30-6 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 (edited) When using the yellow primos crow call how many times do you actually call and can say it works ? Do you stick to a set pattern or vary 3, 4, 5 calls or whatever ? Do you cup your hand over the end of the call or just blow it with both hands on gun ? I've been practising, doing a "grrrr" sound into it while closing / opening my hand, and have got the birds to respond vocally back, but have not had any birds come to the call. EDIT TO ADD - i might be telling them to all **** off Edited May 8, 2013 by 30-6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 I tend to cup one hand over the end, and open hand at the end of each blow (if that make sense) doing around 8 - 10 calls, I think 5 blows does mean F.... off doing this I've had loads overhead, only trouble was I was in a car park at the time testing it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Three calls in quick succession is the danger signal. Avoid this unless you are using the dead crow and stuffed/plastic owl trick! 5 or 6 is OK to start a series of calls, follow up with 1 call and then after a short pause, 2 in quick succession. The last one can fade away rather than just stop, a sort of awwww sound. Then just 2 a few times. You can then start again and mix it up a bit. If/when you get a reply copy that if you can. For Jackdaws, bite the reed and say peaaa several times in quick succession. This works well at this time of year as it has to do with calling a mate. I have had whole conversations with birds in the past. No idea what I was saying but its satisfying when they finally come in to investigate and get shot! GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregthegreat Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 (edited) The best I've found is to mimic a bit of a scrap going on or a crow in distress. I was doing this yesterday and had 20 odd over me at one point but it regularly brings in a handful. As they come over they'll start to act similarly which in turn brings more. You still need to be in the right place at the right time. If you're not near a flightline or it's dried up then they'll be thin on the ground. Greg. Edited May 12, 2013 by Gregthegreat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabarm gamma boy Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Three calls in quick succession is the danger signal. Avoid this unless you are using the dead crow and stuffed/plastic owl trick! 5 or 6 is OK to start a series of calls, follow up with 1 call and then after a short pause, 2 in quick succession. The last one can fade away rather than just stop, a sort of awwww sound. Then just 2 a few times. You can then start again and mix it up a bit. If/when you get a reply copy that if you can. For Jackdaws, bite the reed and say peaaa several times in quick succession. This works well at this time of year as it has to do with calling a mate. I have had whole conversations with birds in the past. No idea what I was saying but its satisfying when they finally come in to investigate and get shot! GH must disagree with you there buddy! 3calls is the come here call often heard with the feeding call wich is 1short 2long repeated once! the danger call is 5/7 fast caws! i shoot nothing but crows and the primos is my choice of caller! only use the caller when the birds are not coming in! if they are coming in DO NOT CALL ! atb john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Oh well, perhaps lowland crows speak a different language GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabarm gamma boy Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 ya never know lo! if it works it works! happy shooting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Here you go: http://www.primos.com/instructions/302.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Looks like I could be wrong then but in my defence I read some different instructions many years ago, for a different make and I'm sure they said 3 CAWW's was danger. As I said, it was quite a while ago so I may be mistaken but I have to say that I've had good results calling how I described earlier. Whatever, good luck with the Primus, it is one of the best around! GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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