By 1901 the passenger pigeon was gone, so all they had for pigeons was pen raised or feral, which weren't nearly as common as they are today. English sparrows were overrunning the country by that time, this isn't the first report I've seen of them being used for shooting matches. Man they must have been tough targets, I can't even imagine. I've also heard of bats being used, quail, and blackbirds.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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on the last sunday of every month, I shot at a private farm on Maryland's eastern shore where the birds used were starlings out of Barnaby traps. Talk about a challenge.
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