rorygall Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Hi all, Went out this evening for a couple of hours from about 5.30pm to 7.30pm. A few around at first and then thinned out until about 7.15pm when nothing else about. Sunset was 8.47pm. Do pigeons get to their roosts an hour or so before sundown or are they on the go until sunset? I've heard it said that the pigeons go to bed earlier and then the crows will come in later than the pigeons. Also I got a feral this evening. Looked quite clean and no growths etc so breasted it and in freezer with the rest. Do you eat ferals? My view was that if it looked scabby I'd bin it, but as shot in a field and looked ok no prob. Breasts on it looked fine, but not quite as dark as the woodies. Cheers Rorygall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesley121 Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 I treat ferrals the same as rats No way would I eat them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I treat ferrals the same as rats No way would I eat them me neither, are you that desperate for pigeon breast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I've taken feral pigeons to a barbecue before.They were enjoyed and nobody died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoreandmaster Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Having seen many ferrals Dinning out on pavement pizza's I dont think I would ever eat one , and now that you have frozen them together you may have contaminated the rest . So Motty I take it you didn't eat at the bar-b-q yourself????? martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 People on this forum often mix up 'ferals' and 'stock doves'. I would not eat a true feral and I would not shoot a stock dove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tignme Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I have a friend who eats ferals regurally.We call him nick the greek (Hes a greek cypriot) n he says his mama loves the eyes. I known him to eat them for 12 yrs now and hes as fit as a butchers dog. besides they are my permissions n he pays 50p for ferals n 75p for woodies so who am i to argue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 He probably started off as an Eskimo and ended up as a Greek after eating those ferals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I think there would perhaps be a big difference between city feral pigeon and the ones we shoot in the country side , they are more likely to live on a diet of grain than a tramps vomit !!! But I would doubt eating either would do any harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 ............'tramps vomit'! Fenboy do you have any experience of seeing ferals do that sort of thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I have certainly seen ferals and other birds doing that sort of thing , not sure if the vomit was produced by a tramp though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Eat them taste the same just a bit smaller not gone mad yet. Unless you know different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorygall Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Great replies guys. But, you all missed the main point....when do the woodies read their bedtime stories?? I reckon I'll eat country bumpkin ferals unless they have three legs or growths on their bodies or wear pin stripes.......nom nom. Rorygall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 OK, a sensible (I hope) reply. Shooting over rape and barley stubble of late the birds tailed off distinctly between 5 and 6. That is they stopped coming to the field I was shooting. I have just returned from walking my dogs and there are still pigeons flying about even though it is nearly dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I was shooting last night. From 4.30 to 7.30 they decoyed regularly, then it slowed down dramatically, by 7 there were still a few flying back and forth but hardly any decoyed, by 8.30 they'd gone to roost (I assume). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCED 686 Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Around seven / seven thirty if tonight was anything to go by . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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