Cypress Sun Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 How about $1,900,000.00? That's what a Chinese man paid. Story below. https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/ap-top-news/2020/11/15/belgian-racing-pigeon-fetches-record-price-of-19-million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dog Doug Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 one more guy with more money than brains will it be falcon food ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 I absolutely despise those flying rats. They try to nest in my barn and crap all over my tractor and lawn mower. I'm constantly flushing them out and blasting them out of the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Lotsa difference in racing pigeons and barn birds. Pigeon racing is a big deal in Europe and Asia...much more than here. Have a friend in South Georgia that has raced them for 35 years now. Intensely competitive he bought good birds for a while and now sells quite a few for big bucks. Not anything like this deal but it makes him pocket change and some. The biggest smile I’ve seen is when he clocks in a day bird on a 500 mile race. To me that is phenomenal but they can do it when conditions are optimal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 said: Lotsa difference in racing pigeons and barn birds. Pigeon racing is a big deal in Europe and Asia...much more than here. Have a friend in South Georgia South Georgia? A place near Florida? OR? a place in the South Atlantic near Argentina and claimed by Great Britain? OR an area in the border of Europe and Asia, disputed with Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 My mom said my grandpa used to shoot em and my grandma would cook em! I never had them myself! Anyone else eat them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Oops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: My mom said my grandpa used to shoot em and my grandma would cook em! I never had them myself! Anyone else eat them ? Yep. Not much of a meal though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Yep. Not much of a meal though. Probably need a ton of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Just now, Rye Miles #13621 said: Probably need a ton of them! Yep, and seasoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Yep, and seasoning. Well my grandma was one helluva cook so there that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 13 to 14 oz squab, $14.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Anyone else eat them ? No...But I have eaten some crow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: 13 to 14 oz squab, $14.99 Interesting ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 1 1/8 Number 8 .... Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 once - long ago , i had pigeon for dinner , shot them myself , cooked em myself and with the potatoes and vegies it made a god meal , think that box of 12 ga cost me about $3.29 back then , i got three and shot three times - you do the math , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/15/2020 at 2:36 PM, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Yep. Not much of a meal though. Like Cornish game hens? Waste of time, effort, and spices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Like Cornish game hens? Waste of time, effort, and spices. Not during the Depression when Gramps had a shotgun and plenty of pigeons and doves around his yard! Nothing was a waste in them days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil dogooder Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I eat them from time to time. We dont waste stuff either. Rabbits and squirrels in the gardens get cooked too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/15/2020 at 8:17 AM, Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 said: Lotsa difference in racing pigeons and barn birds. Pigeon racing is a big deal in Europe and Asia...much more than here. Have a friend in South Georgia that has raced them for 35 years now. Intensely competitive he bought good birds for a while and now sells quite a few for big bucks. Not anything like this deal but it makes him pocket change and some. The biggest smile I’ve seen is when he clocks in a day bird on a 500 mile race. To me that is phenomenal but they can do it when conditions are optimal Race them past my barn and I'll shoot them out of the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Back in the late 1960's me and one other guy from the ROTC rifle team got hired by our universtiy to shoot pigeons on the weekends. They made a horrible mess that was clogging up the AC units. They gave us pellet rifles and a burlap bag. It was amazing how far you could kill one with a pellet rifle and on many shots you could see the pellet going through the air. At the end of the day we took the bloody burlap bags to the landfill. Local hippies would take them to cook explaining that they were squabs and a delicacy in restaurants. Crummy anti-war leftist professor saw us one Sunday and got us fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Not during the Depression when Gramps had a shotgun and plenty of pigeons and doves around his yard! Nothing was a waste in them days. Before my time. What are you laughing at. I look older than I am. Genetics, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Did it come with a stool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 7 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Back in the late 1960's me and one other guy from the ROTC rifle team got hired by our universtiy to shoot pigeons on the weekends. They made a horrible mess that was clogging up the AC units. They gave us pellet rifles and a burlap bag. It was amazing how far you could kill one with a pellet rifle and on many shots you could see the pellet going through the air. At the end of the day we took the bloody burlap bags to the landfill. Local hippies would take them to cook explaining that they were squabs and a delicacy in restaurants. Crummy anti-war leftist professor saw us one Sunday and got us fired. actually those hippies were only half right - squab is the young ones robbed from the nest - it was considered a delicacy , i never could see it there was way too little on the adults to waste time on the hatchlings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 hours ago, watab kid said: actually those hippies were only half right - squab is the young ones robbed from the nest - it was considered a delicacy , i never could see it there was way too little on the adults to waste time on the hatchlings That's why I was never excited about hunting doves and pigeons are way bigger than doves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Many years ago, one of my side-jobs at the co-op (in Oregon) was pest control. I had successfully eradicated the pigeon population and hadn't seen any for about five years or so. Then, one day a lone pigeon landed near our grain loading facility and was feeding on some wheat spillage in a gravel lot. Grabbing a single-shot 12ga., I stepped out of the front office and dispatched the varmint before it could fly away to spread the word. When I went to dispose of the remains, I noticed that it had a leg-band. Entered the band ID into the AU database & discovered that it was a racing pigeon registered in Georgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Brasse, SASS #3562 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 As to the size, while pigeons might be different, that might be the reason the rhyme goes "four and twenty black birds baked in a pie". (also no mention of the size of the pie, lol) I know when I was invited to go dove hunting I locked at them when it was all done thinking, "and that's all there is left?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 6:16 PM, watab kid said: actually those hippies were only half right - squab is the young ones robbed from the nest - it was considered a delicacy , i never could see it there was way too little on the adults to waste time on the hatchlings I’m surprised hippies actually killed something and ate it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 i doubt they would - that was the aristocracy in france that ate the young , but then it did carry over to here for a while - im surprised PETA has not come out against it tho ....or maybe the did , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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