Airgun would be sufficient for crows and squirrels, is safer to use in densely populated areas, and comes with less regulation everywhere. Still a good idea to check game regulations on your targets though.
It's illegal to shoot crows in North America.
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-migratory-bird-treaty-act-e...
Crows tend to also be game animals, so states manage the populations and set bag limits, seasons, etc. In my state it is definitely legal, and one doesn't even need HIP registration.
Which state is that? Crows are not ducks or turkeys
Every US state, except Hawaii, have a crow season with state controls.
I would like to believe that, but I'm not seeing anything about it in the hunting regulations for my state:
https://ohiodnr.gov/static/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-lice...
Could you point me to something on a government site I'm missing? Only info I've seen is on SEO spam sites with content likely generated by an algorithm
Re:How to Befriend Crows?
by thinkmassive on Thursday January 05, 2023 @01:56PM
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Search that PDF for “crow”
It’s in there, under Small Game and Furbearer HUNTING
>(I) It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or take crows at any time except on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from June 3, 2022 through March 5, 2023 and from June 2, 2023 through March 3, 2024, one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-1501:31...
I'm not kidding. Every state but Hawaii has a crow season.
Re:How to Befriend Crows?
by thinkmassive on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:38AM
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No, they’re a regulated species, with hunting seasons in most states
Thanks for the info. I'm reading that as states other than Hawaii can permit it, but not all of them do.
There appears to be no hunting of crows in Ohio based on what I've found on their natural resource site. Though they could allow it if they wanted to do so.
When you don't life in the US or another third world country, maybee you need step 0: 0) Get a hunters license