Lucky Shot 1958 Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Morning all, What are the best prices that one can expect for pigeons from the dealer,I recently contacted one close to me who offered 20p per bird 10 p frozen,I then checked their website and saw that they were selling the pigeons for £3.85 each ? That's a very good mark up I thought....... Luckyshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wokkywokky Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 That's a very healthy margin. Taking that one step further if you order pigeon in a restaurant expect to pay £15 to £25! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) Man in Derby offering 15p a bird ,doesnt pay for the cartridges does it ,as Wokky says go have pigeon in a restaurant £9,99 here for a breast starter .We is the bottom of the "food"chain ,theyre happy to make 3 to 400% profit of our backs ,but food is always a money game where point of sale is king Edited June 20, 2017 by clakk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Ive sold them for 50 p each Fresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 They would be going to good use and it's better than throwing them away...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I came home from work an hour early yesterday losing £20 odd in earnings so Peterboro Game could collect 85 pigeons and 2 rabbits for which they will pay £14.75 less the cost of running a freezer. Really not worth it anymore, I shall use them as decoys then ditch them in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) Blimey prices do seem to have dropped. Last time I sold pigeons was oct last year and was getting 50p a bird frozen.( after 30 yrs I've packed up. Had enough ) I would say a min of 35p a bird to break even. Below that personally I wouldn't bother just not worth the hassle. It's a sad state of affairs when your not getting a fair price. It's not like they don't know how much effort we put into it. And then the price they sell them for. It's not fair 👎 Edited June 20, 2017 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 If everyone stopped selling them for a month or two wouldnt it command a higher price? Let the game dealers cope with a slump in supply - im sure prices would rise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) If everyone stopped selling them for a month or two wouldnt it command a higher price? Let the game dealers cope with a slump in supply - im sure prices would rise. I think there would be some positive effects by doing this. However only a very small amount of shooters would do it Edited June 20, 2017 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I think there would be some positive effects by doing this. However only a very small amount of shooters would do it Cant be many shooters happy with those prices considering the price of cartridges, yes- better than binning them but clearly not worth the effort involved. Some "no pigeons for poor prices" slogan, get it on social media, oh- and those hippies that helped the irish travelling folk of Dale farm behind the cause (the unemployed sort that protest for anything) Should get results 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 They would be going to good use and it's better than throwing them away...... Would rather chuck em on muck heap than sell at a low price,not worth the effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollieollie Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 One day i'll shoot a big enough bag to consider selling On a serious note if anyone near me wants rid of pigeons or rabbits id have them for my ferrets, im sure a cartridge exchange could be sorted out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuddster Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I rang Yorkshire Game at Leeming Bar last month-spoke to the lass in the office-'How much for frozen pigeon' she replied '5p to 40p depending on grading.' arrived with 150 birds frozen to find a sign stating that all frozen birds were 5p each. I mentioned the earlier prices to another office girl who wasn't the one i'd spoken too earlier-completely disinterested. so paid £7.50 for my 150 birds and marched out never to return. Had I not been out for the day I'd rather have returned home with the birds than sell for such a paltry amount. f. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Stupid to shoot them and chuck them. No sportsmen does that- vermin control or not. Running a freezer doesn't cost much and a big chestfreezer will hold a few hundred so wait till you have it full then sell them or even give them away. Quite a few birds will not be usable by the gamedealer due to many being pillow cased whilst decoying and gone green with no proper chilling facilities or care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Breast them out and stick em in the freezer. The meat is far to good to waste and worth more than 20p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 At those prices, better to look up some decent recipes & use them up yourself & at family events....maybe even donate some of them to local independent OAPs? Failing that use for fox bait or pet food maybe? Had this a couple of decades back when trying to sell head-shot rabbits. One butcher I approached told me he bought in rabbits from China as they were cheaper!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moongeese Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Normally the pigeons shot here are taken home by the guns, but a couple of my beaters have been shooting them on peas for me, and as they dont need them all, hang them in the game larder at my house. My game dealer when in collecting deer took them , as he was in for venison, but said there is no demand now for woodpigeons, and he did not really want them. When the payment lines came in, I looked to see what they were fetching, and he paid 10p each. He paid me £2.50 a kilo for roe, but told me of a shooting agent in Perth, whom I know, that was a buyer of venison, and just now he can import roe saddles, and haunches, vacum packed from Poland £1.20 a kilo including postage. At the moment France is our biggest buyer of venison, but not long if they can buy it cheaper elsewhere. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Is there a reason folk don't just feed there dogs with the pigeon they have shot? Is it down to the lead in them?? Seems a better option if prices are so low?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I imagine that most people shoot far more pigeons than they or their dogs could possibly eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-dot Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 In 1976 i used to sell un paunched rabbits to a chinese restuarant for 85p each and the order was 65 a week. God knows why the wanted the guts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 I do not shoot large bags of pigeons, well not by some of the reports I read on PW, so 20 to 30 is a reasonable day (or few hours out, due to domestic restrictions) for me. Normally I keep 10 or so to eat and the breasted carcases go in the freezer for decoys. Anything over that I can sell to my local game dealer (5 miles away or less depending where I'm shooting) and he pays 40p for fresh. I just build up a 'tab' so either have cash when enough built up for a slab of cartridges or a 'trade' for other game, pheasants, partridges or whatever I don't have the opportunity to shoot. This works well for me (and him) OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Would rather chuck em on muck heap than sell at a low price,not worth the effort That's exactly what gives shooters a bad name! Try clay shooting, you only need to worry about collecting empties then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 That's exactly what gives shooters a bad name! Try clay shooting, you only need to worry about collecting empties then! Well said, totally agree. Even the humble pigeon, or the 'poor man's grouse' deserves more respect. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Just avoid game dealers then if the price is too low, boycott them and either just keep or give them away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Shot 1958 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 No gamedealer will get my pigeons for 20p I'll just breast them and freeze for me and my ferrets,yesterday for dinner I had four fried breast well seasoned wih salt and black pepper served with peas and potatoes with pepper sauce.....delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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