malc57 Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 what do people do with there pigeons at the end of the days shooting.either small bags or large bags, or whats best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 de breast them and freeze them mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Most people I know keep as many for themselves as they wish to eat (and freeze) then sell the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Freeze them in the feather ready for the game dealer to collect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougall Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 always keep 8/10 in freezer as next times decoys.Eat 6-8.If medium bag(30-50) give to local pub,if over 75 game dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN BOY Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 eat the breasts or freeze the bird for another day when i have time to prepare it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 freezer, then sell them, then buy more cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard.Hosgood Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Give the farmer what he wants, breast out the rest and freeze. Then sit down with a beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 It is the 'pleasure and the pain' syndrome. The pleasure is being out looking across wonderful countryside and doing what some of us love best of all - shooting pigeons in the company of our dogs. The pain, at the end of a good day, is packing up the kit, picking up the dead birds, cartidges and other detritus and then ensuring that the dead birds enter the food chain in the best possible condition. At this time of year I eat quite a few young birds, but the rest I take to a friend who prepares them and sells them into the restaurant trade. That drive, though essential, just about drains my energy reserves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Soon as I have built my new shed I'll put a chest freezer in it then it's game dealer storage. For now de breast freeze eat and gift to friends playing around with sausages to...http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc391/utectok/FDB138E5-2232-41A3-B37A-5FFD02A7F9BF-730-00000073652598B0.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionpigeons Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) As above I always keep a few birds to decoy. The rest I take the heads, wings, and tail of then freeze them. That way they take up less room in the freezer. When the freezer is full I sell them. I would not shoot them if I could not use or sell them. Edited August 17, 2012 by Actionpigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 take to gamedealers same day or lay them out on the back of my truck cover them with hessian wet it with a hose and take to game dealers very next day. usually keep a couple back for rotary or flappers. never chuck them, if i dont get enough worth takeing to dealers i give them away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 I have a smallish chest freezer in the garage that takes 100 or so birds.The odd few go to friends or the spaniel, when it gets to 100 I take them to the game dealer. Most of what I get is used up in fuel getting to the dealers and back, but at least they are put to good use and my conscience is intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanwood Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I shot 43 last weekend and i took them to the pub in trade for beer which sets my Saturday's up nicely which I thinks not a bad deal. Most country pubs will bite your hand off for a bit of game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 first into the chiller to drop their temperature then slowly add to the freezers. then once i have two loaded freezers and a loaded chiller i then load truck and go to game dealer. I cant stand the taste of flying rats. i would rather suck a sweaty sock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 (edited) I have never sold any pigeons. So you let the birds cool, then put it in a freezer in the feather? How long will it stay fresh enough for the game dealer to take? And when it's hot and you're shooting for the day, how do you takeI care of of the shot birds if they are going to a dealer? Do you throw them in a wet hessian bag or do you crate them straight away? Edited August 25, 2012 by Cosd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 i give mine to a old boy down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn pigeon shooter Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 I freeze all mine for game dealer he pays 35p each that pays for more shells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 I have never sold any pigeons. So you let the birds cool, then put it in a freezer in the feather? How long will it stay fresh enough for the game dealer to take? And when it's hot and you're shooting for the day, how do you takeI care of of the shot birds if they are going to a dealer? Do you throw them in a wet hessian bag or do you crate them straight away? What's the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon pete Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 well were tired and hungry and dont fell like doing pigeons lol i breast them on the farm ,double bag the breast and put in fridge till next day ,cut out meat and wash and de shot them ,then make pies and a lot of mess in the galley , freeze the pies, kids go mad for pigeons and i hand the pies out to friends and family ,we have a PPP week ,petes pigeon pies lol ,i was told to sell them as there that good lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 What's the problem The problem is that most of the pigeons I shoot on a hot day are not fit for human consumption after they have sat as decoys for a few hours in the sun, I certainly wouldn't be putting them into the food chain, yes in the winter not a problem or even those shot in the last hour of a hot day may be ok, the rest are frozen for decoys or given to the local fox population Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 The problem is that most of the pigeons I shoot on a hot day are not fit for human consumption after they have sat as decoys for a few hours in the sun, I certainly wouldn't be putting them into the food chain, yes in the winter not a problem or even those shot in the last hour of a hot day may be ok, the rest are frozen for decoys or given to the local fox population If they weren't fit the game dealer would reject them. Peterboro Game for example only pay up once the birds have been processed and deduct for any rejected birds. I have crowned birds on the field after a hot afternoon and they have been fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Sorry but you wouldnt catch me eating them may not be that hot up north but down here if you leave a bird for 30 mins in the sun its fly blown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Fly blown birds are just eggs laid onto the feathers. The incubation period of a fly egg is 24hrs at ambient temperatures, once you lower the temp below 5 degrees they go dormant. The eggs can be plucked off with the feathers and thrown in the bin. Believe me there are plenty of other bugs living in birds feathers other than fly eggs!! Nobody worries about them, maybe because you can't see them? I put my birds straight into a chiller set at 3 degrees as soon as I come in at night. The game dealer picks them up in a refridgerated van and stores them at his facility in a chiller. If fly blown birds were such a problem game dealers simply wouldn't deal in any summer shot pigeons, every bird has the potential to be fly blown in just a few minutes. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 What's the problem I didn't say there was a problem, I asked some questions! Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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