17 inch Realistic Hanging Dead Crows Decoy Lifesize Extra Large Black Feathered Scare Deterrent Crow

This really works!!! We got into a war with several crows that showed up one day on our lawn. The next day, they were perched at the top of a tree in our yard, enjoying the beautiful view of the valley--and 'trashing up' our view (we had to look at the crows). I mistakenly tried to shoo them away, first by making noise and waving my arms, then by banging two pots together, then with a sling shot, etc. Not only did the crows resist, they counterattacked. I've since read up on crows--very intelligent, communicative, vindictive, and highly social. If you've got a small group today and they like your territory, you'll soon have MORE tomorrow. We tried everything: tying pie plates to the arbor so that the shiny metal would clang in the breeze (the crows soon adapted)--and we were trying to figure out whether we should "take them out" with our .410, when we came across this dead crow decoy. We read the reviews and decided to give it a try. Holy cow!!! It worked. Before the decoy arrived in the mail, the crows were pooping on our car (not on my truck)--they associated me with the car. We would find 10 or more big splats on the windshield and top of the car (not on the rear window?!?!). They figured out where the front entrance to the house was and began to poop on the 20'x20 entrance patio--sometimes up to 40 poops per day!!!!!! We would wash it off, and it would be the same the next day. We were reluctant to believe that crows were that intelligent / vindictive, but our jaw dropped when we saw this. When the dead crow decoy arrived, I must admit it looked REAL. The instructions were simplistic: Hang the decoy right-side up to scare away certain birds; hang the decoy upside down to get rid of crows. We decided to put the decoy right where they would surely see it: on the roof of the car. Just like in the old cartoons where Smedley Whiplash would tire the heroine to the railroad tracks, we put the decoy belly-up on the roof of the car with a string around its neck. That morning, before the decoy was in place, we had to clean the car again (you have to clean crow poop because it is highly acidic and ruins the paint). At noontime, we placed the decoy and waited. There was a lot of racket that afternoon, with lots of cawing and 'scolding' (we even studied crow caws so that we could mimic the crows and scold 'back' at them)--but no poop. Apparently, crows fear death, and dead colleagues are a bad since (= really dangerous humans)...and they hold funerals!!! (look it up on the internet--lots of research on this). The following morning, there were two poop splats on the entrance patio (down from 30-40/day) and NO poop on the car...and NO CROWS...and they have not been back since!!! I rarely write product reviews--at best I will give a product a certain number of stars--but this crow decoy is worth it!!! It was remarkably effective. (caveat: you have to be 'clever'--where are the crows going to see it? How can you keep them from figuring out it is decoy? etc. If you deploy it incorrectly or do not keep moving the crow or if they cannot see it, it might not work). Best money I've spent in a long time. If you've got a crow problem, this is solution.

Had 30 - 40 crows circling in alarm and they were not happy! Only use it now and again for a few hours at a time so that crows dont get used to it.

This is really realistic. The crows have a daily meeting and always make the same sound. Then I don't see them for the rest of the day. Although someone in the neighbourhood had asked me to remove it, stating it's disgusting (see it looks real), I'm incredibly happy with Greg (I named him that) although Russell would have been good too.

Arrived as advertised but worked for just 1 day!

Update 3 Years Later: I wanted to update my review now that I've been using the same crow decoy for a few years. The poor guy is starting to look a little 'worn out' with some white showing between his feathers so I'm considering replacing him with a new one. I leave him out nearly every day of the Spring-Summer months when the crows are at their worst, rotating his location in the yards around my home. It still works to keep the many crows out of my yard and birdbaths. I do keep him in the garden shed when it's rainy, which I think helped to preserve him all these years. Well worth the cost to have something so effective at keeping those pesky crows at bay.I've been dealing with neighborhood crows leaving garbage (peanut shells, bread, etc.) in my fountains and bird baths for quite some time. After having to clean almost daily I'd gotten to the point of letting some of them go dry because I don't have the time to keep up with them all. I hated having the smaller birds suffer because of these pesky crows so I researched options, finding this one with some great reviews. I was in doubt but after the first day, I saw amazing results. I placed this decoy on the pool deck between two of my fountains that the crows liked the most and they will not come into the yard at all. I leave it out for 1-2 days and then move it to the yard on the other side of the house where there is another fountain. Same result. The crows are still around but keeping their distance. After 1-2 days I either move it to the opposite yard or put it away for several days. Regardless of whether or not they see me put it out they keep their distance. It's been over a month now and still have excellent results. Sometimes I hang it by it's feet and other times lay it on the ground...either way seems to work. Other birds ignore it and still come in the yard and drink/bath from the fountains. I would recommend this to anyone dealing with crows on their property.