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I head out and shoot these tasty little birds a couple times a year to help local farmers clear them out of their silos.



Any of you hunt pigeons? if so do you eat them? whats your favorite recipe?

Steve

They are just BIG dove,...treat them as such.

Mojo dove decoys work real good on them.

Yes, I shoot pigeons at three different dairies. Don't bother to eat them though some of the mexicans that work there do. Our shooting is to seriously thin the numbers. I shot 46 at one dairy in one afternoon with a 16 ga. mdl 12 and an oz of 5's. Most fun one can have with a shotgun.

Did it once and for the most part it was some challenging shooting. Have eaten a couple and found them as Redgun stated. Similar to Dove.

I killed a buttload of them as a kid with my trusty Crosman and ate quite a few of them. Couldn't distinguish it from dove. I'd give anything to find a place on the outskirts of town to wingshoot them. Can't imagine anything more fun.

Hmmm...this is a good idea!

Pigeon shooting is great fun...but a bit difficult to find here..if you can locate them,it is awesome..

I have been netting them at night to use for training my setter puppy. The pigeon goes into a bird launcher, which we hide and then bring the puppy into the area and let her find and point them. She is nearly ready for shooting-probably next week and a few more birds. I was going to take her to a preserve and buy some pheasants, but maybe I will shoot a few of the pigeons instead and try eating them.

Isn't it refreshing to find something that doesn't taste like chicken! I've eaten a lot of them and they taste like pigeon to me. I don't think they are really pigeons, I think they are called Rock
Doves. Wild pigeons aren't found in barns and here, there are seasons on them. I've got a bunch here. Been using them to train dog's for a lot of years. kept the loft at about 40 birds year round years past but down a bit now. gonna build it back up next spring.

Today after pheasant hunting, I saw dozens of pigeons on the farmers silos..he told me shoot all I wanted..I shot for maybe an hour killed 10..used up the last of my pheasant loads and headed back to camp..great way to end the day...

Hey now, there arent any pheasants in Wyoming didnt you know...

JW, we were in South Dakota..