Eating Pigeon

[Ristorapper]

I put some down with the BB gun as a young teenager. Growing up working on the farm with my bachelor uncle and grandpa, we ate what we harvested. Pigeon and bullhead included. Don't recall much of how the pigeon tasted but do recall we ate bullhead and perch quite often.

Thank God I didn't drop that big black Angus bull when I peppered him with the BB gun. But I recall he chased me across the feedlot one time when i was in there teasing him with the feed bucket. Ornery little sob i was!!

 

[FishReaper]

nothing wrong with a country pigeon. Ive had quite a few of them. as guywhoeatstuff says. just a huge dove


damn maneuverable SOBs too. can test your shotgunning skills in a hurry

 

[wildeyes]

We use to go in the barn wait until they would fly in and pick them off with a pellet gun. Grandma would pluck them like a chicken and roast them. Good S**T. At the time was a growing Boy so pretty much anything tasted good.

 

[3Roosters]

I shot a homing pigeon one time. Message was attached. I don't shoot pigeons anymore.

 

[Allen]

I shot a homing pigeon one time. Message was attached. I don't shoot pigeons anymore.

Now that's what I call eavesdropping.


I have never tried rock doves before, but know a fella who when he was young was told he had to eat anything he shot. Said robins were the worst. Always made me laugh when he mentioned it, his mom also made sure he knew the birdfeeder was a game refuge. He'd laugh to high heaven when he talked about sneaking shots at birds on the refuge, especially when he got to the part about his mom catching him hunting the refuge.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Pigeon better than seagull from the dump Im sure....

 

[guywhofishes]

when I was young I thought same thing - then I got older, thought it through with a little more rigor, ate em, liked em

interesting that "free range" chickens that run around the yard and eat all kinds of garbage, rotten fruit/veg, table scraps, creepy crawlies, insects that died from insecticides, and various other nasties (including each others butts) - they are considered creme dela creme for the table.

seeds/grains dominate even a city pigeon's diet - and they are considered dirty rats

but the human brain is a fickle thing - I don't blame you guys who are grossed out about it for not eating them because eating things that gross you out is "for the birds"

(an old saying that means if it's too disgusting to eat let's set it outside for the chickens - who we will eat later) ;:;rofl

[I made that last part up - not sure where that saying got started]

 

[johnr]

it is for the birds originated in Ireland, it has a duel meaning.

 

[guywhofishes]

it is for the birds originated in Ireland, it has a duel meaning.

 

[Pinecone]

guywhoeatspigeon, how do u cook em?

 

[guywhofishes]

Cold smoked, smoked, and stroganoff.

 

[wby257]

I had a friend in Pittsburgh that trained dogs. When we were up in Canada hunting years ago he said it was real hard to get Pigeons. I told him to make up a shirt that said pigeon relocation member. He did and people would come up to him as he was catching birds and give him money. They thought it was so nice of him to take them to the country and release them. He told me he could have made a living just picking up birds and the donations he said we unreal.

 

[snow]

Yup,they make great kabobs...

 

[Bed Wetter]

Okay, so can I make offseason pigeon hunting a seasonal ritual... There's no season and no limit. When is the best time, outside of fall, to shoot them?

 

[gonefshn]

I used to think they were a really dirty bird and ate bugs and stuff. But after hunting them at a local feedlot I have noticed that they're more grain fed than bugs and stuff. If you ever watch them they're really good at picking out the undigested kernels of corn and stuff out of the cow shit. So, with them being grain fed I'm sure they're good to eat. ;:;badidea

 

[guywhofishes]

I used to think they were a really dirty bird and ate bugs and stuff. But after hunting them at a local feedlot I have noticed that they're more grain fed than bugs and stuff. If you ever watch them they're really good at picking out the undigested kernels of corn and stuff out of the cow shit. So, with them being grain fed I'm sure they're good to eat. ;:;badidea

just like turkeys and pheasants at every ranch or farm that feeds ground grain - and many do

my go-to spring turkey hunting plan in western ND involves scouting ranches that grind feed - they are gobbler goldmines since there's no insects yet and most "natural seeds" are tough to scrounge up by late winter

half the gobblers I've shot had been scratching patties minutes prior to their demise

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BTW - when did cow crap become so "icky" to grown men?

what has happened to us?

 

[SDMF]

when did cow crap become so "icky" to grown men? What has happened to us?

We moved outta mud huts and no longer have to burn it for heat.

 

[guywhofishes]

I went to college in Dickinson. Lived/worked on a ranch for 5 years. Cow patties, while inconvenient, didn't freak me out. Cowboys didn't seem scared of it either.

Most confusing of all is seeing someone happily snarf down a steak from the very animal that is literally stuffed full of it - while turning his nose up at something that carefully picks grain out of a small pile of it.

 

[Bed Wetter]

We moved outta mud huts and no longer have to burn it for heat.

Don't speak too soon. Guywhonolongerflushes#2

 

[ISELLGUNS]

I like them.