun up quick enough before they plow past you.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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So, we set up on a ridge and called for about 45 minutes.\u00a0 <\/span>I was truly disappointed when I didn\u2019t see anything barreling at me. \u00a0<\/span>I tried to continue to be patient, but it is hard to be patient when nothing is showing its face, and it\u2019s really cold out.\u00a0 <\/span>We still didn\u2019t see anything after and hour, so we decided to try a new area.\u00a0 <\/span>We moved the caller out into a big meadow, while we hid in the tree line.\u00a0 <\/span>I have to say the surroundings were gorgeous that morning, and the sunrise was even better.\u00a0 <\/span>We were surrounded by firs and mountains dusted with snow.\u00a0 <\/span>I could have asked for anything better except a few dead coyotes.\u00a0 <\/span>We called in this new area for a bit, and had not luck there.\u00a0 <\/span>We were starting to get a bit discouraged when we decided to try one last spot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We set up the caller and we set ourselves on the side of a small ravine.\u00a0 <\/span>We started the caller.\u00a0 <\/span>My husband and I sat together and his friend was off in the distance with the remote for the caller.\u00a0 <\/span>We heard yipping, and calls from the caller, but didn\u2019t see any coyotes.\u00a0 <\/span>My quest for a coyote was coming to an end, as I was starting to then get bored.\u00a0 <\/span>Suddenly, we hear the sounds of crows coming from the caller.\u00a0 <\/span>Our friend switched it on us, as he was getting bored too.\u00a0 <\/span>My husband and I exchange puzzled glances and began to chuckle a bit.\u00a0 <\/span>Soon, overhead we were swarming with crows.\u00a0 <\/span>Thank goodness I bought my crow tag, because the slaughter was about to begin and it was the funniest thing I ever saw.\u00a0 <\/span>They were dropping out of the sky left and right.\u00a0 <\/span>I never saw so many crows.\u00a0 <\/span>After they stopped coming in, we left and drove over to our game camera to check and see if the local bear had made an appearance on it.\u00a0 <\/span>No such luck, but we sat ourselves on a log deck and thought we would make once last attempt at calling a coyote it before we called it a day.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The caller went on, and we sat patiently prepared for that one curious coyote to make its way toward us.\u00a0 <\/span>We looked around and saw some deer come in to the fawn in distress.\u00a0 <\/span>He doe was looking quite concerned as she made her way to the speaker.\u00a0 <\/span>When she got there she looked a bit dismayed at the whole situation and took off.\u00a0 <\/span>Again, we then heard the caller switch over to the crow call again.\u00a0 <\/span>Much to our chagrin, more crows showed up and this time in flocks.\u00a0 <\/span>We had about fifteen circling us and they were diving in.\u00a0 <\/span>If you have ever seen the old Alfred Hitchcock movie The Bird, it was a seen right out of it.\u00a0 <\/span>As we started shooting, they again were falling out of the sky, and more were still coming.\u00a0 <\/span>I couldn\u2019t believe how many were flying around us.\u00a0 <\/span>We continued to shoot until finally the birds flew away.\u00a0 <\/span>Most of them were lucky and got away, but for the few departed we picked them up and took them away.\u00a0 <\/span>There is no bag limit in Oregon on crows and I think I we found a new sport.\u00a0 <\/span>It was the funniest hunting experience I have had, but it was very fun at the same time. \u00a0<\/span>I was a bit disappointed in not seeing any coyotes that day, but we did see some elk and deer.\u00a0 <\/span>That rounded off our morning hunt, and it was a good time to be had by all.\u00a0 <\/span>It wasn\u2019t quite as exhilarating as coyote hunting, but to see all those crows flying overhead was somewhat of a rush in of itself.\u00a0 <\/span>Most importantly, I came away with some good pictures and memories.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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