Live pigeon shoot criticized

[Richard Flanders]

Now this is good!! Good for Jim! Wouldn't we all love to attend such a shoot as a show of solidarity?!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014...tics+-+Text%29

[King Cobb]

I will be honest, pigeon shoots have never been my cup of tea as far as being sporting goes. Then again I am not a big fan of the quail hunts with pen raised quail either.

But that is just my opinion.

[Phil C]

Put me down as one that loves to shoot feral, and hand thrown pigeons. As far as quail I shoot plenty of wild birds, but if it was not for pen raised birds there might be a lot of folks that would never have a chance to work their dogs on a Bobwhite, numbers are down around the country. I support the guys that take advantage of the only opportunities that they might have and support their right to do so.

[Richard Flanders]

Roger that Phil. The article on this issue is ludicrous. People comment that "it doesn't seem like hunting to me".... DUHHHH... it's NOT hunting and is not touted as such. The article is aggravatingly typical of the "antis". If we didn't have pen-raised pheasants and chukars up here we'd not get much upland type shooting.... and my freezer would be much emptier. The RGS group and the dog training groups can go through thousands of birds a year at the preserves down by Anchorage. They provide a huge service up here. I've put something between 200 and 300 pounds of birds in my freezer from our preserves up here. At one RGS Under Broken Wings event everyone hastily departed when it was over because it was colder than hell and getting dark fast and left 3 of us-Trigg, his brother and I, standing there with 40 expired pheasants deal with... no problem!! My freezer did well that trip I can tell you. Another trip Trigg and I did 28 chukars one day for dog training and I brought them all home since his freezer was well stocked... I just ate one tonight. I'd be doing the same if there was a pigeon ring up here.

[Craig Parker]

"That was more like shooting fish in a barrel," Silverstein said. "Personally for me, I enjoy hunting, but I don't think I would have .

But also thinking, wish I would thought of that for a funraiser.Maybe or maybe not

[Ed Blake]

Personally I wish the Parker/LC Smith shoot at the Southern used live birds.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

A few of us did an informal live pigeon shoot with vintage doubleguns last summer. All had a great time. The birds were not so easy to kill.

At the shoot's end the dead birds were taken home by a PGCA member for a country gourmet meal or two!

[MarketHunter]

I've been to several shoots in PA where they were filming and protesting. I always just smile and wave at the cameras, flipping them the bird doesn't do any good.

Good for this guy, wish I was able to vote for him. That's a man who doesn't care what anybody thinks, and that's my kinda politician.


DLH

P.S. to Ed: Early on in the Parker - Smith Challenge, there was an attempt by a few of us to get into some pigeon shooting down there. The guy who was organizing it had some issue and it never came off I'm sad to say. It wasn't on site, it was at another club somewhere a few miles away.

[Jawjadawg]

Originally Posted by Mark Ouellette

At the shoot's end the dead birds were taken home by a PGCA member for a country gourmet meal or two!

I hadn't heard of eating a pigeon. Wonder how they taste? At any rate, eat what you kill, right? I figured pigeons were an exception. I have heard about pigeon shoots that used to be held around the town square in small towns, and always thought the exercise was more a matter of pest control. Same as nobody eats the rat they kill in a snap trap.

I have a hard time envisioning myself eating something that lives around the city because I assume their food source is a little rough. Squirrels are a prime example. No problem with a squirrel shot out in the woods, but I can't wrap my mind around eating one I've plugged while it was trying to get in to my roof. Probably no difference between the two, just a preconceived notion on my part.

[Steve Rivers]

It is legal to take feral pigeons by any means in Texas. Pigeon shoots are legal. It is a great test of your shooting skills and a fun event for family and friends.