Pigeon trap - GIF

[ranald]

Wonder if a Cat might get reservations for lunch at that cafe?

The feral cats seem to not be able to catch these birds: they kill everything else. Possibly the bird size & the fact that they fly high into the tree tops when spooked. They have been protected for yonks & when illegal hunting of the birds did exist, when our laws allowed fire arms, a hunter needed a specially trained dog to flush them out then stay perfectly poised for the hunter to gain a vantage point to aim & shoot. 22 cal was all that was needed & low velocity was best so as not to gain attention even in hundreds of acres of scrub. The meat is way to rich for my blood. Sometimes pelleted shot guns were used in very large properties but spitting out the pellets made the experience even less palatable. Old birds are like tough bill tong or jerky.
The hunting dogs needed to be very fit, and have qualities of a spanial, pointer,& retriever: kelpies were usually trained & sometimes blue cattle dogs: red cattle dogs (have dingo in blood line) seemed too agressive. Some fox terriers also made good turkey hunters.