AndyBaz Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Just wondering if there are any full time professional pigeon shooters on this forum and what kind of living can be made of it. (hope this is the best place to post) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I can't imagine there's much of a living to be made from shooting pigeons. The money is made providing the sport for paying clients, the pigeons are just a by-product. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semiautolee Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I can't imagine there's much of a living to be made from shooting pigeons. The money is made providing the sport for paying clients, the pigeons are just a by-product. Mark. i agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Do kind of know someone who does shoot pigeons as a living but he has his carts paid for he gets a wage per week and then sells his birds to pubs and so on to top his money up . Without the wage from the farm and his carts being paid for he would not be doing it thats for sure . I Know there was a few around a good few years ago but with the price of carts and fuel and the price they got for the pigeons they had to give it up ,but this was a long time ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudu Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I know somebody whom with his brother used to be true 'professional' pigeons shooters many years ago. Even back then when cartridges, fuel ect was cheap they had to shoot a minimum of 600 a week to make a wage. It just would be impossible now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBaz Posted June 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 I think you must have your fingers in a few pies but there must be a way to get the bulk of a wage from shooting pigeons even if it works out at a pound an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) I think you must have your fingers in a few pies but there must be a way to get the bulk of a wage from shooting pigeons even if it works out at a pound an hour. give it a go but i wouldn,t hold much hope of it being profitable just to clarify i,m talkin about making a living from shot pigeons not pigeon guiding Edited June 10, 2011 by yickdaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) Good luck to you but it wont be easy im sure unless your a great shot and make good money on what you sell ,there is far to much to go against you with this weather birds being birds and price of carts and fuel all making it even harder to make a wage Edited June 10, 2011 by proTOM1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Good luck to you but it wont be easy im sure unless your a great shot and make good money on what you sell ,there is far to much to go against you with this weather birds being birds and price of carts and fuel all making it even harder to make a wage Surely travel is the big one in all that. If your good enough to be paid for it you woul have to make a very visible dent in numbers and that would basically put you out of buisness unless you traveled widely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I think if you had a 1 for 1 cartridge to kill ratio, didnt have to travel and got a good price for the shot birds, then you could make a few quid. Not enough to live on mind you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBaz Posted June 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Yeh the maths could stack up but if only we all did live in an ideal world. I was really asking because I was watching a DVD the other day and the shooters on it were described on it a professional pigeon shooters, Now I know the definition of a professional is someone who gets paid for doing something no matter how little or how well they do it, but it got me thinking if there was someone out there who was shooting pigeons for a week solid this would be a great weeks holiday if the local travel agant could take bookings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapalomablanca Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 You would be better off putting in a shift at mcdonalds in the morning and going out in the afternoon to find pigeons and just call yourself a professional! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I think professional in this context means the main part of the income is through putting out clients on different fields almost on a daily basis and maybe charging a little extra for those without equipment or hire of whirly gigs. If you shot 150 birds a day, 5 days a week and got 50p each for them (impossible), you`d still not be making a living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoughton Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 My 52 year old brother-in-law moved back in with the mother-in-law five years back. He plays the very occasional (once or twice a month) acoustic gig at a local pub for £30 a go - but still takes great delight in describing himself as a professional musician. Meanwhile he lives form her cupboards for free and racks up her phonebill in his belief that one day he will make it big. Winds us up no end as we have to help her with her bills What some people call professional differs from what most of us would! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 it would be interesting for someone to work out how many pigeons needed to be shot, less costs, per day to make minimum wage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 it would be interesting for someone to work out how many pigeons needed to be shot, less costs, per day to make minimum wage? Got a calculator, do it yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Got a calculator, do it yourself i am not that bothered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 7000 birds killed in 1 week at 30 p each is £2100 deduct £205 minimum wage for 39 hours = £1895 deduct cost of 9000 shells at £180 per thou (£1620) = £275 deduct fuel of £200 you happen to practically float on local birds = £75 deduct miscellaneous expenses such as broken equipment = one knackered breadline shooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 7000 birds killed in 1 week at 30 p each is £2100 deduct £205 minimum wage for 39 hours = £1895 deduct cost of 9000 shells at £180 per thou (£1620) = £275 deduct fuel of £200 you happen to practically float on local birds = £75 deduct miscellaneous expenses such as broken equipment = one knackered breadline shooter 1000 birds a day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 1000 birds a day? I had to make it realistic so used a conservative figure . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBaz Posted June 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Never wanted to have to add things up but glad hamster did, lol, good job we all do it for the fun of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 only way you could remotely hope to achieve a living would be to find a market for them as oven ready and sell them prepared. Via farmers markets and finding local restaurants you'd increase what you make to a couple of quid a bird and suddenly the economics begin to stack up but it would be only just and hard work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 There just isn`t enough light hours in the day to allow shooting enough birds, and then to have to pluck (even a machine set up would take time) and market them as well? No sorry, the only way to make it pay is to place 3-4 guns out at least 3 times a week, charge them £50 a day and possibly a bit more if you happen to have the room to put them up for the night. If you could get their combined bag picked up once a week, it may just give a wage. I wouldn`t want to try it though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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