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<blockquote data-quote="Treeslug" data-source="post: 2012514" data-attributes="member: 115704"><p>Many years ago the Mexican government threatened the government of the United States. The threat was over Whitewing dove vs. Crows. Mexico threatened to put no limits on the hunting of whitewing dove if the U.S. did not put protections on crow populations. The reason: crows eat Whitewing dove eggs and their babies in the nest and Mexico is overpopulated with Whitewing dove. Mexico has few native dove hunters to keep the population in check. U.S. hunters travel to Mexico and hunt Whitewing doves, but crows keep the dove population tolerable to the Mexican government.</p><p></p><p>In order to protect the whitewing populations in Mexico, the U.S. signed a treaty to make if Federally illegal to kill crows; with a few exceptions. If a crow is depredating (eating crops or wildlife) you are allowed to kill them. Due to the definition of depredation in the treaty, a crow is considered to be depredating if it is eating almost anything. So, by treaty, a crow is federally legal to kill if it is eating, scavenging, or just about anything that keeps the crow alive.</p><p></p><p>That was a long time ago and the story was told to me by a Federal Game Warden. Maybe the treaty has been done away with by now. But you are right they are fun to shoot and can make great long-range targets, like prairie dogs and coyotes. But they are smart and do become call shy and will avoid areas where they are heavily hunted. If you are questioned as to why you are killing crows, simply say: because the crows are deperdating. Just sayin'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Treeslug, post: 2012514, member: 115704"] Many years ago the Mexican government threatened the government of the United States. The threat was over Whitewing dove vs. Crows. Mexico threatened to put no limits on the hunting of whitewing dove if the U.S. did not put protections on crow populations. The reason: crows eat Whitewing dove eggs and their babies in the nest and Mexico is overpopulated with Whitewing dove. Mexico has few native dove hunters to keep the population in check. U.S. hunters travel to Mexico and hunt Whitewing doves, but crows keep the dove population tolerable to the Mexican government. In order to protect the whitewing populations in Mexico, the U.S. signed a treaty to make if Federally illegal to kill crows; with a few exceptions. If a crow is depredating (eating crops or wildlife) you are allowed to kill them. Due to the definition of depredation in the treaty, a crow is considered to be depredating if it is eating almost anything. So, by treaty, a crow is federally legal to kill if it is eating, scavenging, or just about anything that keeps the crow alive. That was a long time ago and the story was told to me by a Federal Game Warden. Maybe the treaty has been done away with by now. But you are right they are fun to shoot and can make great long-range targets, like prairie dogs and coyotes. But they are smart and do become call shy and will avoid areas where they are heavily hunted. If you are questioned as to why you are killing crows, simply say: because the crows are deperdating. Just sayin'. [/QUOTE]
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