Thread: Wanted: I need crows!

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The Hubby and I are doing a psycho scarecrow farm theme this year we are looking for realistic looking crows. Not the one from Michaels, we have some of those. We don't mind if it's taxidermy just as long as it is not expensive. So if anyone knows of a good site or knows someone that makes them? I could use the help. Thanks bunches and stay scary!

more realistic than the Michaels' crows = expensive

Taxidermy examples are VERY expensive. I've been searching for skeletal models and they are $50 and up for small animals. With feathers, eyes and other details, expect much higher prices.

I've been checking etsy and ebay and other locations, and that's been my experience so far.

I recommend searching for hunting decoys. I don't know what your price range is, but something like this one from Cabela's might work for your purposes. As I recall, the "aggressive caller" version that's out of stock was particularly nice. This more expensive one comes with a 60 second continuous sound loop.

You might check with some of the Canadian posters. Last year there was a nice-looking crow being sold at some kind of dollar store in that country that never made it to the U.S.

Originally Posted by BlueFrog

I recommend searching for hunting decoys. I don't know what your price range is, but something like this one from Cabela's might work for your purposes. As I recall, the "aggressive caller" version that's out of stock was particularly nice. This more expensive one comes with a 60 second continuous sound loop.

You might check with some of the Canadian posters. Last year there was a nice-looking crow being sold at some kind of dollar store in that country that never made it to the U.S.

Those are nice! I may have to pick up a few... the one that has the crow call would be pretty cool to put out in a display. But they are about 2 times more than the Michaels crows.

WOW! Those look good. Thank you very much for the tip.

Yes they are more then Michaels but not as much as taxidermy and they look to be in good quality which my husband is most concerned about.. Thanks to the both of ya.
Stay Scary.

Does anyone know of a good how-to for realistic static crows?

Dollar stores have tons of them right before halloween. They are kinda small though, but I use them.

My "aggressive caller" crow from Greenhead Gear just arrived; the Cawlin one is on backorder but should be here soon.

This Greenhead Gear crow is HUGE!!! I had no idea it would be this big. I personally think that it's wonderful that it will pretty much dwarf anything else on the market. Others may not feel the same based on the composition of other members of their flock. If anyone would like me to measure this ginormous beastie for comparison let me know.

Originally Posted by Chaserbug

Dollar stores have tons of them right before halloween. They are kinda small though, but I use them.

I also, see they are online at Dollar Tree right now if you are interested in these: http://www.dollartree.com/arts-craft...1442/index.pro