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Sometimes you hear a story about a guy driving around Mountlake Terrace , and when confronted by his boss: Was that wrong? Should he not be doing that?

We鈥檙e talking about crows, right? Now obviously no one should be shooting crows in a residential neighborhood near schools, but I bet some people didn鈥檛 have the horrified reaction to that story that 成人X站 7 was going for. Because they鈥檝e heard the beautiful sound of a crow during their lifetime, probably just a few minutes ago.

Their cawing sounds like a demon coughing, like a witch falling into a volcano, like an out-of-tune accordion combined with a Lynx caught in a clamp trap. OK, my editor is telling me that鈥檚 enough examples.

Everything I’ve learned about crows has come from people vociferously defending them from my crow bigotry. Crow apologists will often highlight how smart they are, including their ability to remember faces and pass on memories. Did you know that some crows have the ability to make little tools? Good for the crows. Dolphins are very intelligent as well, but has a dolphin ever woken me up at 7 in the morning when my alarm wasn鈥檛 supposed to go off until 8? No, they keep to themselves. Dolphins are cool that way.

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Crows have also been known to damage crops, , and drive lonely men (sorry, being told that was a raven, not a crow). So the question is this: Is it ever OK to hunt them?

It depends. There are plenty of rules with regards to crow hunting, likely set by the crows themselves. You can only hunt crows with firearms, bow and arrow, and falconry, and not from a car or aircraft (I thought this was America?). You can鈥檛 kill crows on your private property unless . And you can only hunt crows in Washington state during (September to December), but it’s always established crow hunting season at my place. You just have to believe in yourself.

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Now before a crow comes after me with the crow version of Gloria Allred, let me just say that I鈥檝e never actually killed a crow and probably (probably) will never get around to it. That鈥檚 a whole thing. I have caught and eaten plenty of fish and once slapped a howler monkey, but that鈥檚 about it. Would I meet a hitman in a dark underground garage and hand him a picture of a crow with a wad of cash in an envelope? Maybe.

In lieu of hunting, it may be ideal to first , including hanging shiny objects in your yard, playing recorded crow distress signals (surely your neighbors won鈥檛 mind), removing food and water sources, using motion sensor sprinklers, or placing decoy predators like a fake owl (but how do I get rid of the fake owl?). Writing articles does absolutely nothing.

The best approach is to find one of those people who love defending crows, pay them a few dollars to stand in your yard fondly gazing at the crows, and then watch as the crows get creeped out and never come back.

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