Sandhill Crane Hunting

How do you hunt for Sandhill Cranes? Pass shoot or decoys?

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Sweet. I've only tried it a few times pass shooting, want to try decoys someday

I think I figured out the photos. Here are some neat pics we had taken over our spread.

Nice pics

Nice pics! Just got a Nikon d3200 can't wait to try if out.

Nikon makes some great stuff, that is what we use.

Where do you usually set up for cranes? Cotton fields? Peanut fields?

Do you call them?

Nice pics.

Theres a cattle pasture they stack up in heavy this time of year right down the road from work... bad thing is its right inside city limits so its nothing more than a tease

Crossbow. Ghillie suit. Done.

We generally setup for them in wheat fields and milo fields here in Kansas. We call them and it seems to help some. The decoys really do all the work for you.

Man that's some good groceries right there...

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Awesome pictures! Really want to try hunting for cranes some day.

Wheat fields? Winter wheat that's green still? Or summer wheat that has been combined?

I want to shoot some on my place.

What kind of decoys are those?

Good pics, down south they can clean out a Sendero full of corn in a hurry, I've been wanting to give it a shot on hunting them.

Sand hill cranes.

We make the crane decoys in our shop. If you would like to see more pics we have a Facebook page you can view. DeceptionOutdoors.com

Ribeye from the sky!

Yes it is fairly obvious that they are sandhill crane decoys.

Agree, but I think he was asking about the brand/manufacturer perhaps?

$550 for a six pack? Ouch.

? Really? You actually eat them? They don't look like they have much meat on them? For some reason I thought they were off limits as far as hunting.

Actually that's pretty reasonable for two reasons,
A. Little market competition
B. actual r&d'd full body crane decoys, with realistic poses/paint

Sure one could buy a dozen silosocks for 125, but it would take multiple dozens. Or in most areas, six of these would work equally as well.

we've had sandhills all around our place for last couple of weeks....sandhill jerky is dern good to!

How far to the East and south do these guys go? Within a couple of hours out of the northern DFW area??

They are really good eating. Much better than ducks or geese in my opinion. They have more meat on them than you would think as they weigh about 8-110 lbs. or more. Much more meat than a duck.

Nice pics! Those decoys looks awesome!!!

Great pics and some of the best eating there is.

They taste terrible, send them to me for disposal.

They're all over here in Wharton county

Great pics!

Awesome pictures, and welcome to THF!

[/quote] ? Really? You actually eat them? They don't look like they have much meat on them? For some reason I thought they were off limits as far as hunting. [/quote]

They have a large "no kill" zone in Texas. You really have to know where you're at. Was deer hunting weekend before last and flock after flock of them flew over at tree-top height all weekend. Had a 12-guage in the truck, but we were in their safety area.

You aint killin near enough of'em Krane Killer. I hate those terradactyl looking things. They scare the heck outta the deer when they decend on sendero's in south tx.
Get busy and kill more of'em.