Introducing the Bleeding Crow Effigy Decoy
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This is the most simple and effective crow control product on the market. Simply hang the bleeding crow decoy upside-down or lay belly-up on the ground. The sight of an injured or dead crow will frighten away even the smartest of crows.
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How It WorksCrows are extremely alert and intelligent birds that quickly learn from other’s mistakes. By using this simple technique of the upside-down bleeding crow, it will be so disturbing to the crows that they will not return for fear of danger. At first use, the crows may gather around to view the bleeding crow and converse, but they soon will all agree that it is too dangerous to stay and then fly away.
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Directions
Lay effigy belly-up on the ground or tie the string to the swivel and to a tree limb or suitable stake on the other end, allowing ample room for the decoy to turn about. Can be hung in three different positions. Belly-up is the most effective. Relocating the decoy periodically and/or adding more decoys will enhance the effect.
What is the best scarecrow for crows?
The use of a scarecrow to ward off crows is almost as old as time, but none will work better than another crow, a dead one that is. I’m not advocating that you kill a crow and use it as a scarecrow, but I am recommending you try a crow effigy. An effigy is the image or replica of a dead thing. Effigies do not effectively work on most pests, except for crows and here’s why.
A crow is one of the most intelligent birds on the planet. You never see a crow hit by a car or dead on the side of the road, yet they are scavengers of the highway. Crows effectively communicate with one another like no other birds. Their eyesight is as keen as an eagle’s and their sense of danger is unsurpassed by other birds and animals.
You might ask, if they are so intelligent then how can you scare them away? We will use their intelligence against them. Because they are so smart, when they see a dead crow, they immediately sense the imminent danger and send out the warning cry to all the other crows in the area. Typically, they will call their nearby friends to view the dead body as if it were a funeral. During the viewing ritual, they fly over, swoop down, and fly all around talking to each other as they surveil the area for the probable cause of death.
There are several keys to effectively using the crow effigy. First, make it look like the crow decoy has been trapped, shot, or attacked. Adding red paint in the shape of small spots or stripes to the body of the crow effigy will enhance the effect because it is perceived as blood from a wound. Also, the position of the effigy has a tremendous psychological effect. For example, if you lay the crow on the ground, position it belly up and disturb the grass or the soil around the crow as if there was a struggle to live. Another effective technique is to use a string to hang the effigy upside down on a bent pole encouraging the crows to believe that this crow has been trapped. After a few minutes of observation, they soon all agree that it’s time to find another place to feed or rest, and away they fly away.
Here are a few concepts to help you understand the nature and the thinking of crows to effectively win the battle to save your seed or harvest. First, a crow does not usually stay long in one spot before they leave and come back again, and again. Why is this? The reason for this “leave and return” habit deals with the nature of a crow to hide their food from other birds and animals. For years when I was hunting, I was puzzled to see a little pile of 8 or 10 acorns on the open dirt ground in areas where there were no acorns trees in the immediate area. I wondered how the acorns got there and first assumed that a squirrel had piled them up. However, I learned that it was a crow. Squirrels bury their nuts, but crows carry them to another location. Crows will hold several acorns in their throat pouch and repeatedly bring them to another location.
A pecan farmer verified this behavior to me. He said that one crow can carry off about a pound of pecans a day. Therefore, 100 crows could take off 100 pounds of pecans every day. He stated that if a crow would eat them immediately then he would not lose so many, but they carry them off and come back and do it repeatedly.
It is important to understand that there are two basic types of crows that you will encounter. One is the domestic crow population and the other is the migratory crow invasion. Understanding the behavior of each type is helpful for your defensive strategy. A clan of domestic crows usually consists of 2 to 5 crows but can go up to 15 or 20. These crows are a little harder to deal with than the migratory ones simply because they live in the vicinity and frequently come back to the same site. Due to their frequent return visits, it is helpful to relocate and reposition the crow effigies periodically. This will make them think that new crows have been captured or killed. Over time they are convinced that the danger persists and will return less frequently as they find another place to feed and rest.
The migratory crow population is different and can be quite large, ranging from 25 to several hundred crows in one flock. Many times, they swarm in like a wave of blackbirds that never seems to end. They usually will all feed together and roost together. Wherever they decide to feed, they can literally wipe out an entire crop in one day. However, because these are so transient, they can be easier to deter. In this case, you may not have to move the crow effigies to keep them fooled, simply because they may never return. However, you will need more decoys to convince all of them it’s not worth the chance.
Because crows, like ducks, have a flock mentality they are easier to scare than most solitary birds. It’s the “fright to flight” phenomenon. This simply means if you scare just one, then you scare them all. The frightened one will alert them all, and without even looking, they all frantically fly away.
The crow effigy is simply the best, cost-effective way to ward off crows. The plastic effigies look real and can be used year after year. They can also be painted and modified to enhance the effects.
The use of a scarecrow to ward off crows is almost as old as time, but none will work better than another crow, a dead one that is. I’m not advocating that you kill a crow and use it as a scarecrow, but I am recommending you try a crow effigy. An effigy is the image or replica of a dead thing. Effigies do not effectively work on most pests, except for crows and here’s why.
A crow is one of the most intelligent birds on the planet. You never see a crow hit by a car or dead on the side of the road, yet they are scavengers of the highway. Crows effectively communicate with one another like no other birds. Their eyesight is as keen as an eagle’s and their sense of danger is unsurpassed by other birds and animals.
You might ask, if they are so intelligent then how can you scare them away? We will use their intelligence against them. Because they are so smart, when they see a dead crow, they immediately sense the imminent danger and send out the warning cry to all the other crows in the area. Typically, they will call their nearby friends to view the dead body as if it were a funeral. During the viewing ritual, they fly over, swoop down, and fly all around talking to each other as they surveil the area for the probable cause of death.
There are several keys to effectively using the crow effigy. First, make it look like the crow decoy has been trapped, shot, or attacked. Adding red paint in the shape of small spots or stripes to the body of the crow effigy will enhance the effect because it is perceived as blood from a wound. Also, the position of the effigy has a tremendous psychological effect. For example, if you lay the crow on the ground, position it belly up and disturb the grass or the soil around the crow as if there was a struggle to live. Another effective technique is to use a string to hang the effigy upside down on a bent pole encouraging the crows to believe that this crow has been trapped. After a few minutes of observation, they soon all agree that it’s time to find another place to feed or rest, and away they fly away.
Here are a few concepts to help you understand the nature and the thinking of crows to effectively win the battle to save your seed or harvest. First, a crow does not usually stay long in one spot before they leave and come back again, and again. Why is this? The reason for this “leave and return” habit deals with the nature of a crow to hide their food from other birds and animals. For years when I was hunting, I was puzzled to see a little pile of 8 or 10 acorns on the open dirt ground in areas where there were no acorns trees in the immediate area. I wondered how the acorns got there and first assumed that a squirrel had piled them up. However, I learned that it was a crow. Squirrels bury their nuts, but crows carry them to another location. Crows will hold several acorns in their throat pouch and repeatedly bring them to another location.
A pecan farmer verified this behavior to me. He said that one crow can carry off about a pound of pecans a day. Therefore, 100 crows could take off 100 pounds of pecans every day. He stated that if a crow would eat them immediately then he would not lose so many, but they carry them off and come back and do it repeatedly.
It is important to understand that there are two basic types of crows that you will encounter. One is the domestic crow population and the other is the migratory crow invasion. Understanding the behavior of each type is helpful for your defensive strategy. A clan of domestic crows usually consists of 2 to 5 crows but can go up to 15 or 20. These crows are a little harder to deal with than the migratory ones simply because they live in the vicinity and frequently come back to the same site. Due to their frequent return visits, it is helpful to relocate and reposition the crow effigies periodically. This will make them think that new crows have been captured or killed. Over time they are convinced that the danger persists and will return less frequently as they find another place to feed and rest.
The migratory crow population is different and can be quite large, ranging from 25 to several hundred crows in one flock. Many times, they swarm in like a wave of blackbirds that never seems to end. They usually will all feed together and roost together. Wherever they decide to feed, they can literally wipe out an entire crop in one day. However, because these are so transient, they can be easier to deter. In this case, you may not have to move the crow effigies to keep them fooled, simply because they may never return. However, you will need more decoys to convince all of them it’s not worth the chance.
Because crows, like ducks, have a flock mentality they are easier to scare than most solitary birds. It’s the “fright to flight” phenomenon. This simply means if you scare just one, then you scare them all. The frightened one will alert them all, and without even looking, they all frantically fly away.
The crow effigy is simply the best, cost-effective way to ward off crows. The plastic effigies look real and can be used year after year. They can also be painted and modified to enhance the effects.