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Lone Haranguer

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Nov 8, 2009, 10:29:22 AM11/8/09
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I keep shooing pigeons away from my waterfall in the back yard but they
keep coming back.

They never learn. The big hawk lurks in my mesquite tree and finds the
hunting pretty easy.

I just wish he wasn't so damned messy. Before he dines on breast of
pigeon, he plucks the feathers. Esposa just raked the back yard
yesterday and now it's a mess again. He's still out there now, eating
breakfast.

Handsome bird though. I guess getting rid of the shitbirds is worth the
occasional mess.
LZ

Squire

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Nov 8, 2009, 10:46:12 AM11/8/09
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Linus.....I thought you were a man who loved to eat "wild things" ?

Deer, Elk, and a Possum now and then....Why not try a great Southern
dish of Doves and Dumplins ??

Take yer pellet gun and kill that blasted hawk and shoot the pigeons..
Call Ol' Pedro up....He'll show you how......

HAW HAW HAW

Eddy

The Wiz

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Nov 8, 2009, 12:14:08 PM11/8/09
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Use a pigeon trap, catch the pigeons, pluck them, then let the hawk get 'em.

bill horne

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Nov 8, 2009, 12:57:56 PM11/8/09
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When they give you feathers, make pillows.

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bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

Lone Haranguer

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Nov 8, 2009, 1:50:58 PM11/8/09
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Squire wrote:
> On Nov 8, 9:29 am, Lone Haranguer <linus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I keep shooing pigeons away from my waterfall in the back yard but they
>> keep coming back.
>>
>> They never learn. The big hawk lurks in my mesquite tree and finds the
>> hunting pretty easy.
>>
>> I just wish he wasn't so damned messy. Before he dines on breast of
>> pigeon, he plucks the feathers. Esposa just raked the back yard
>> yesterday and now it's a mess again. He's still out there now, eating
>> breakfast.
>>
>> Handsome bird though. I guess getting rid of the shitbirds is worth the
>> occasional mess.
>> LZ
>
> Linus.....I thought you were a man who loved to eat "wild things" ?
>
> Deer, Elk, and a Possum now and then....Why not try a great Southern
> dish of Doves and Dumplins ??

There is a reason squabs are preferred over mature pigeons. Adult
pigeons are tougher than shoe leather. I used to murder them as a kid
and bring them home
to help feed the family. Pigeons fly a lot and the more they fly the
more muscles they have in their breast meat. The same is true of ducks.


>
> Take yer pellet gun and kill that blasted hawk

No way. He's my buddy. BTW, he is still out there eating and burping.

and shoot the pigeons..

I'd love to but this is a village with the houses close together. I
don't want to be putting dents in my neighbor's house.

> Call Ol' Pedro up....He'll show you how......

When I bought my first rifle at age 12, I earned money for shells by
hunting pigeons along the RR tracks. An old widow living next door
would give me two bits for one and a box of shorts was 29 cents. One
day she asked me who owned the pigeons and I admitted that the only
person I knew of who had a shed full of pigeons was the parish priest.
She cackled and said that would make them taste all the better. She was
a Lutheran. :)
LZ
>
> HAW HAW HAW
>
> Eddy

Lone Haranguer

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Nov 8, 2009, 2:00:27 PM11/8/09
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What about the SPCA? Nude pigeons might get their underwear in a knot.
LZ

Lone Haranguer

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Nov 8, 2009, 2:09:20 PM11/8/09
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We always used duck feathers, the small ones. My dad used to shoot a
lot of ducks.
LZ

Carl A. in FL

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Nov 8, 2009, 2:51:04 PM11/8/09
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"Lone Haranguer" <linu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> When I bought my first rifle at age 12, I earned money for shells by
> hunting pigeons along the RR tracks. An old widow living next door would
> give me two bits for one and a box of shorts was 29 cents. One day she
> asked me who owned the pigeons and I admitted that the only person I knew
> of who had a shed full of pigeons was the parish priest. She cackled and
> said that would make them taste all the better. She was a Lutheran. :)
> LZ

I'm sure he has arranged an especially uncomfortable place in Hell for you.
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CHA in FL
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Robert Bonomi

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Nov 8, 2009, 4:21:00 PM11/8/09
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In article <7loiq0F...@mid.individual.net>,

Nude pigeons?? Send 'em to Jenny. <grin>

Lone Haranguer

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Nov 8, 2009, 4:33:50 PM11/8/09
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I'll take my chances. I thought it was worth the risk.
LZ

Lone Haranguer

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Nov 8, 2009, 4:48:43 PM11/8/09
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:)

The hawk dined at his leisure. He didn't leave until about an hour ago.
He picked the bones pretty clean this time.

I'd take a photo from about 5 feet but the sun-screen on the walkout
won't let me.
LZ

The Wiz

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Nov 8, 2009, 5:04:05 PM11/8/09
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That's true. Try salting the pigeons and maybe the hawk will be tricked
into eating the feathers.

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