I have, many times. But only metaphorically.
Usually served to me by Mrs. solost on a silver platter.
Or you could pass an amendment to the Constitution:
Stranger
Crows are notoriously hard to hunt. There is a hilarious article about crow hunting in a hunting magazine like Field & Stream from probably the 1970s. I wish I could find it as it was priceless. Basically a large group of hunters hike to a hunting blind in small groups. They come and go in various combinations, switching clothes, hats and guns as they go while the crows watch from a distant tree. It wraps up with the only line I remember, “…leaving a single hunter in the blind!”
My guess is that the local/state laws which permit hunting crows during certain seasons provide the “waiver” mentioned in the quote from the Wikipedia article on the federal law.
There are always exceptions to the law/rule.
[Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 - Wikipedia]
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service issues permits for otherwise prohibited activities under the act. These include permits for taxidermy, falconry, propagation, scientific and educational use, and depredation, an example of the last being the killing of geese near an airport, where they pose a danger to aircraft.
After an update to administrative law in January 2021, the United States Department of the Interior ceased to enforce penalties under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the accidental killings of birds by businesses or individuals.[6] This change was revoked on October 4, 2021.[7]
I fixed the title. Makes more sense now.
Sorry Beck, it is illegal to own a crow in all 50 US states. It is one of those Catch 22 situations where crows are protectected under the Migratory Bird Act and also regulated as game birds by the states fish and game department. There are hunting seasons in most states, I know Oregon has one.
You just missed Arkansas crow hunting season. It ran from Sept 1st throug Feb 20th. Unlimited bag limit but you could only hunt them Monday through Thursday. Local Crow 555 union makes sure they don’t have to put up with that shit on the weekends.
Yeah, I been hearing pinging like crazy on the state lands near me.
But they won’t let me have one iddy biddy baby crow that I’d probably save from a 22 bullet. Dying for no purpose. No one eats them.
My crow, who I’d name Bean, would have a purposeful life. Entertaining me.
We don’t have a pet crow, but we feed the ones that hang around our house. They learn our routines and demand their treats.
My yard crows are masters at stealing any food they see. When it’s warm they go into the garage and steal the garage cats food remnants.
The same family of crows have been around here for years.
They know the routine.
I mean, there are certainly days I’d like to shoot the blue jays near our feeder, but sure, I’d support that law.
Sure, except for the split infinitive. (Even if it’s no longer considered improper, it still grates.)
The crows I feed in the yard leave me tufts of grass on the deck railing. For my nest, I guess! They also sit in the trees outside of the bedroom and stare at me when they think I should feed them. 
I get sticks on my deck rail. They have comfort issues, I guess.
They’ve never forgiven me for Son-of-a-wrek scaring them one time.
Why do crows place these sticks and grass on people’s railings, (etc.)?
I’ve never heard of this. Gathering things for their nest? Sure. But just leaving stuff piled about doesn’t make sense to me.
I don’t get the hate people have for jays. We have a peanut feeder just for them (& the squirrels).
Me neither. Back when I lived where they were relatively common, seeing one was always a treat.
I like crows and all corvids, because they’re smart and funny and fun to watch. But I do wish there were less crows in our neighborhood. They’ve become overpopulated here and in a lot of places, I understand. We used to have plenty of robins and goldfinches and mourning doves, but these birds have all but disappeared, and have been replaced by lots and lots of crows. Since crows raid the nests of other birds for eggs and nestlings, it’s pretty easy guess what happened.
The one benefit is that we also used to have gobs of noisy, messy starlings (an invasive species), but I haven’t seen a starling in years.
Here’s an interesting article on that phenomenon.
So, you could be right–but other factors, such as habitat loss, are also likely culprits for the loss of your smaller songbirds.
Thats what i mean. If any person has a relationship with a crow u will find how much you will adore them. Their incredibly intelligent, family oriented. They even bring food to their elder or sick crows. They have compasion, and they are so curious of us humans. They like us but are so afraid of being shot. Someday, u will see , we are moving into the age of the Crows. Go read about them and wTch utube on them.
Unbelieveable. I never knew.