Originally Posted by Drew Hause
March 18, 1963 Sports Illustrated "A Border Pigeon Shoot"
https://vault.si.com/vault/1963/03/18/a-border-pigeon-shoot

I have read of Pepe before. Being 12 at the time the article was written, and already an avid dove shooter, it is entirely possible that I read it at the time it was published. Dad subscribed to Sports Illustrated.

"Whether live pigeon shooting will spread much beyond its present habitat (it took more than 100 years to reach Texas from Spain) is a question that the laws of the State of Texas will probably decide in the end. "There is no Texas law against this type of pigeon shooting," says one gunner, "but there is definitely a law against gambling, and gambling is a big part of any shoot."

If Texas objects, the gunners can continue to cross the border and shoot in Nuevo Laredo or a number of other Mexican towns. Everyone gambles in Mexico, the tequila is cheaper down there—and someone is always hungry for no-longer-live pigeons."



My how the times ( and Sports Illustrated) have changed, and not necessarily for the better .........

May God bless America and those who defend her.