Why are crows so hard to kill with an air rifle?

Question

They seem to be incredibly smart and when I fire at them and miss they won't come back for many hours... I have a scope but have not sited it yet,so I am just using the iron site on my Remington Airmaster 77 that shoots at 750 feet per second... I am using Predator Polymag pellets because I have heard they are the best pellets made... Thanks for your answer... Olivia

Answer 1

There are air guns that you can take deer with in .40 caliber.

In missouri a .40 cal air gun is legal to hunt whitetail.

Lewis & Clark took game with an airgun in what 1803?

  If you get the right one you can hunt with it. Don't listen to people who say you cant.

Answer 2

well one u shouldn't even be shooting at a crow like my dad always told me if u kill it u eat it and 2 air rifles suck that is y if u want to go actuall small game hunting were u can shoot certain types of birds or squirrles i would recommend a 22 rifle or a low gauge shotgun like a 410

Answer 3

Air rifles are only decent for small game. Even pidgeons will survive if hit by an air rifle. But they fall when hit and usually snap their own neck anyway. A .22 air rifle may do it.

Answer 4

Like the others have said crows are WAY smarter and more wary than people think, when i go crow hunting I use full camo from head to toe, and call them in with a crow call, using decoys helps a lot.  And theyre pretty tough birds too, I usually use heavy 2 3/4" or 3" mags out of a 12 ga, and when I do get to shoot at one with a rifle I use a .223, nice explosive ball of feathers, lol, good luck, crow hunting is a blast, no pun intended, it surprises me that more people don't do it, I think its just as much fun as duck hunting and you don't have to freeze your a** off in a duck blind.

Answer 5

Crows are very wary birds. Take my word for it in open country they're a challenge even for people using scoped centerfire rifles. Problem is most air rifles don't have the punch  to kill a crow outright, all you're going to do is wound them.

A typical .22 round weighs 40 grains and travels on avarage at 1200 feet per second. A .22 caliber stinger round moves along at 1500 feet per second. A typical air rifle simply doesn't have the knock down power...However there are a few high end air rifles that top 1000 feet per second, I'd look into one of those if using a .22 isn't an option.

Answer 6

air rifles are not designed for hunting, they atre made for shooting targets

Answer 7

use a 12 gauge shoot gun it like turkey the fether act like a sheid that repell the shot

Answer 8

Crows are probably one of the smartest birds out there.  They know better than to come back to where someone has been shooting at them.  I would say you best bet to shoot them would be to get your scope sighted in.  Then if that wont work bump up to a .22 rifle