What “ Non-Game” Birds Have You Eaten?

[Gumbo Man]

Sitting here on the back porch looking at the lake and having coffee this morning watching Robins in the yard reminds me of my childhood and different birds that ended up in the gumbo pot. Being raised a coon arse “ if it flew it was for stew”. In the winter time when the robins showed up it was game on and to us they tasted just like dove. But living in the rice belt back then the flocks of black birds or rice birds would darken the sky in waves and you could easily kill 20 with one blast of a shotgun. We kept the freezer full and would always have black bird gumbo.

[twosixteens]

Laid a pipeline in southern Louisiana in then late 80’s a local guy had issues with woodpeckers at his house he brought in gumbo one day really good i asked what was in it yep woodpeckers

[Montec man]

Pigeons were Always a target of opportunity while dove hunting and were good eating. Also tried meadowlark a few times, and it was ok. Best I had though was crow!

[Fishndude]

My fave is chicken

[Gumbo Man]

Pigeons were Always a target of opportunity while dove hunting and were good eating. Also tried meadowlark a few times, and it was ok. Best I had though was crow!

Never had pigeon or crow but we would wear out the field larks and eat them with the black birds.

[Quackerbox]

This thread read backwards says...

Innerwebs game warden come to my house

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[okrattler]

Pigeons. That's really the only thing that's legal to shoot besides starlings and sparrows.

[Gumbo Man]

My fave is chicken

This made me laugh.

[Gumbo Man]

This thread read backwards says...

Innerwebs game warden come to my house

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Keep in mind I’m speaking of an era when it was legal. Not now. My taste has evolved anyway.

[Smart]

I love me a good Eurasian breast wrapped in the regular jalapeño, onion and bacon.

[Smart]

Pigeons. That's really the only thing that's legal to shoot besides starlings and sparrows.

Eurasian/ringnecked dove.

[Montec man]

They changed the rules a few years ago, but there's still a depredation order in effect for crows, pigeons, starlings and a few other non-game species. Iff'n they're stealing pecans from your trees one could conceivably end up in cast iron bubbling in a gravy.

[Quackerbox]

Keep in mind I’m speaking of an era when it was legal. Not now. My taste has evolved anyway.

Oh, then I digress. And I'm not that well, seasoned ?

I have heard on many occasions Robin is fine table fare

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[diamond10x]

Pigeons. That's really the only thing that's legal to shoot besides starlings and sparrows.

Cowbirds

[diamond10x]

There’s also lots of game birds that people scoff at that I find taste just as good as any other bird.