So, I've heard "over yonder", and I've heard "as the crow flies", and I live in an area where neither of those phrases are uncommon to hear... But I don't believe I've ever heard them both put together like that.

"Over yonder" is a casual phrase that's used to indicate the general direction or location of a place or thing, usually accompanied by a finger pointing in a rough direction.

"As the crow flies" specifically refers to the shortest distance between two points, rather than travel distance. Like, "the distance between New York and Washington DC is 231 miles by road, or 204 miles, as the crow flies."

"Over yonder" already implies that we are referring to a straight line from A to B, so it would be redundant to add "as the crow flies" after it.

So like, are people really putting those two phrases together like that? If so, I must protest. /angryface

Over in that way, in a direct route without taking into consideration terrain.

I've never heard "as the crow flies" used that way. It is always used to talk about distance, not direction.

It's a perfectly cromulent sentence in my neck of the woods lol.

I guess cuz it sounds enough like the much more common saying "as the crow flies".

I have also never heard it used to describe direction, only distance.

If I have two wolves in me, do I travel twice as fast as the wolf runs? Or perhaps I never tire because they take shifts? Can’t get lost because the second one handles navigation?