1993 - Volume #17, Issue #2, Page #20
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Crow Hunter Conducts Shoots Sells Video
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Tomlin recently produced a "how-to" video called "Eating Crow" that teaches the techniques he's developed over the years since he first starting shooting crows - at age 12 - that were attacking his uncle's pecan crop. In addition to teaching how to successfully call and then kill crows, the video also shows how to clean and cook crows, including several tasty recipes.
Tomlin has killed as many as 137 crows in a single day using a mouth call that lets him stay in one place for hours. He says key to his success is that his mouth call sounds like a single crow so other crows keep coming in regularly, either singly or in small groups to check him out. That's important because if you try to shoot crows when they're in a big flock, you'll only get a few.
One crow can eat up to 7 lbs. of crops a day. That's an especially big concern in high-value crops like pecans and other nuts, but he's also been called by farmers with crow problems in field crops like corn. He charges $1 a crow when called in by a farmer. If he's taking a group of hunters out on a paid "shoot", there's no charge to the farmer.
In most states there's no defined hunting season for crows. They can be shot year-around if they're in the process of destroying crops. Tomlin, who says the biggest crow he ever bagged had a 31-in wing span, notes that his methods should work in any part of the country.
His 71-min. video sells for $39.95 (plus $3 shipping). A 30 min. audio cassette sells for $8.95. He also sells crow calls and other crow hunting paraphernalia.
For more information, contact: Jerry Tomlin, The Crow Roost, P.O. Box 1612, Milledgeville, Ga. 31061 (ph 912 453-7887).
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