Thread: peacock hunting

Originally Posted by Bill999

they are only hard to hunt if there are a few per property they have good eyesite and come from india where tigers hunt them so are pretty wary by nature in line with a cock pheasant sort of thing, maybe slightly smarter

I like them and so does the bosses wife so we have tons(hundreds) of them

like anything they get quiet if you dont harass them and we even have a few white ones coming thru which is cool

iv been shooting them for dog tucker lately but like anything with wings it will taste better when the month has no R's in it and right now its maRRRRRRch so best to wait till june/july for eaters

Yeah, its the crickets I think that foul the flesh. Months with R in them equate pretty much with cricket season. Maybe other insects tho as well.

Originally Posted by Jhon

Yeah, its the crickets I think that foul the flesh. Months with R in them equate pretty much with cricket season. Maybe other insects tho as well.

Not quite right. Those are the months when there are stuff all crickets as hopefully the rain has drowned them all. The whole point of havesting them in May, June, July is that it's after the crickets have gone but before the breeding season.
ie if it is a very dry year with a long indian summer it might be best to wait until June to grab a turkey or peafowl.