Any body eat crows?


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I noticed that In the DNR book you wher allowed to take so many crows. I could really use the feathers but I dont want to waste the meat. If I cant eat ti then Im not gonna shoot it. Does anybody eat It? what does it taste like? How do you like to prapare it?
 
You can eat them. I don't, but you can. If I were to eat them I would breast them out like doves, probably soak them in a salt water brine bath and then use a good dove grilling recipe that involves jalepenos and bacon...I am sure crow would be just fine then.

Crows are a lot of fun to hunt as you can get in a lot of shooting. If you can find a roosting/staging area where there are a lot of crows, you can do well if you build a good blind, and use calls and decoys. Just like setting up for ducks but you get to shoot a lot more! They are smart birds and have excellent eyes so you want to be in full camo, gloves, facemask etc..like turkey hunting.

The belief that meat is wasted just because people do not eat it is interesting. I do not see it that way at all, but to each their own. There are plenty of good reasons to kill various animals that do not involve food. Catching a mouse in a snap trap under the sink is no different. Do you eat those? Shoot crows as a pest or to get some feathers or just because it is a hell of a good time...take your pick.
 
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There is an old saying, that I know everyone has heard, for when you do something that you have to, even though it sucks very badly and there is no alternative. It is, "Eating Crow"....With that light shining, I have stayed away from crow.
 
The old children's poem about "4 and 20 Blackbirds" and "Old King Cole" referred to crows used as food. They are edible, and good to eat, but strong flavored, not anything like chicken. They have considerable meat, breasts and legs, compared to smaller birds like quail or grouse. Some hesitate to eat them because they eat carrion, but god has prepared them, like buzzards, with powerful digestive systems that kill bacteria and viruses even so they don't get sick from what they eat, and also don't pass it on to whatever eats them.
As for wasting them, don't worry. If you don't eat them coyotes, foxes, skunks or various other critters will gladly clean them up.
 
I eat em...to me they taste a bit like wild boar...and I like boar

I also eat coyote...

My dad told me a long time ago that anything I killed I had to eat...so I try to stick to that...

To prepare crow, I find a stew of halved breasts is really good.
 
I eat crow everyday, and my foot. I've never tried it but I know people used to live off of them back in the depression...
 
In Southern Ontario, Crows are one of the 1st birds to die off from West Nile virus. I'm not sure if the virus is transmitted thru a cooked crow but its something else to consider if WNV is a problem where you live.
 
Nope, don't eat them. And I would not kill anything I was not defending myself from or going to eat.
 
Grilled after being marinated in soy sauce for an hour or so. Just the breast.

Unfortunately, I find many crows to be smarter than myself so I don't get many :( I can walk among them all day long but the minute I come out the door with a rifle, they're gone.
 
I don't eat crow, or coyote, or beaver, or the mice I
trap under the sink, or the snakes I kill in the hen house.
Since man has chosen to invade nature and shape it to his
own wants & ideas we have created a circumstance which
requires population control of certain species.
Using the remains of a crow hunt to bait a coyote hunt for
sport as well as control of mange, rabies, pet attacks, etc.
is perfectly acceptable to me.
Becoming table fare is not the only justified reason for hunting
something.
Of course wanton slaughter or killing something just to say you
did is never acceptable. Never!
Just my $.02 worth. RZ
 
Well now, All this talk has emboldened me to give crow a try.:51: There seems to be no shortage of those things around here and I shoot one or two every now and then when I need black feathers for tying flies.
They are pretty amazing creatures; they'll stand in the breakdown lane on the interstate inches from 18 wheelers roaring by at 70 mph and eat some disgusting dead thing, but the minute I step out my door with a shotgun, Ol' Mr Crow in a tree 3/4 of a mile away will fly off and laugh at me!:16:
If I survive I'll let you know:eek:
 
Nope, but as I read this it is first light outside and there are about a Brazillon crows in.e answer is still no the trees beside the house rasing a ruckus as only crows can .Even though there is opprotunity th
 
I've wondered that myself. We get ravens out here the size of hawks...four foot and larger wingspans...but they tend to like eating diapers so I've refrained from trying for one. Now the local grouse that roam through the backyard...been considering setting some traps for them...but if they get into one of the local meth labs or such...yeah, I don't eat anything that doesn't come from the store around here...
 
Not to derail the thread here but this brings up an intersting topic regarding eating things that scavange. I have my doubts that this is anything more than psychological and really does not impart a bad flavor to the meat at all. Crabs eat dead stuff and they are great. Same with turtles, bears and lots of other animals that are very good eating. You are not eating the digestive system but muscle tissue. Off "flavors" ending up in muscle tissue does not make any sense but what do I know? There is the case of fish eating ducks tasting fishy compared to acorn fed ducks, so there may be something to it, I just think it is a case of the mind altering the taste buds more than anything. The off taste of diapers does not sound like much fun...
 
roamer1000 said:
I noticed that In the DNR book you wher allowed to take so many crows. I could really use the feathers but I dont want to waste the meat. If I cant eat ti then Im not gonna shoot it. Does anybody eat It? what does it taste like? How do you like to prapare it?
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Ate it once because I had to. Wasn't too bad, but I would suggest putting it in a soup or stew rather than eating it roasted. It was kinda dry.

Scott
 
GKiT said:
Not to derail the thread here but this brings up an intersting topic regarding eating things that scavange. I have my doubts that this is anything more than psychological and really does not impart a bad flavor to the meat at all. Crabs eat dead stuff and they are great. Same with turtles, bears and lots of other animals that are very good eating. You are not eating the digestive system but muscle tissue. Off "flavors" ending up in muscle tissue does not make any sense but what do I know? There is the case of fish eating ducks tasting fishy compared to acorn fed ducks, so there may be something to it, I just think it is a case of the mind altering the taste buds more than anything. The off taste of diapers does not sound like much fun...
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Well, I have observed a big difference in the taste of whitetails that have been eating off hay barns vs those that have been foraging tree bark.

I knew of a guy who swore by allowing black bear into his orchard and even setting out apples because it makes them taste better.

We've all heard of infected and parasites in game critters. I'd just as soon take a pass on scavengers that have access to garbage that has a high likelihood of containing illegal mind-altering substances and sewage items.

Where scavenger animals have access to natural wastes (dead fish and bottom flotsam for crabs) in a clean, natural environment, I would totally agree. My concern comes from critters that get into human waste and garbage. If it was simply household waste (packing trash and food waste) I wouldn't worry too much. However the demographics of my area make me leery of eating anything from around here. Other locals I may feel differently: crows from farmland I would consider. The local skaggy birds...nope. When you see what should be normally sleek birds that are ruffled, matted and missing patches of feather, I'm not touching it!

Thats all I'm sayin' :D I wouldn't eat the local stuff here.
 
I don't eat them regularly, but I have eaten them in the past.

I've been REALLY poor a few times in my life.

They're not too bad. You can live off 'em.

Ed
 
i deleted the post above due to language and rudeness. please conduct yourselves in accordance with the forum rules.
 
GKiT said:
Not to derail the thread here but this brings up an intersting topic regarding eating things that scavange. I have my doubts that this is anything more than psychological and really does not impart a bad flavor to the meat at all. Crabs eat dead stuff and they are great. Same with turtles, bears and lots of other animals that are very good eating. You are not eating the digestive system but muscle tissue. Off "flavors" ending up in muscle tissue does not make any sense but what do I know? There is the case of fish eating ducks tasting fishy compared to acorn fed ducks, so there may be something to it, I just think it is a case of the mind altering the taste buds more than anything. The off taste of diapers does not sound like much fun...
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I will respectfully disagree. Try eating a wild pig that lived close to people and fed in the landfills, then come with me out to the country where they feed on nature, ill change your mind :)
 
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I will respectfully disagree. Try eating a wild pig that lived close to people and fed in the landfills, then come with me out to the country where they feed on nature, ill change your mind :)
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I am sure you are right, I just do not understand the workings of it. Pigs eat some nasty dead stuff in the wild too. Certainly there is an effect of diet on the quality of taste, I agree, I guess what I am saying is that I do not fully understand why that is true. I guess it just "is".

Deer season just ended so I think I will go kill some crows.....Cheers
 
Black bird spaghetti is pretty darn good now, but I've never hunted crow for food just had some that a buddy made. I may have to look into it tho...;)


-Dave-
Dia Leat.
 
I Think I may have to try some now just to see for myself now. If I do I will tell everyone what I think of it.
 
I never ate a crow, but when I was about five years old my Dad took me out and held his shotgun while I pulled the trigger and we shot a Robin. First thing I ever killed I think. We took it home and my Dad helped me pluck it and gut. Looked like a tiny chicken and my Mom baked in the oven for me. I don't remember what it tasted like, but I remember eating all of it, so it must have been fine. My Granddad used to catch live possums and keep them in a cage for about a month feeding them sweet potatoes to "get the carrion taste out". He told my Dad that it tasted like pork. But probably almost any wild animal is OK to eat as long as you eat only the meat. Everything from rats to snails. Hell, if we eat raw oysters, why would we balk at eating a crow?
 
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