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Feral pigeons

  • 27-08-2010 8:41am
    #1
    Collioure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭


    I inadvertently shot a feral pigeon over standing crops the other day...I am aware that it is perfectly legal to shoot wood pigeon over standing crops...but as far as I am aware it’s illegal to shoot feral pigeons...am I correct here?


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  • #2
    marlin vs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,631 ✭✭✭marlin vs


    No. They are the biggest spreader of salmonella on farms,i'm asked to shoot them regularly.


  • #3
    homerhop
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    flying rats


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    When I'm shooting pigeons I'd get 10 woodies to 1 feral. Problem is finding a place to throw them when you're collecting the good ones. They're riddled with disease.


  • #5
    J.R.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,374 ✭✭✭J.R.


    Yeah - filty...riddled with diseases. I always carry a pair of surgical gloves with me when decoying to pick up crows & feral pigeons.


  • #6
    declan1980
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭declan1980


    please forgive my ignorance, but how do you tell the difference between ferals and woodies?


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  • #7
    Collioure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭Collioure


    declan1980 wrote: »
    please forgive my ignorance, but how do you tell the difference between ferals and woodies?


    They are smaller and have no white around their neck


  • #8
    kildare.17hmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭kildare.17hmr


    declan1980 wrote: »
    please forgive my ignorance, but how do you tell the difference between ferals and woodies?
    woodies are the big grey and white ones with the white collar and feral ones are scruffy looking things with bits of green ect and darker shade of grey. prob more to it but thats how i tell em apart


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