Crows

[barb]

Today we had our monthly stableford comp.
Whilst coming down the 15th fairway my playing partner hit a smashing 2nd shot to just short of the green when a crow swooped down and grabbed her ball. We chased after it and it dropped her ball not far from it's orginal place.
The group in front of us also had 1 of their balls taken by a crow (possibly the same 1)

Over the last few weeks crows have become an issue for pinching balls on our course, does anyone else have this problem or experienced it.

 

[Whereditgo]

Not exactly......but the guy in the next bay to me at the range chalked 1 back for golf-kind on Friday afternoon.

He topped whatever club he was swinging and killed a crow stone dead at 125 yards.

 

[haplesshacker]

We have crow issues on one of the two courses. But mostly on the 15th.

 

[Imurg]

We have loads of Crows but I haven't heard of any ball theives yet.

Thinking back to the summer we were playing the 1st and Fragger had laid up from the tee - a sensible move for a change. He got out his hybrid and then rocketed one that never got more than 18 inches off the ground. It headed straight for a crow about 60 yards in front.
I swear to God, that Crow ducked just as the ball shot inches over his head - the bugger didn't flinch, just a slight duck and then carried on with whatever it was doing.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Not got too much of a crow problem on our course. I've heard of them stealing balls but not seen it. On a slight aside there was a rabbit at the range lastweek about 100 yards out that ran from right to left. Everyone was suddenly hitting thinned shots trying to pop it off. Even funnier when it ran back the other way about 5 minutes later. Final score rabbit 2 golfers 0

 

[USER1999]

Yep, we get balls stolen from 1, 13 and 14. Every year we have about 20 of them shot, but the next generation carry on. Thieving gits. One of the guys in my swindle lost his drive down 1, put another down, and that was stolen off the green. 2 shots, 2 new proVs gone.

 

[Birdman]

Hi
Yes this used to happen at the 1st green at Romsey golf club many years ago. Would imagine the crow has passed on by now

 

[Leftie]

Like most courses, we get our fair share of crows digging holes in the greens looking for leatherjackets (crane fly larvae) and turning over replaced divots.

One of our course rangers would occasionally go out early and dispatch a few crows and hang a carcass or two in the trees as this, apparently, discourages other crows from the area.

He was called in to see the secretary and was hauled over the coals.

Why?

Because a couple of lady members had seen the dead crows in the trees and complained.

 

[Tommo21]

There are a few clever crows at Royal Musselburgh that jump on the bags and looking in the pockets for food.

 

[thecraw]

That's why I'm a Craw and not a Crow!!

 

[bobmac]

In Germany, there used to be a fox that sat at the back of the 12th par 5. A local rule was introduced to allow the player to substitute an old ball for the approach shot as the waiting fox always trousered it.
What was worse, some of the lady members felt sorry for it and used to leave scraps of food for it

 

[Smiffy]

No problems with Crows but I was playing with JustOne once and he had big problems with a tortoise that was following us around and kept getting in front of him when he was about to hit a tee shot.
He wasn't very happy

 

[bobmac]

No problems with Crows but I was playing with JustOne once and he had big problems with a tortoise that was following us around and kept getting in front of him when he was about to hit a tee shot.
He wasn't very happy

Naughty.
Stop it at once

 

[Smiffy]

No problems with Crows but I was playing with JustOne once and he had big problems with a tortoise that was following us around and kept getting in front of him when he was about to hit a tee shot.
He wasn't very happy

Naughty.
Stop it at once

It was a three legged tortoise at that.
He was getting proper angry.

 

[Toby_LeRhone]

For several years now I've been training my pet crow, Archie, to pinch balls of the fairways. He's getting good now, only takes the Pro V1s.

 

[richart]

Only problem with crows is turning over the divots. We do have some noisey magpies, which screech in the middle of your back swing. In the summer adders are a problem, but they tend to bask in the middle of the fairways, so not a problem to me.

 

[drawboy]

The crow pinched HER ball! does she qualify to run for South Africa?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Because a couple of lady members had seen the dead crows in the trees and complained.

Just tell them they are resting

 

[john0]

There are a few old crows in our Ladies section

 

[Smiffy]

There are a few old crows in our Ladies section

At Highwoods they were all old tits