Strange Hunt Last Night.

[Brooksy]

I took the Rapid out last night looking for squirrels at dusk. As I walked the field toward the woods I spotted a crow at the edge of the field. As I got closer, it hobbled away, obviously unable to fly. It looked in distress, so I did the humane thing and dispatched it. A little later, another one in a furrow in the same field, unable to fly and flopping around, again, a quick dispatch.
I've never come across two injured crows on the same field, at the same time before.
All I could think was that the farmer may have been out earlier with his shotgun and maybe winged a couple as he shot into a group of them.
Anybody got any thoughts?