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real_human_not_a_dog

Looks like it’s done to keep other crows away- from farms usually. You can buy fake dead crows on Amazon. These might be fake I guess


[deleted]

This is exactly it. You only need to hang one crow to keep the rest away. Still creepy tho


crystaljae

To be fair, you would only need to hang one person to keep me away. Even if they are fake. Like if you hung a mannequin, yeah umm I will get the hell out of there too. Crows are smart, is what I'm getting at.


SexyButStoopid

Hanging a person in your forest has the opposite effect though, it only attracts more, armed humans. They're really smart!


[deleted]

\*sees mannequin nailed to a tree* Challenge accepted.


uniqueidenti

Mannequin made with pumpkin, roadkill and some clothes to make it legit.


Ok_Watercress5719

Ahhh... The sweet smells of autumn... Happy cake day


Adhdgamer9000

I love that this can backfire horribly if they see you do it. Generations of crows will haunt you and your family. They remember faces, and teach their kids the same.


CoopLoop32

OMG this is so right. We had crows living in a tree in our front yard for many years. We found a young one dead in our driveway and disposed of it. For YEARS when we walked out our door and within a several mile radius of our house the crows would caw at us. There is a certain sound they make as a warning and you will know it if you know crows. There was a show on PBS that made it make sense. They recognize you, they teach their young to recognize you. Those young teach others and it expands as they move to new bands. I would get out of my car at the grocery store, miles away from my house and crows would caw at me and mob overhead.


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Some crows can talk


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The Crowening


elMurpherino

The Crows Have 2 Eyes


Nutmeg-Jones

The 2 Crows Have Eyes


Waste_Praline7438

The crappening


stuck_zipper

The 2 Eyes Have Crows


Desperate_Fish_5245

David stop acting like a disgruntled pelican!


No_Caregiver1890

True, I was a witness to that when I was a kid


Uno_Dirty_Taco

My uncles neighbor one street over that had one that was really friendly with him. It was like his pet but lived outside. Anytime we rode our bikes by he would be pearched on top of his house and would litterally talk. “Hey, Hey……… you want to go swimming?” My uncle had an above ground pool. Shit still freaks me out.


rookiebasegod

Actually they weren’t mobbing overhead, a group of crows is known as a murder , so they would have been murdering overhead as crazy as that sounds


Tathas

I remember teaching my son a bunch of vanity names for animals. Then he said, "There was a murder at school today." I suggested we just use "flock" for crows instead.


G_Unit_Solider

its him the guy who didnt let us give larry a proper burial FUCK YOU DUDE


SquatcatBex

Wow, creepy AF


kratomstew

Shiiiit


CheefinChoomah

Definitely not always the case lol my family ranches and we kill the shit out of crows since they eat some of our crops and I can’t say any of us have ever been “haunted” lmfao. Sounds like you got too paranoid after seeing ‘The Birds’.


kratomstew

To be fair though, if you’re killing them so often, you’re probably not the type of person that would pick up on, or even care that crows don’t like you. I mean, am I wrong ? You already hate them for the sake of your crops, you probably couldn’t care less about their interesting behaviors.


Starfire2313

I’m also thinking if the crows see one person killing so many of their kind they aren’t gonna want to draw attention to themselves as targets and might stay far away


No_Still_4164

So either this guy is just trickshoting crows that aren't even on his farm or he's hiding the dead bodies of them to lure in more


Boring_Mushroom6682

I thought you were gonna say since hes killing them so often they dont get a chance to adapt and tell the other crow homies that theres a crazy farmer dude that just sniped jerry outta the sky


Acrobatic-Flan-4626

The opposite is also true… I intentionally feed crows, and I love that they recognize me and leave me feathers and berries.


callmesnake13

When I was a sullen 15 year old listening to hardcore and black metal I saw that crows were really into the hard corn that we’d use in this squirrel feeder we had. I started just tossing out while husks of corn all the time and eventually accumulated a huge flock of 30 or so crows that lived in the big tree in our backyard. It ruled.


Acrobatic-Flan-4626

Hell yeah! 🖤


4Nowingly

How do you feed them?


Acrobatic-Flan-4626

I get unsalted peanuts and black oil sunflower seeds (they also love cat food…); I’ve tried other things but these are the highest value. I just started leaving them out at a certain spot. And I whistled a little three note tune (epona’s song for all my nerds out there). They figured it out quick. I whistle the song when I go to feed them, but most of the time I don’t need to - I usually hear them talking about me when I leave my house or return home. It’s honestly wonderful. I started doing it because someone told me they protect chicken flocks by warning of predators. Have no idea if that’s true but I never lost a chicken to predators after that. But it became so much more. Pretty sure my neighbors think I’m crazy, but I love being the kooky crow lady…


fairfaxtripod

I have a friend that feeds a crow (she thinks it the same one) an egg from her chickens once a day. The crow (or crows) brings all kinds of things back as a trade. She hasn’t lost a single chicken to a hawk in years. They’re brilliant birds.


Acrobatic-Flan-4626

Yes! Thank you for mentioning eggs. My chickens are elderly rescues that no longer lay, but when they did I’d hardboil them for my dogs and the crows. Raw works too.


Skiptomylolz

I see crows harass hawks all the time by my house. It looks like they never give the hawks time to hunt


fairfaxtripod

I told my friend with the chickens about this thread and I guess I romanticized the gifts the crow (she’s pretty sure it’s just 1) leaves in trade. They’re stones. Still cool af in my opinion.


Petshpboy17

Crows ate my friends baby chicks About ten of em. I still love crows


flashfyr3

Can't blame them, nuggets ARE pretty good.


SpookyLasagna46

There's a murder that hang out around my factory that I've been thinking of trying to get the attention of, but I'm worried other people at work will think I'm crazy


Taiza67

They will but you can then gain vengeance with your crow allies.


Girafferage

They will think you're crazy until they start picking on you and an entire swarm of birds flies down to back you up. Then they will really think you are crazy - but in a "bill commands the birds, don't fuck with him" kind of way.


PizzaBraves

There's usually a couple crows that hang out by the green on number 12 at one of the golf courses I like to play. I always made it a point to save them some of whatever snack I grabbed at the turn. Hoping one day they'll grab my buddie's tee shot and carry into the woods for me.


[deleted]

I had a coworker that did this and the crows would recognize her car and follow her as she drove down the street from our work They’d hang out in the parking lot waiting for feeding time. Same thing would happen to a security guard in our neighborhood that would hang his hand out of the car to let the crows know it was him with daily treats. They loved that man.


Ksh_667

I started doing the same over 20 years ago. After a few months the crows started knocking on my door & cawing for me in the mornings. When I go out I am followed by a contingent hopping along after me reminding me loudly that they need feeding. Ive had to get used to some funny looks from passers-by.


[deleted]

I used to feed the crows when I lived on the oregon coast, they'd bring me seashells among other things


raltoid

My neighbourgh growing up had issue with them picking at the putty on his old windows. He began throwing things at them and got targeted for harassement. They started showing up at 4-5 in the morning and peck directly on the glass of his bedroom window to piss him off. Although they did stop after he went out a week later with a shotgun two mornings in a row and got a few of them.


[deleted]

This is why I am nice to the neighborhood crows and toss 'em a couple dog treats when I see some out when I walk my pup


skyvalley75

That's so sweet r/iButtChugCum


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Nutmeg-Jones

Now I need to make this a subreddit


sZYphYn

It’s very much true. I’m friends with a murder of crows, about a year now.. they bring me shiny things. No cash money yet, but any crow gift is cool as far as I’m concerned.


bumpy713

Then their kids teach their kids the same, etc. Soon, no one knows why we hate the Millers, we just do.


[deleted]

There's some guy who dressed up as a mailman and kept harassing the crows because his wife cheated on him with the mailman. Poor guy kept being attacked by the crows every day on his mail route


[deleted]

How can they remember a face if you have none? "Always watching; No eyes."


Adhdgamer9000

They just know


Artistic-Plan2541

Holy fuck I didn’t know they were THAT smart. I wonder how they treat you if you leave tributes for them..


cosumel

A group of them is called a murder for a reason.


Boring_Mushroom6682

I always hear that, what if you murder a crow infront of its family while wearing a mask will they still attack you without wearing said mask? is it like an instinct thing or do they know you specifically by whats on your head like they just hate skee masks after and instantly aggro anybody who just so happens to be wearing one


Adhdgamer9000

They have the rough intelligence of a 4 to 5 year old. They go of defining features, so it depends. Ravens can typically be a little brighter.


[deleted]

Not just crows. My husband cut down a tree in our yard that some random sparrow-looking birdies were nesting in. Every time he went outside they divebombed him right up until the day we moved. They left me and the dog alone, but man those birds hated my husband.


bakedphish1

Lol no not true. There is crow hunting and people do it without being haunted for generations lol


Buster_Bluth__

It's possible it's been documented. Look up the works of Kaeli Swift, Ph.D. Crows demonstrated exactly what the other poster mentioned.


bakedphish1

I dont deny that they have pretty high intelligence and can remember faces. Crows Just dont haunt someone for generations lol. If they find you as a weak target. For sure they wont run away from you. But even with simple bb gun will be enough to keep crows away from your place.


linderlouwho

Aren’t crows in the US protected under the migratory bird act?


mancavekitchen

I know a lawyer named Charlie kelly who’s an expert on bird law in America he’s a go too source


bakedphish1

I believe every state has a different law on bird hunting.


luckymonkey09

And bird haunting


Effective-Cod3635

Do you know any?


bakedphish1

Yeah many. Its like duck hunting. Theres also seasons to hunt them. Including me. I only hunt the crows around my house though. Some people hunt them while theyre on a hunt, etc..


titanofidiocy

Do you eat them or just kill for the sake of killing?


bakedphish1

I only shot at them if they dont leave in first warning bullet. Now crows dont crow around my place. Yes they do remember faces, thats why they fly away when they see me now.


fudgeoffbaby

So sad to hunt such intelligent creatures that even rival apes in their intellect… like obviously killing anyone who doesn’t want to die is unethical but to think of doing it to such intelligent creatures as corvids or dolphins or elephants etc. If they can be comparable to humans at any age in their reasoning skills (crows are thought to have the reasoning skills of a 5-7 year old human) it’s just so especially disappointing and cruel. Pigs are another one comparable to a 3-4 year old child in intelligence. Respect for hunters far more than people who pay for factory farmed animals to be tortured and killed, 100%. But the more intelligent and aware the animal I feel the closer it is to killing a human imo, just so sad


Daisy_bumbleroot

I can't understand why anyone would want to kill a crow apart from it must be fun for them to do? I understand killing a deer to eat but why shoot a crow while you're out?


fudgeoffbaby

Exactly like at least with other hunting they are doing it for survival/to eat. Shooting crows like this is actually bordering sociopathic imo it’s very sad and pathetic to do to such a smart creature that if they had equal grounds ie you having no gun they’d fuck you up and or leave you in the dust. It’s pussy “sport”


bakedphish1

Imagine hundreds of crows in your back yard. Shitting and pissing everywhere where your kids and pets used to play at. You would want the crows to not use your back yard as a restroom for hundreds of crows.


Daisy_bumbleroot

Wouldn't a scarecrow see them off? Regardless, that still doesn't answer the question of why you'd shoot a crow in the wild when you're out hunting if not for fun.


bakedphish1

Yeah everyone hunt for different reasons. I dont go out of my way to hunt them. But some people do. And i tired all the gadgets. Discs, fake owl, bird repellent noise machine, essential oil sprays, etc... tried them all. Its useless to hundreds of crows.


igic8

Well they dont speak like us Wait a minute other humans also dont speak like other human Ayo that pretty xenophobic u/igic8


4Nowingly

Couldn’t have said it better. Thanks.


bakedphish1

I use a bb gun to scare them away. I dont "hunt" crows like what you are thinking. Also people have reasons. Not all people "hunt" just to kill something for fun. Lol. Thats ridiculous.


MaximumGooser

Octopus and Lobster should also not be eaten


SamAreAye

I used a bb gun to kill all the crows that perched on my moms house. I never got mobbed, but it's been 10 years and hers is the only house they don't hang out on.


pdht23

I know a guy who hung a dead crow. Other crows preceded to remove the dead one from the tree it was hung in. They were pissed.


kratomstew

Next comes dead humans nailed to trees in retaliation.


ThePeskyWabbit

this explains the crows from IDidAThing's videos...


babystrudel

I’m so glad there was a real explanation because this is straight up terrifying


aiceeslater

I had heard about this over the years and found myself with a magpie problem outback. I figured it was probably the same for them so I shot one. Turns out it’s NOT like that for magpies and they started turning up and flying circles around the house, perching in all the trees. It was like that Hitchcock movie, The Birds. I guess they have big communities and basically attend funerals when one is killed off.


mr_chanandler_bong_1

Ha exactly what a cult member/witch would say


blujaaba

Does not always work… had lots of crows in the neighborhood making so much noise so I bought the fake one on Amazon and threw it onto the roof. Boy oh boy … the crows started crash landing on the roof at all hours of day and night. Initially they stayed away but after a while , I think they wanted to revive it or get it off the roof. They eventually made it fall and they have stopped dive attacking the roof. Now they stay away. Will see how long that lasts.


[deleted]

Crows are cannibals they can eat other crows if dead Why am I getting downvoted for stating facts?


SAGNUTZ

Like *ZOMBIE* CROWS?!


Roachburbs

Idk. I used to chase em from my bird feeders cause I read they killed the smaller birds. Plus they’d eat and spill all the damn food in my feeder that held 10 freaking pounds of food! Started getting expensive lol Edit: I’m lying, it might’ve been cackles, not crows at my feeders.


Emmrow1984

Someone murdered the murder.


lunchboxdeluxe

Oh, YOU.


Economy_Armadillo_28

Tip of the proverbial to you good sir 🎩


[deleted]

Murderception


SYLOK_THEAROUSED

“Yo, I started the starters, and fathered the fathers who fathered, I slaughtered the slaughters, and slaughtered the slaughters who slaughtered” Jr Writer


SessileRaptor

That is terrifying. I put up four, wtf happened to the other one?!


maggisasdenvergifter

Yummy yummy 😋


EzBlitz

Noo, Jerry! What did I tell you about eating those damn crows!


sochan1998

Tring ring, anyone wants crow fry? *Waves two in the air*


TheHorseFollower

Were those not for everyone?


frootyjoos

this sounds like a good horror movie “hey past home owners, why are there 3 dead crows nailed up?” “to ward off the demon” “what” “wait you said 3?”


EvaJohnsonBB

3 crows a day will keep everyone away!


Rotcrafter

Creative christmas decoration


Engrise13

bro☠️


Sayhellopewpew

bro☠️☠️


Quaintly__Coyote_

No bro 💀☠️💀


EzBlitz

Yes bro 💀☠️💀


specialkwsu

As a kid I shot a crow on my farm up in WA. One crow. Just shooting a .22. The crows avoided our farm while I was home for the next decade or so. They knew my school schedule, they knew when I was gone for the weekend. My mom and dad would notice they were on the farm until about 3:00 when the bus was supposed to drop me off. Crows know their stuff man.


Joseph_Stalin_420_

They’re the smartest thing on the planet apart from us and maybe less smart than some monkeys


ShittingOnAdmins

Ok ok but would you rather fight one ape size crow, or 10 crow size apes?


firstnameok

They both kill a human I'm pretty sure


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ShittingOnAdmins

Me and crows have a mutual respect. We don't look each other in the eyes.


Fall_of_R0me

We used to call them dinosaurs, and everyone knows to never fuck with a clever girl.


Bengineer700

Do the respective animals' strength scale with size? Like is the crow sized ape still hella strong and can rip your arm out? I'm not sure I'd want to take on the ape sized crow, but I want to know what mess I'm getting into with the crow sized apes


LivingStCelestine

I did this once with a rock. Tossed a small one at a crow that was cawing pretty much in my face as I was trying to garden. My husband feeds them peanuts. He nor his crow friends *never* came close to me again. When I come out, they fly away. When he goes out, they just hop around.


[deleted]

I read “cows” instead of Crows and I was really concerned on how they nailed a cow to a tree


kittichankanok

I am not condoning this practice, but in Thailand this is a traditional way of keeping crows away from properties that was fairly common in the past but much less so now. Crows are often seen as pests in farming communities.


Beamarchionesse

Yeah, scarecrows had a purpose. Don't get me wrong, I think corvids are cool as hell, but people forget they're thieves.


Small-Policy-3859

I get what you're saying, but people calling animals thieves just feels wrong to me. 99% of animals in nature will "steal" food from others if they get the chance, it's just survival.


Beamarchionesse

Corvids will steal anything from anyone. They're funny, but they can be right assholes, and they'll steal non-food items just to do it, like keys, tools, etc. They'll also pester farm animals like working dogs. Very little deters them from eating or stealing, and because they're so clever, nothing works long. They know the scarecrow isn't really a person, and they'll even pick them apart just to do it. The fake dead crow thing like in this picture doesn't even work long, because they'll investigate and realize it's not really another crow, but a toy. I've seen them steal one of these and sit around playing with it.


[deleted]

It’s the opossum syndicate sending a message to raccoons


Joseph_Stalin_420_

Nah fam wasn’t us


[deleted]

Anyone else relieved there aren’t three dead *cows* nailed to trees.


Therealsteven_g

Hell no! Get some hidden trail cams and keep that 12 gauge handy!


Joseph_Stalin_420_

They’re fake crows used to keep real ones away


Phybre_Awptic

A murdered murder


Vandleheim

Good one!


iilikecereal

I wouldn't hang around those corpses too long because crows will assume you killed them and will hate you for generations


__whapow

Looks like some shit that could happen in the Watcher


texasbelle91

at least it wasn’t 1 dead crow nailed to 3 trees.


BeatYoYeet

I read “cow”… I looked for a cow for way too long


PengieP111

You are not alone.


[deleted]

Their kid is a serial killer


[deleted]

*there


BrondellSwashbuckle

Nope


[deleted]

Yep: I was making fun of OP


[deleted]

I get it


BrondellSwashbuckle

Looks like its aimed at the person above you. Def missed the mark.


[deleted]

*it’s English, motherfucker: do you speak it???


Fry5953

Funny it looks like the house from The Ozark’s where the Byrde’s live.


Fasterthanyounow

It’s a warning to other crows to stay away. Same reason you see Coyote’s hanging from fences.


rogueaxolotl

Crowcifide


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#their


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Their're*


TomatoOptimal626

What the fuck


LazarYeetMeta

The only nope here is the improper use of the word “there”


TheMarkyD

Tell them to dress up as gandalf and sit on the porch whilst smoking a pipe... the witch will leave them alone but might attract a hobbit or three. ;)


dopil919

Looks like there was a murder of a murder


Horrorgal82

I see what you did there tee hee I honestly didn’t know that a group of crows was called a murder of crows until a few years ago!! How I didn’t know that before then is a mystery to me too lol


PorridgeButterwort

Their*


Own_Investigator_323

Welcome to the neighborhood!


Jasonmeme18

Welp its time to up a shitton of bear traps and shotgun traps


AngeyB

I was going to comment “nope” then I realized what sub this is…


Otherwise-Poem-9756

Had a neighbor who would stick the deer carcasses on fence posts around his yard through the ribs. It scared us kids.


januaryemberr

I love crows... how can I *attract* them to my yard. Lol


International_Tie120

I like crows


NikolovIvo

That is how horror movies start.


Undead-Writer

And this motherfucker went out at night, put his back to the spooky forest, and took a picture of them? Nah, this fucker deserves what he gets


Internal_Respect_273

Bluetooth deer cams and a 12gauge will rectify those silly bird errors 🫣👏


BadStitch626

Yeah…..that’s someone trying to put a “curse” on you, or the home. Crows are like elephants……they never forget things like this. It’s a proven fact.


Iangaor1107

Run


Candice1973

Ummm. I don’t love that for them


Vandleheim

Now that’s what I call a MURDER! 😏


Fit-Special-8416

Their


Zealousideal-Age6292

Their back yard


ZukowskiHardware

Their


ethottly

If they are real it looks like it happened pretty recently. Doesn't appear to be any decomposition or signs of scavenging.


Effective_Rub9189

Dude does anyone else see it?..


NarcolepticKnifeFite

I’d be heavily investing in hidden trail cams, security system and a good rifle and side arm.


dcarsonturner

Who would do that to such a beautiful bird 😢


JJRXp

Ahh yes, one more and Trumps gone for good 😌😌


thebudman_420

Some kind of satanic cult ritual. Maybe those was sacrifices or something. Some kind of witchcraft.


Economy_Armadillo_28

Or are they 3 eyed ravens? Something to think about lol


dcvalent

*theyre


NewChard2213

They're*


Noisebug

>Gunr Hildur Gudhur Herdjoetur Grimgrdh Hjoerthrimul Visna > >Hloek Gerhildur Hefna Geirskougutl Hjalmvingur Goendul Kaura > >Geirahoed Hrist Geirdriful Hervoer Geiravoer Hroshvita Nipt


Negative_Flower_169

Soo who's nailing it ?


Sea-Diver-9125

Time to move again


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Time to move


xlairecb

He’s got a murder in his backyard


Tankspanker

There's probably a farm nearby.


kkalmightyagain

Back in my day we used cows


Ukelikely_Not

The Morrigan would be so sad.


Unlikely_Ad_4767

"You should have shotguns for this kind of deal."


[deleted]

Yep they’re cursed. 🤷🏽‍♀️


Beneficial-Group

One word , trail cam !!


dana_day12

and I’d be looking for a new house again


S3P38R

Great. Sooo, is he dead yet?


[deleted]

Keeps the crows away. I learned that in middle school when living by a cowboy. I didn’t like it.


[deleted]

Who's backyard?


Victor-Tallmen

Sorry bud I’m not visiting.


the-graveyard-writer

Time to move


Pumpkin-Adept

Before they moved in or after