can i shoot it

[michaelw5753 0]

i,ve only ever shot rabbits and was wandering, can you shoot those birds what sit on your chimney going coo coo at 5 in the morning i googled some pics of legal quarry and i think its a collered dove but dont want to get my self in bother

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

basically, no. you can only shoot a collored dove (or any legal quarry bird for that matter) for one of the following reasons:

1.to protect crops

2.to protect public health and saftey.

3.to protect wildlife.

try putting spikes or boards with nails in them on your chimney if your that pee'd off.

[Alexisrouzee 6]

Collared Doves

 

The Collared Dove only arrived in the UK in the early 1950s, it had slowly made its way from India crossing Europe finally arriving in the UK in 1955.

 

Initially it received the highest legal protection - in 1963 a boy in East Lothian was fined for shooting one !

 

In 1981 the legal protection was removed - the Collared Dove was no longer a rarity and was now an official pest.

 

but of course you need to be withing the regs as aaron stated above and have 'just means'...

 

ATB

[watchman 256]

if you have re-seeded your lawn,and tried the usual deterants to stop the birds from eating it,could that fall into crop-protection,or is that just a totally stupid question, got to ask as my lad wants to shoot the woodies in the garden

[stealthy1 3,964]

If its sh*ting everywere you would maybe get away with whacking it, but not on your chimney as its not a very good backstop if you miss, and the pellet must remain with in your own bounderies, and unless your into bondage, handcuffs are not cool

[Alexisrouzee 6]

unless your into bondage, handcuffs are not cool

[zini 1,939]

Collard doves love wheat and grain and eat tonnes of it each year to farmers dismay.

 

If you was to put some wheat or grain on your garden to feed the song birds and it hapopened to be near a good back stop and at a range that you are happy with your ballistic profile and a collard landed and tried to steal the grain while shitting everywhere on your garden then maybe its classed as

 

2.to protect public health and saftey.

3.to protect wildlife.

 

LOL just joking .

 

They taste wonderful too due to their good diet.

 

Si

Edited April 13, 2010 by zini

[skycat 6,173]

You know the old falling cage trap? Well it works just fine with certain birds. Get used to feeding birds in your garden in a certain spot: then place a bottomless cage at an angle propped up just over the corn. Get them used to that for a few days, then tie a piece of string to the end propped up and hide: pull string when bird is under cage. I used this method to trap my own pigeons that went feral and were crapping everywhere and making a nuisance of themselves: needless to say I got a few unwanted other birds in my trap too: of course I released them.

[Edgar 1]

They taste wonderful too due to their good diet.

 

I was given some a while ago so I breasted them out and put them in the freezer, was wondering if they would be good eating.

[zini 1,939]

Yes Edgar they are lovely to eat.

 

Si

[Phantom 631]

Scuba loves em cooked on the BBQ

 

 

Phantom

[jackinbox99 41]

No end of them around my way, but have never tried eating them before! Do they taste like pigeon? or completely different?

[stealthy1 3,964]

And they are easy to cooo cooooook!

[farmerkev09 105]

ferret food if i shot it not my cup of tea lol

 

farmer

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

once i get a lurcher i'll probably shoot a lot more but until then my mum is protecting the pair of collored doves in our garden. they are the same pair and have been here for a few years at least. they never touch our veg patch or fruit and nut trees (unlike the dastardly pigeons and squirrels ) so i leave them be but they might be on the menu soon.