Anybody on here hunt sandhill crane? I wouldn't mind shooting one to mount but fan you eat them? I'm seeing over our lease in graham and I've never seen them before this year. Give me your opinion

They are called the RIBEYE of the sky for a reason. I have been seeing quite a few this year also.

They are an amazing bird to hunt. Probably near the top of my list. We went with "dusty" from "Longneck Outfitters" near lubbock late january and shot half a limit of canadas, and our 5 man limit of cranes!!

Will be doing it again this season!!

-Matt

EDIT: They taste great too!!

Yo graham I hunt em outside of newcastle off the brazos and we got about 5000 wintering on a neighbors farmland. I have decoys and layout blinds and if you dont have that just pattern the birds and lineup on fence posts. If you ever want to hunt them pm me and wr can put a hunt together at my place or yours. My name is Sam. I will ve hunting them this weekend in newcastle sunday morning. Ducks first though on saturday morning since it's supposed to be cloudy and winds at twenty out of the northwest.

I might have to take you up on that. Don't think ill be able to Sunday but definitely want to. When does the season end?

Not til the february so we got plenty of time. My familys private land I hunt on and I guide for ducks/cranes on area farmland we have permission to hunt.

Not sure how ya'll are hunting the cranes, (some hunt over canadas, some over SH Crane Dekes only)

But I've got a couple dozen Big Foot Canadas, and some layout blinds, I'm game anytime.

-Matt

yes great Eating going saterday Newcasle nort Lowe rd.we got 8 missed 5to6 Gadwalles & Black ducks Betwean 2 of us.. Good Luck Sat.

I hunt outside of Newcastle as well, seen alot of cranes lately

Alright we all need to coordinate this one and get a big group together and get a hunt planned. I have three layout blinds and about 50 sillo-sox and 5 full body crane decoys and a few canadian dekes would work mixed in as well so mnsherick for sure bring some if we can get a trip planned. Also, aggieduck, im in my final semester of civil engineering at texas a&m....and it only took me six years. That last game against tu was tough to watch. I think 5 or 6 guys would be a good group.

Baller Caller, my uncle lives in the Newcastle area and I have hunted up there a little...do the cranes decoy very well to those sillo socks??? I have hunted them with limited success down on the Brazos. I have layout blinds but have thought it would be difficult to hide in a wheat field even with a layout??

Just got Back hunting took 11 DUCKS BETWEEN 3 OF us Cranes Flying sidewase it was funny