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What is it your thinking? I suspect that if you put any bird that would fit in and would fly away, you could train a dog with it.
I pity the man that has never been loved by a dog!
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Right. If pigeons work, why not Starlings. Not sure if there are laws tho.DonF wrote:What is it your thinking? I suspect that if you put any bird that would fit in and would fly away, you could train a dog with it.
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In forty plus years of hunting I have never run into a pigeon in a plum thicket. I have, however, had whole flocks of starlings on the ground in front of me. I don't know if it would be a problem, I'm just saying...
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I have heard for years that pigeons carry a similar scent to game birds. Not sure if trash birds have the same scent and if you want to train your dog to point them.
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AZ Brittany Guy wrote:.... Not sure ... you want to train your dog to point them.
It would make for a long hunting day for sure.
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LOL It happens enough with my young dogs without having to train them to do it. :roll:roaniecowpony wrote:AZ Brittany Guy wrote:.... Not sure ... you want to train your dog to point them.
It would make for a long hunting day for sure.
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Once they are going on game birds being shot, they will quit "bleep" birds. just don't shoot "bleep" birds for them.
I pity the man that has never been loved by a dog!
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I have heard of some people calling them "Rock doves" I am sure I will regret this but they are bigger than doves and don't taste bad.
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A dog does not know what a game bird is. They start pointing any bird and only quit when you start shooting a certain bird and they will finely figure out that the little birds are not worth their time. A pigeon is as much a game bird as a woodcock, grouse, or pheasant. They are always willing to hunt whatever you want to shoot over them.
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It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
http://www.perfectpedigrees.com/4genview.php?id=207
It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
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The rock dove or feral pigeon was brought over by immigrants as a food source 400 years ago. My father-in-law used to raise them and quail as a food source.