Have any of you ever eaten a Jack Rabbit or a feral pigeon?

We used to shoot 60 pigeons in a day. We hid behind the rails, they flew in to eat the horse feed at the stables. The rancher was glad for us to do our work.
Grain fed, they tasted good!
We popped out the breasts, and wrapped the breast with a piece of bacon and barbecued them on the grill.
Good eating!
 
Have eaten pigeon and jack rabbit, they are just as good as any other game animal. Follow the rule "try anything atleast once" and you would be surprised how many "disgusting" things are good. The one I get the most reaction out of is, mountain lion, It is also one the better "weird" animals I have tried.
 
you should try gopher it is really good cooked over an open flame (skinned and cleaned) on a stick with some butter and spice to flavor. I was surprised on how good it really was.:cool:
 
The closest I have come to that

I have eaten a blue jay and I have eaten wild rabbit. They were both good. I may have a new project (eat a pigeon). I will have to wait until the next time I am out west to bag a jack rabbit. I figure that when hungry enough a person will eat anything though.
 
we raised pigeon for training bird dogs. tasty!

ive also eaten tons of jack rabbit, it can be tough, we always use a crock pot, and cook a mess of them all day.
 
Haven't eaten Jack Rabbit. Pidgeons are edible enough.

Don't much care for California Condor, though it's better than Bald Eagle. Neither are as good as young California Sea Otter.:D
 
raised partly in West Tx was always told that jackrabbits were full of worms if not killed young so stayed away from em. Anyone ever eat a crocagator? Croc head on one and gator head on the other, MEAN suckers too, they cant poop!!
 
I shoot them in the desert here all the time. Take them home, skin and wash them, throw it in a roasting pan with some garlic, oregano, sage, toss in some taters and carrots and put it in the oven for a bit. The meat has a texture like chicken,
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Man your maken my hungry.

Your jack rabbit sounds like our Hair, tough and stringy.
 
I knew a fellow who had to try Jackrabbit roasted over a fire on a stick. Roasted it for a long time. When he took a big bite, it was still uncooked inside.
 
I had a Game Warden try to give me a ticket back in the 80's for shooting pigeons while dove hunting. I had to go to the truck and show HIM they were non native, unprotected birds. Glad I had a copy of the regs with me!
Has anyone tried to eat a crow? I did. Boiled it for an hour and couldn't stick a fork in the juice.
 
apparently crows are considered a migratory game bird, federally. here in NY unlike all other migratory game birds, you do NOT need to shoot them w/ non-lead shot. you can use lead. there is still a 3 shot capacity limit for the shotgun though. apparently them being classified as such stems from some b.s. about how some crows migrate from mexico to the U.S. and vice versa. I'm sure someone will detail the specifics/provide a link.
 
Can't remember for sure but I think I heard the us fish and wildlife have a deal or treaty with mexico dealing with crows which is why we have a season on them.
 
Wild Jackrabbit (mature ones) makes hands down the finest Chilli con Carne' that you ever put in your face. Clean them and cool them out quick as possible,bone the meat and soak it in butter milk over night in the fridge Then course grind or fine chop and use them like you would hamburger in your chilli! You will never go back to beef!

My pappy tells me that they always had feral pigeons in their grain silos and they encouraged them to nest there, they would wait for the squabs to get almost ready to fledge and then catch them and kill them and eat them either roasted or cooked like quail in gravy and they were very good and also self producing, since the wild birds would lay another clutch almost immeadiately when the squabs were removed.
BT
 
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