Thread: Anyone keen on hunting pigeons with bow ??

Anyone setup for smacking birds outta the sky?, have had a few cracks ( with shotgunners ) feel bad ruining their shooting as trying to wait for the right bird to loose an arrow at, when four shotguns will do the job way better.
Anyone had a go before ?? Or keen to ??

@2Quack, This reminds me of the medieval clay pellet shooting crossbows for small bird hunting. What sort of arrow do you use?

you could practice by firing toothpicks at flies

Watch Tim wells smacking dove in Argentinian YouTube .

Originally Posted by Cordite

@2Quack, This reminds me of the medieval clay pellet shooting crossbows for small bird hunting. What sort of arrow do you use?

Just a standard carbon arrow with floo floo vanes and custom bird arrows

Originally Posted by Friwi

Watch Tim wells smacking dove in Argentinian YouTube .

Yeah those vids got me into it I use the same arrows he uses to " SLOCK " em

@berg23 if the pigeons are roosting nearby then a good air rifle at night is the go

There is a poison you can use for pigeons that puts them to sleep, then you can "release" them later.

Here you go https://www.maintracgroup.com/collec...se-bird-poison

Originally Posted by stug

Here you go https://www.maintracgroup.com/collec...se-bird-poison

I was going to seggest the same stuff, and can be picked up from your local farm supplier,PGG, CRT etc. But this supplier is much cheaper, from memory it was closer to $70 from them.
Works a treat

The compound (Alphachloralose) is related to chloral hydrate, an old fashioned human sleeping medication.

The way it works on pigeons is it puts them to sleep and, if temp is below about 15 degrees C, they simply die of hypothermia. A kind death if I might say so.

Birds other than pigeons who have ingested it, e.g. native birds, if found in time can be put into a warm room and usually recover. Not sure about the effect on equines, just don't go there.

If anyone knows where I can get some live pigeons for dog training let me know please.

I do think think doc would like me using the local ones too much

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Originally Posted by R93

If anyone knows where I can get some live pigeons for dog training let me know please.

I do think think doc would like me using the local ones too much

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Get in touch with the local pigeon racing club. I use to get 20-40 pigeons once a week of a guy in Blenheim. I used them from a release trap, also just put my dog in a sit and let them go one at a time in front of her.
You could also ask for some slow ones and breed your own. Quite neat letting them out and watching them fly around.

Originally Posted by stug

Get in touch with the local pigeon racing club. I use to get 20-40 pigeons once a week of a guy in Blenheim. I used them from a release trap, also just put my dog in a sit and let them go one at a time in front of her.
You could also ask for some slow ones and breed your own. Quite neat letting them out and watching them fly around.

I don't have a local pigeon racing club.

I will be shooting some of them as well, so do they have to be allowed to fly home?

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Originally Posted by R93

If anyone knows where I can get some live pigeons for dog training let me know please.

I do think think doc would like me using the local ones too much

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I you know of a barn with some roosting in it, wait till night and string a fine mesh catch net across the opening and then spook em out into it, have seen it work successfully before . Can help with dead ones for bumpers though just not any taken with the bow .....