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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Never understood the thrill of shooting something in great numbers just for the heck of it...that you're not going to eat.
I stopped killing things just for the heck of it before I was 13 years old.
Myself I'd as soon shoot clay targets.
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Sidelock
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Pests Joe. Not Squab. Hog food. Income for the farms.
There are tremendous benefits derived by everyone involved with it.
Out there doing it best I can.
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Pests Joe. Not Squab. Hog food. Income for the farms.
There are tremendous benefits derived by everyone involved with it. Are they really feeding large quantities of birds to hogs? Are they using lead shot? This is the first I've heard of this.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/
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Sidelock
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There are tremendous benefits derived by everyone involved with it.
Anyone ask the pigeons? Are they using lead shot?
Here we go... __________________________ Dont go to Paraguay, James van Reimsdyk. 1:01 (I hurt it playing golf. lol) https://youtu.be/KKlB-aKD3P0
Last edited by lonesome roads; 02/11/19 03:29 PM.
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Sidelock
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Seriously?
All I can say is you would have to ask an outfitter. They go somewhere.
Who knows, they may just sneak them into the dumpster at your local Motel 6 like people do with snow geese.
Lack of markets for game is a real issue with high volume shoots.
Out there doing it best I can.
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Sidelock
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There are tremendous benefits derived by everyone involved with it.
Anyone ask the pigeons? Are they using lead shot?
Here we go... __________________________ Dont go to Paraguay, James van Reimsdyk. 1:01 (I hurt it playing golf. lol) https://youtu.be/KKlB-aKD3P0 I was thinking about the lead levels of the pork actually.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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shooting pigeon, dove, starling...all the same...killin jes fur the heck of hit...
Last edited by ed good; 02/11/19 03:59 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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I have many area dairy farms where I shoot barn pigeons- farmers hate all the poop they distribute- I pick up my empty shells, and pick up all the dead birds I can find, and with the farmer's OK, I put them in the manure spreaders- where they can later help in the fertilizing process-- We can't shoot doves here in MI--but starlings and blackwing blackbirds are legal, redwing blackbirds are protected. RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Crop depredation. Its amazing how much grain these birds will eat.
Brian LTC, USA Ret. NRA Patron Member AHFGCA Life Member USPSA Life Member
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If shooting something helps a farmer, I'd go along with it. Otherwise, for maybe the first time, I agree with ed and jOe. Killing for the "fun" of it is a sad act. I didn't always know that.
Bill Ferguson
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