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Pigeon-hunting

MartesMartes Member Posts: 140 ✭✭✭
edited August 2004 in Bow Hunting and Target Archery
Anyone ever tried pigeon-hunting with a bow? Next week starts pigeon season and thought I might have a go at it.
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  • headzilla97headzilla97 Member Posts: 6,445
    edited November -1
    not with a bow in america they are considered pests so we can shoot them when ever gun of choice for me is the shot gun

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  • MartesMartes Member Posts: 140 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not exactly our national bird either, but the meat is very tasty. Don't know if it's the same as you have there: Woodpigeon (columba palumbus). Most people hunt them with shootguns at pea-fields, but I thought it might be fun to try my bow.
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  • fishermanbenfishermanben Member Posts: 15,370
    edited November -1
    Martes, I don't think they're native to America. Here there are bunches of them, and they are dirty and nasty. I would rather eat ground hog.

    Ben
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  • SuspensionSuspension Member Posts: 4,783
    edited November -1
    How about Dove? I hunt doves two or three times a year, just sit under some power lines and wait for them to land. [^]
    I just love dove breast with a little BBQ & whiskey mixture then grilled.
    Pigeons, I've never heard of anyone hunting them or eating them.



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  • bang250bang250 Member Posts: 8,021
    edited November -1
    Susp. I have to agree dove is great, I put it right up there with deer backstrap. In fact I'm not sure which is better. Can't wait for dove season!!!!!!!
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