Crow Busters Forum

Try to get where they are roosting(like on top of a silo) or where they are feeding ,set out some decoys and you will get 'em,just use the dead ones for decoys as you shoot 'em. Pick 'em up and start a decoy spread where you can be hidden( blind,corn,etc.) and still be with in shooting distance!!

I have shot a few while hunting a cut oat or wheat field just while crow hunting. Never went after them specificly.

Thanks everyone.

Are they like crows..as in will they come back after being shot at.  I usually always see them in flocks.  Usually near a farm/silo, etc.  If I make some homemade dekes and put them in cut wheat stubble and they fly in and we shoot at them...will that be it for the day?

Sorry for the stupid questions..just have never hunted them.

The pigs ate the pigeons??  Never heard of that.  I did quite a bit of farming growing up and never seen a pig eat a bird.  Pumpkins, corn, soybean, hay, etc....no birds...haha

I'm going to go out and give it a whirl.  Like I said, I saw a decent sized flock and there looks to be one all white pigeon in among the normal colored ones.  I'd like to toast that one.  Added challenge.

Didn't the mafia use pigs to get rid of human bodys ? Or was that just in the movies

 Hey Hammer be careful!!!! Pigeon hunting is extremely addictive!! I stumbled into it and learned how to do it quick. First of all Have Shanedog hook you up with a web site to order some decoys. Lord knows hes got plenty It sounds to me like you may have a spot that will produce several hunts. I bought 6 wood pigeon deeks from a site that Shane hooked me up with and I have had a ball shootin them flyin rats. I have learned 3 things for sure. Never shoot the birds if the lot or field they are in is full. Just put your deeks out or flush the birds and DONT SHOOT!!! Let em come back a few at a time They are relatively stupid I have never spent a minute building a hide. And dont shoot the spot more than 2 or 3 times a month. You will have em everytime then. It is awsome shootin!!! You can fill in any down time with starlings or blackbirds. Its the best thing in the world for a young shooter, lots of action and good practice. Dead birds are great deeks. But if you have a spot that will produce all the time it would pay to buy a half dozen deeks. Shoot a full choke too them pigeon are tough birds  

Will pigs eat pigeons? I hope to tell ya! They do a great job on crows too!

Jerry Byroade whom I've been hunting crows with for the past 5 seasons told me a great hunting story. In his youth many years ago he had a gunny sack full of dead doves ( several hundred ) that he and his friend shot near a pig pen. He saw a car coming at break neck speed down the road about 400 yards from where he was shooting. Jerry had a feeling it was the game warden so he ran over to the pig pen where there were 40 or so hogs and dumped all the doves out of the gunny sack as fast as he could. By the time the warden checked his hunting licence he said, now lets check you're limit! Yup, you guessed it, Jerry was legal alright. The warden took a stroll over to the pig pen and all he could see that was left of all those doves was a few feathers here and there. The warden knew that his evidence was all gone and Jerry was sitting pretty! The warden said "I'm going to keep a close eye on you" and then they both started laughing it was so funny! True story!

Bob A.

Really???  You eat pigeon?  I've seen recipes for crows and there's no way I could bring myself to eat something that I saw on the road eating a dead skunk..haha.  Pigeon maybe...crow NEVER.

They are feeding on nothing but grain..guaranteed.  No livestock around..just a grain farm.

I just printed out 20 pigeons.  They look pretty good.  Just gotta cut them, glue them and stick them in the very low cut wheat fields.  I think they'll work fine.

Hey Bob
I sent you two PM's did you get them????

-- Edited by SHANEDOG on Thursday 5th of August 2010 06:27:16 PM

like chip said there were some fellows from soar no more that used to post here now and then. they are all about pigeon shooting.

i like their hats

-- Edited by jonthepain on Wednesday 5th of September 2012 02:20:26 AM

Red-tail hawks are not pigeon decoy friendly either!

The Australian Hunting Podcast did an interview with soar no more a few weeks ago. Might want to check it out if you have an extra hour

We shoot pigeons any time we are out hunting, they love grain fields - especially peanuts.  Find a peanut field being harvested and you should find plenty.  Delicious to eat, grain fed - use any recipe you would use for a dove.  You usually find plenty of them around a feed lot.

 - my two favorite recipes for pigeon:

1.  Bacon wrapped pigeon - breast the bird, slice meat away from middle chest bone but leave attached, insert a slice of onion and jalapeno between the breast bone and the breast meat, wrap in bacon, stick a toothpick through the bird to hold the bacon in place, throw on the grill until the bacon is done, be sure to turn often - mmmm, Aint Bea, Aint Bea

2.  Blackened breast of pigeon - breast the bird and cut the breast meat off the bone so you end up with two morsels per bird, get a black skillet very HOT (so hot that when you drop a drop of water in the pan, it jumps back at you hot) shake a mixture of dried, ground spices into the pan - whatever, you have - cayenne, file (used in gumbo), sage, pepper, basil, coriander - when it starts to smoke, quickly dip the breast morsels in liquified butter and toss them in the pan, it only takes a minute or two on each side to cook.  Better to undercook than overcook.  Take them out, let them cool, put a fancy toothpick in them and serve as appetizers with a cold beverage.

These recipes work with most birds - dove, pigeon, quail, teal - have never tried them with crow.

Enjoy !!!