The ravens (crows, but larger) at my cottage always avoid me when I have a pellet gun. I, personally, have never shot at them, but a lot of people up there consider them pests, so I can understand why they have that fear. I have also made them like me specifically, as they can recognize faces, because I will fish clams out of the water where it is too deep for them, and then pile them on a rock for them. Ravens are really cool birds. They once deceived the dog from the cottage beside me after figuring out how to open the dog run. They coordinated so that one of them acted all derpy on one side to draw the dog from the gate, then it flew toward the gate once the other one had opened it, (have I mentioned that ravens are very large birds?) then the other one closed the gate once the dog ran through it to chase the raven, and then they stole the dog food once the dog could not interfere.