A bit of a tangent but still "hunting" in a way.....
For several years a friend and I lived on a rural property. We had a pond that we kept gold fish in.
There was one particular egret who figured out that we had fish in that pond and was always scheming on how to get at them.
This egret was very smart and cautious. My dog was kept in the yard by an "invisible fence" setup and that egret somehow figured out that boundary, and would sit just on the other side of that line calmly while my dog went crazy barking a couple of feet away.
I nailed that bird with a paintball gun only twice out of many attempts. You had to be truly stealthy to get him because his eyesight was good and he could see you blink from a ways away.
The first time I got him was through an open window. Had to stand perfectly still, maintain my stance in one position until he entered my sight picture. Took about 15 physically agonizing minutes, I knew if I moved he would see me and the game was up. He FINALLY entered my sight picture and I nailed him.
Another time I had to pretend to walk out to my car to put a tree between me and him. Then went prone and low crawled the 30 yds or so to the tree. Even though he couldn't see me, he knew something was up and kept changing position to try to get a glimpse of me. I had to crawl somewhat laterally towards the tree to keep it between us. Eventually, I reached the tree and his curiousity got the better of him. He kept circling to get a glimpse of me, right into my sight picture and I got him. Probably a 30 yd shot which was decent for that paintball gun.
The paintballs just startled him, and left an orange splotch on his feathers. He still came back every time.
Not a lot of crows here in northern CA.