As a former active participant of flyer shoots I have to admit to myself, pigeon shooting is all but a thing of the past in the United States. I believe the animal rights folks are or have won. IMO these animal rights people are absolute lunatics in their fanaticism. They don't understand that pigeons are disease carrying pests (e.g., histoplasmosis). They are rats with wings and most urban areas will do all they can to eradicate these things, and yet the animal rights nutcases are winning their zealous battle to eradicate our sport. It makes little sense to me and is a sad state of affairs when one considers pigeon shooting is the origin of trapshooting (prior to advent of the inanimate target). It was a HUGE spectator sport in the late 1800's....and now look. Pigeon shooting is the Superbowl of shotgun sports and it is hard for me to watch it die.
