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G'day All,

I went pigeon shooting again this afternoon, same place as last week but I used a different gun this time.

Result 118 birds.

It was good sport.



My Beretta Giubileo II. 12g. 6lb. 8oz.



Cheers

Beautiful Beretta!

Are any of those birds native or are they all the introduced European Rock Dove (i.e. "Rats of the Air") that we have in the US (and everywhere else I've ever been)?

I used to live near the Snake River Breaks in Eastern Washington and these introduced pigeons nested on the cliffs just like their wild ancestors probably did. Good practice, although we left most of them for the coyotes.

I was wondering the same thing. I won't eat the things but I have brined the breasts and smoked them for some friends.

No, they are not native. They are the Rock Dove.
They live in large numbers in our cities and farming areas and travel twice daily during summer to feed. At the moment I am shooting them where the farmer is 'feed- lotting' cattle but I expect them to leave there and move on to ripe pea crops soon. They decoy well when you set things right. They are there to be taken but there are so few game shooters around my part of the world that very few shoot them or know how to go about it well. These birds offer some very good shooting and you can expect some big days on them. Two old friends of mine (W.M. & P.A.) shot over 1,600 in an afternoon after having to go home for more cartridges and then running out of ammo altogether.

Hi all, nice haul again Aussie, hope your shoulder is feeling fine!! As I said impressive. Oh, thanks for the kind words earlier BTW.

Anyway, Chuck Heald and his lovely wife Lynn were out for a short hunt today prior to them going to the "Other" Dakota. We were supposed to hunt yesterday, but the 40mph + winds put that to a halt. We did see birds, but not as many as I've seen prior to today, don't know if the high winds we had the past 2 days spooked them or what. We did flush some grouse, but they were a bit wild.

Even with the lack of birds I really had a great time. Chuck and Lynn are super folks who made the day a joy!! Thanks Chuck and Lynn!!! Chuck's 2 dogs were great and lots of fun to watch, but boy does Sky (his Pointer) have energy!! WOW, watching her run was amazing. We did each manage to get a bird a piece, so all was not lost.

Here's Chuck, Jasmine (his lab), Lynn and Sky and my dummy! Chuck was using his .410 Parker Repro:



I was using my 16ga Arrieta 871:



Hope Chuck and Lynn come back soon, sure did enjoy the hunt!

All the best!

Greg

Never would of thought of Australia being such a good place to shoot pigeon. Thanks for sharing.

And Greg, nice Arrieta!!!

Adam

Thanks Adam!! It's a 871 with Boss style engraving. One the imports from New England Arms when they were still in business.

Be Good!

Greg

Its been a good season so far!

Here's something different!

It's certainly not wing-shooting but it is a double gun.

Wild goat I shot on my cousins 38,000 acre station (ranch) using a William Andrews sxs 'shotgun for ball' and a homeload black powder solid.



The 12g Andrews hammer gun has damascus barrels with smooth bores but has folding leaf sights marked 50 & 100 with a normal front shotgun bead.

I'll be heading back there Christmas time to see if I can get a few wild pigs with SSG's & another sxs.

Mark, what are those green birds in your pic? More important what is the shotgun in that same pic?