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Dis-agree- shooting pest birds like feral pigeons and crows is an aid to the farmers and their crops- also best target practice a avid shotgunner can get "off season" using the same shotguns he will use in the Fall seasons for ducks, geese and pheasants-- also a good warm up for those lucky enough to live in the dove hunting States-- believe pigeons and doves are "cousins"--No barbarism involved- just feathered targets instead of orange clay discs-- RWTF Quite right,,our General license only allows us shoot pigeons and crows for crop or livestock protection. What would you suggest we do with our guns otherwise Ed,,,,I'm sure a lot of people could suggest what you could do with yours.
As our language becomes impoverished,,our thinking shrinks to fit.
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"shooting pest birds like feral pigeons and crows is an aid to the farmers and their crops- "
come on foxie, even you must know that what you are saying here is self seving bull shit...right down there with "harvesting game"... like wild animals and birds are some kind of vegetable crop we plant in the spring and reap in the fall...call it what it is, killin for recreation, aka sport...
Last edited by ed good; 09/12/19 06:35 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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"What would you suggest we do with our guns otherwise Ed,,,,I'm sure a lot of people could suggest what you could do with yours."
collect erm...shoot erm at clay targets...and trade erm, which is what ah do wid mine...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Eddie, eddie- how can you be so dense. Our British friend Lord Thruxton means, what the late Ernest Miller Hemingway once said in re: a similar scenario-- "Upstick-Asswise".. Killing animals and birds is part and parcel of the American history- for food, for sport, for survival, and for fun (in my case).
Nothing "makes my day" then when I swing a 12 bore tightly choked M12 Winchester through a high incoming: (1) barn pigeon, (2) crow, (3) mallard, (4) Canada goose-- touch the trigger with the Limey mantra of Bum, Belly, Beak and then BANG-- and see the feathers explode like a pillow with a frag grenade in the "belly" and the pin pulled. I call that-- a pillowcase shot--
Of course, you normally get more of the feathers from impact on pigeons and crows- but as the late, great gunning writer from Dixie once wrote in "The Dove"-- "You've had about all the thrills shot-gunnery can offer when you see a dove well lead in flight, crumple in the air at your shot". Doesn't get any better than that--Keep shootin' your clays games, and trying to "schlep" your used gun, none of that gets in my way-- RWTF
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 09/13/19 03:07 PM.
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Well said !!
I do hope that if you are ever in the UK and have the time I can offer you a days pigeon shooting, either over decoys or flightline. You sound as if you would enjoy it.
As our language becomes impoverished,,our thinking shrinks to fit.
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I'd gladly take you up on that offer, M'Lord. I'd want to shoot my "pet" M12 12 bore of course, with the 3 shot plug in place.
Does your local pub offer "Black and Tans" as does Davey Bryne and the Shamrock pubs in Dublin, perchance? Love to try your steak and kidney pie, also some bangers and mash, bubble and squeek, and for dessert, some of that fabled spotted Dick. Sounds almost like porn, ey wot?
I'd even forget my Green Irish ancestry and the Potato famine and Easter Sunday disasters- we could talk about Downton Abbey- I've watched each episode with my wife- love the rebel character- Chauffeur- Tom- a true Mick to the bone. RWTF
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 09/14/19 08:27 AM.
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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