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Live Pigeons
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:40 pm
by browndog
I'm trying to find some live pigeons for dog training, I'm in the Mississippi Delta.. anybody have any suggestions on where I might be able to buy a few ???
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 10:02 pm
by the doctor
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION they should know where you can get your hands on some...probaly wont even charge you
the doc
i know im a smart ass but my father always said do one thing and do it well
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 10:59 pm
by Gaddis
The old YMCA building in Vicksburg.Go straight to the top and you can catch all you want.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:41 am
by esteslanehunting
I like using sparrows myself..ha ha. Gives the dog a little more to hunt for.
But seriously, if your looking for some pigeons, get you a trap and put it on top of a gin, or any high building. I use bread crumbles to get them in there. I have been catching them this way for 3 years. We have an old town sqaure which is the highest of all buildings in our small ass country town. Ask permission, and more than likely they will let you trap the birds since they are such a problem. Good luck!
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:58 am
by RIP EM
May I ask, why pigeons? Why wouldnt you use domesticated ducks? Is it price, or maybe availiability. Just wondering!!! Busky
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:35 pm
by esteslanehunting
The reason for pigeons.....is cost, availability and if you have a pup, a duck is usually to big for the pup to retrieve easily. A pigeon is smaller and the pup can handle it better.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:31 am
by Delta Duck
If you do find a place to get pigeons let us know.
What about using Quail. I know where you can get those birds.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:39 am
by gadwall2
I think you can buy all the pigeons, ducks, and chickens you can handle at the First Monday flea market in Ripley. I know that at one time you could get about any animal you needed there. Its been a long time since I have heard anybody talk about the flea market and I am really not sure if they still have it.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:44 am
by Delta Duck
Your right, I think that flea market at first monday and The infamos Judge JB are the only reasons Ripley is on the map.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:00 am
by gadwall2
Yeah I forgot about Judge. He would know.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:14 am
by tunica
yup first monday is the ticket you still can find any type of animal there...I did my first wife and damn I got rid of her and this month I went and low and behold that old B dog was there again....I'm smarter now than then I bought a teddy bear to sleep with.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:39 am
by Delta Duck
Tunica,
Was that teddy bear inflatable?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:47 am
by tunica
If I tell ya DD you'll want to coon catch with Me this weekend
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:00 pm
by dizzucks
how exactly will you use the pigeons. do you let them fly, shoot them, and then command a retrieve? do you incapacitate (kill) them before hand. I hope this is not a really stupid question, but I would really like to know.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:08 pm
by judge jb
i used pidgeons for training purposes and could get all i wanted at First Monday.... it has been awhile but i could get 25 for around 2 to 3 bucks apiece..... i would take a bread wrap twist tie tie their wings behind their back and toss them by hand.... or place in a grass field for blind retrieves... they are durable birds if your dog ain't too hard mouthed.... 1st monday of each month at Ripley.....
PS. i would have to want some pidgeons real bad to fight the crowds...
judge jb