Pigeons

[smittty]

1 minute ago, madeinuk said:

Sounds like a nice little earner right there.

Yup sure is 

[buck169]

Try any live poultry market.  Plenty of them listed on line in many areas.

[Bucksnbows]

You’re not too far from the Hackettstown live auction that sells them. 

[smittty]

Pigeon prices got nuts you’ll have a hard time finding them for under 10.00. That gets very expensive. 

[Jim_]

3 hours ago, Bucksnbows said:

You’re not too far from the Hackettstown live auction that sells them. 

Have you gone there? You just go in there and buy some pigeons?

Thanks

[Bucksnbows]

7 minutes ago, Jim_ said:

Have you gone there? You just go in there and buy some pigeons?

Thanks

I've not purchased them myself, but know others that have over the years.  Wish I could give you more information.   

[bushden]

10 hours ago, Hunter77 said:

Sorry for the delayed response.  Have had some things to deal with lately.  I called Godeks earlier this week.  He does have homers and I am going to pick up this weekend.  Thanks!!

That great I used them for years.

[birddogger]

There is a way to extend your use of high priced pigeons, if your dog is on a checkcord or is steady.

I've made a few of thewse myself, but Lion country Supply sees this:

https://www.lcsupply.com/products/dog-training-bird-tether-for-launcher+

I tie a large sinker or old horseshoe to the end and the bird flies about 25 ft.  and then drops out of the sky as if it has been shot when it hits the end of the cord.     You can go to  a craft/sewing supply store and buy the spring loaded closers and make your own.  

You could card the pigeons if you have wide open spaces, but if you have trees, like I do,  the birds and the cardboard flapper they are towing gets hung up in them.  

 

This way you can re-use the birds several times, which makes those $10 birds a lot more economical.  

 

Honestly, before I paid ten bucks for a pigeon, I'd buy a chuckar which you can get for nearly the same price.    At least that you can shoot and eat.  

RayG

  

 

 

 

[smittty]

29 minutes ago, birddogger said:

There is a way to extend your use of high priced pigeons, if your dog is on a checkcord or is steady.

I've made a few of thewse myself, but Lion country Supply sees this:

https://www.lcsupply.com/products/dog-training-bird-tether-for-launcher+

I tie a large sinker or old horseshoe to the end and the bird flies about 25 ft.  and then drops out of the sky as if it has been shot when it hits the end of the cord.     You can go to  a craft/sewing supply store and buy the spring loaded closers and make your own.  

You could card the pigeons if you have wide open spaces, but if you have trees, like I do,  the birds and the cardboard flapper they are towing gets hung up in them.  

 

This way you can re-use the birds several times, which makes those $10 birds a lot more economical.  

 

Honestly, before I paid ten bucks for a pigeon, I'd buy a chuckar which you can get for nearly the same price.    At least that you can shoot and eat.  

RayG

  

 

 

 

Yup that work. Back in the day my first few dog I would card the pigeons. Rhee would fly 50-60 yards and land then I would ether bring the dog back in or collect the bird depending on what kind of drills a was doing. But yea I would get must of my birds back. But then I got smart and built a coop and started a family of good homer’s 

[smittty]

9 minutes ago, smittty said:

Yup that’ll  work. Back in the day my first few dogs I would card the pigeons.they would fly 50-60 yards and land then I would ether bring the dog back in or collect the bird depending on what kind of drills a was doing. But yea I would get must of my birds back. But then I got smart and built a coop and started a family of good homer’s 

 

[Hunter77]

11 hours ago, Jim_ said:

Good to know. Mind saying how much they cost?

Jim

$8

[JD48]

used to go to the overpasses at night on rt. 18 with a long bamboo pole with trout net attached , get all you want , cops stopped a few times , said be careful dont get run over , that was about 10 years ago , nowadays probably get arrested for being a terrorist