Pigeon harvest

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boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 08 7:48 pm Post subject: Pigeon harvest
My neighbours have an open barn with about 200 pigeons in there. They are going to let me 'visit' with my air rifle. If I shoot say, 50 pigeons for the pot what's the best way of processing them? Should I pluck them all or just cut off the breast meat? Or a mixture of both?

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 08 10:42 pm Post subject:
Which ever method you feel you have the time for. Breasting is obviously the least time consuming.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 08 11:04 pm Post subject:

bodger wrote:

Breasting is obviously the least time consuming.

I say

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 08 6:40 am Post subject:
For the amount of meat on the rest of the carcass I personally don't bother with plucking & cleaning. Cut the breasts off I say.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 08 7:59 am Post subject:
Removing the breast 'crowns' is almost as easy as cutting out the individual breasts and gives you a nice double portion on the bone.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46247
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 08 12:00 pm Post subject:
yep cut dont pluck

pricey

Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Posts: 6444

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 08 11:17 pm Post subject:
https://www.downsizer.net/Projects/Processing_food/Preparing_a_Pigeon/ Or just rip out the breast on the bone as suggested, can do pictures of that as well.

KILLITnGRILLIT

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 894
Location: Looking at a screen in the front room

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 08 12:24 pm Post subject:
Lots of how to crown a pigeon on youtube.

pricey

Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Posts: 6444

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 08 11:42 pm Post subject:

KILLITnGRILLIT wrote:

Lots of how to crown a pigeon on youtube.

There is, and it saves me doing pics for it

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