Pigeons are good eating, rooks, as in young rooks, were considered good eating, but note the 'young' bit there. I see what the magpies round here eat, and honestly, I wouldn't feed my husband city pigeons and I wouldn't feed him magpies either. Woodpigeons are another thing entirely.
Pigeon breast burgers are delicious he says
My Dad shot a moorhen ....way back when @Big Si 's Dad was young too by the sounds of it. His Mum refused to cook it, (she had six brothers, who all hunted/fished) she said it wasn't fit eating. So Dad cooked it. He ate and never ever shot one again. He said it tasted of mud.
So, like Crocodile Dundee said, "you can live on it........" but do you really want to ?
Demented dale said:....My hawk used to catch moorhen and I loved it. it is the richest meat I have ever come across. Way too rich to feed a hawk at flying weight as it would get fat and do nowt . i knew another falconer who ate absolutely everything his birds caught. He said everything was palatable except seagull which he said was disgusting x
