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Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: SnowDog on May 16, 2013, 10:09:22 PM

Title: Pigeon trapping
Post by: SnowDog on May 16, 2013, 10:09:22 PM: Need to get my hands on some pigeons to start training my new pup. Thinking about getting a pigeon trap and doing some door knocking at dairy farms. Has anyone had any experience trapping pigeons? Any advice,would be great.

Cheers!
EB
Title: Re: Pigeon trapping
Post by: ghosthunter on May 16, 2013, 10:25:26 PM: Pm sent
Title: Re: Pigeon trapping
Post by: Stilly bay on May 17, 2013, 11:32:36 AM: there was a decent thread on pigeon trapping a while back, but I can't find it. Shoot me a PM if you want to here my bloviations on pigeon trapping.
Title: Re: Pigeon trapping
Post by: wildweeds on May 17, 2013, 12:24:52 PM: Dairy barn trapping is not very fruitful,there is too much free feed around for a trap to be effective,a drop net is more productive,as well as flashlights and a net.I never got a single bird in a trap at a dairy,I got more than enough with a flashlight and a net.Dairy guys are kind of particular about rummaging around through the barn in the darkness,potential stress on the cows.My uncles have a feedlot barn so permission was never an issue.
Title: Re: Pigeon trapping
Post by: L-ofalab on May 22, 2013, 10:45:02 AM: :yeah: It is fun to catch them in the dark with a flashlight. We don't use nets, usually just grab them bare handed.
Title: Re: Pigeon trapping
Post by: SnowDog on May 22, 2013, 02:39:51 PM: I ended up deciding to build a small coop in the back yard. Makes sense to raise my own. I'm too lazy to go out ad catch them. Rather just have the kids raise them for me :)

Thanks for all the advice!
SD