Best wood pigeon day yet

[woodyapex]

Shot these on a sunny afternoon ( yes we have them now and again in uk ) last week . They were feeding on linseed oil .
The best thing is it was a walk from my home to land I have permission on . 107 between 2 .
And 40 the next day and one crow .

[treefarmer]

Woodyapex, tell us what you do to prepare those birds. Probably similar to our Mourning Doves, but the blue color is really beautiful. I'm seeing a different side of the UK and enjoying it. By the way, my wife saw the picture of the deer hanging in the kitchen and just rolled her eyes! Treefarmer

[woodyapex]

Tf
From what I can tell your morning dove , is very simular to what we call the collared dove ( pretty small with a black collar and a light " cooo " )
They have just gone back on the protected list , not that they were much good for eating , they are half the size of the above wood pigeon and a lot less testing bird to shoot . En really don't do that much damage compared to the above wp . Theses above can be seen in certain fields ( bearing in mind our fields can be a fraction of the size of yours ) in Thier thousands usually just after planting or just before or just after harvesting .
As for the meat I sat and with the help of our lass debreasted everyone . 30 pairs of breasts went on the menu at a my mates local quality restraunt ( I swaped those for a couple of big pieces of steak from the in house farm shop ). the rest some got given to friends and the others myself and our lass ate . ( we look destined to get gout )
So breasts , salt and pepper , hot griddle and 1.5 mins either side .
Giving you to be honest one of the nicest meats to eat out there . Over cooked past rare to m rare and it does get a little livery . But either cut up and thrown in a salad or in a curry or I even do a pigeon Wellington . It's a great meat

[woodyapex]

How else would I get wifi to watch YouTube to work out how to butcher the roe deer if I did not do it in the kitchen

[houseofmicah]

thats great stuff woody, over here is our dove season, our limit is only 15 per hunter per day. some days are better than others;)

[wingshooter]

very nice collection of birds, looks like fun for the day. I have many thoughts that involve holding a drilling and shooting a roe deer and flushing birds.
Thanks for sharing

[drgn4sr]

very nice. I was over in the UK last April and did not see many large farms to hunt on. good hunting.

[halligan017]

Nice shooting!

[davedirt]

Great post...............