pigeon pete Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 hi all ive never had rook ,but will try it when i shoot some ,what dose rook taste like ?(not chicken lol) has anyone eat crow or jackdaw ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul T Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 I shot a couple of rooks and brought them home to make cat food. I did it just the once as there's surprisingly little meat on a rook - they seem to be all beak, head & feathers so it was hardly worth the effort. Personally I wouldn't eat anything that dines on either fresh meat or carrion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionpigeons Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) Hi, you are better eating rooks the 2nd week in may when the young are branching. I have never eaten them myself, but I have a friend that eats them every year and breast them out like pigeons. Edited September 5, 2012 by Actionpigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazed Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Years ago it was common to take the young from the nest and eat them. Am not sure about the legality of it tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon pete Posted September 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 cheers lads i think i will stick to pigeon , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionpigeons Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) Years ago it was common to take the young from the nest and eat them. Am not sure about the legality of it tho. It’s legal to shoot rooks and it’s legal to shoot branching young rooks. I shot a lot and feed them to my Hawks and ferrets. Edited September 5, 2012 by Actionpigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcatcully Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 i can remember as a boy all the farmers in our area used to get together on the 13th of may and go around and shoot the rookerys, some of the birds were kept and made into rook pie, never did try it myself though!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Trouble Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 A few christmas's ago I prepared some pigeons in a peppercorn sauce to eat as a side dish to accompany xmas dinner. Everyone tucked in and said how much they enjoyed it all, the look on their faces when I told them they had been eating crow and rook was priceless!! Not dissimilar to pigeon but smaller morcels tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfiddler Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Be like eating a rats fa rt hole I imagine :-( not for me thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) We normally eat the branchers-not the adult birds.Breast them out and soak them in milk for a few hours-then fry on a medium heat for a couple of minutes,tastes a bit unique but nearest comparrison would be cheap steak.Wouldn't try crows-meat and carrion eaters tend to be horrible. Edited September 7, 2012 by bruno22rf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 It’s legal to shoot rooks and it’s legal to shoot branching young rooks. I shot a lot and feed them to my Hawks and ferrets. I may be wrong, but I assume the poster meant they physically TOOK the rooks from the nest! Not shooting, but clambering up the tree and taking them. I believe this falls foul of the law, interfering with a wild birds nest or something IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Ive eaten rook branchers and its really nice, as said before, like steak but smooth as the musckes havent buit at that point so there nice and tender ! Prefer it to pigeon but only just ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Trouble Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Meat is meat - stop being jessies and eat it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionpigeons Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) I may be wrong, but I assume the poster meant they physically TOOK the rooks from the nest! Not shooting, but clambering up the tree and taking them. I believe this falls foul of the law, interfering with a wild birds nest or something IIRC. As I said SHOOT, Shoot being what I was saying. Can’t see many people now or in the past climbing up trees to catch young rooks can you. For one thing they build quit high and it would take a lot of climbing to get very few young rooks. Also I may well be wrong but I think you can interfere with pest bird’s nest: i.e. destroy them Edited September 7, 2012 by Actionpigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Climbing trees to get them was common enough when I were a lad-back in the 70's we did just that until one of my mates inherited an Airgun - he then used to climb as high as he could with a rope tied to him-once in position we would tie the gun to the rope and up it would go-used to get tons of them-where are you now Eddie-jeeeez you could climb a tree!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr williamson Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) I may be wrong, but I assume the poster meant they physically TOOK the rooks from the nest! Not shooting, but clambering up the tree and taking them. I believe this falls foul of the law, interfering with a wild birds nest or something IIRC. nope they can be taken from the nest at any time, shot, destroy eggs, and desroy the nest,only in the day not at night. that go's for any bird on general licence. if you did any of the above you would be complying with general licence and obviously abidiing by the law! forgot to say it is illegal to sell rooks. just read an article about a bloje who was nicked for supplying a pub with rooks cheers Edited September 9, 2012 by mr williamson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAV331 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I was under the impression that it was illegal now to kill rooks for human consumption?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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