Anyone hunted pigeon?

I've shot them at night at my buddy's shop in town with subsonic Aguila .22s out of a Nylon 66 with a scope on it. They were roosted on a billboard and crapping all over everything, so they needed them gone. It was not hunting, just killing. They relocated shortly thereafter. Problem solved.

I used to hear tale of guys shooting them at the granary.

 

Hunt them quite a bit at a few of the farms I hunt on. Farmers love it and ask us to shoot them. They're not bad to eat either. We've killed 50-80 a year or more for the last three or four years. They make great practice before duck season and a pretty dumb when you stick out a few mojo doves, at least for a little while. The groups we hunt have gotten pretty wise to them but we still kill em just sitting by the grain bins. Had one spot that we couldn't really shoot safe anywhere but one lane and we had to shoot them on the ground. We let em bunch up at a little pile of grain and we each fired one shot and killed 19. Farmer was really happy that day. Good work for a dog if you have one as well.

 

use to shoot flush them out of my grandpas barns and blast away. they would crap all over the hay in the loft.

 

Jacob where you located at?

 

i think It was not hunting, just killing..

 

The one thing I regret is not eating them. I'd never been exposed to the idea of eating pigeons. I went back to work the following Monday and told my Swedish boss. He looked at me like I was a moron for not eating them. He said they are delicious. Live and learn. I'll never let another go to waste.

 

aren't they called "squab" in grocery stores? not that they're sold where I shop.

 

I believe he called them squab. He said they were great. I'm curious now to see what they taste like. Are they more like dove or closer to chicken?

 

Never intentionally hunted them. I guess they taste like a big dove. Its a fancy meal with a fancy price to buy 'em at a Foo-foo type restaurant. Never had one tho.