Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 03/12/2024 20:18, D wrote:

  On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 02/12/2024 20:38, D wrote:

  On Mon, 2 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 02/12/2024 14:06, D wrote:

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On 01/12/2024 20:40, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:42:05 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

The only poison in them was lead pellets and you spit those out.

 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/toxic-montana-lakes-kills-
hundreds-and-maybe-thousands-snow-geese-180961356/
 You wouldn't want to dine on one of those geese.

 I think the fact that they were dead floating on a lake might be a clue.
 In London a woman was seriously injured by a dead duck falling on her head
 I was standing by my car one day when a pigeons fell out of the sky. It wasn't dead, but when I came back it had died.
 One tends to avoid eating such.
 Rabbits that are dying from myxomatosis happen in some years, and apparently the meat is edible, but not much eats it
 

 What about roadkill? Did you ever try?

 Not bunnies
Eaten pheasant and deer
 Both V good

 I guess the trick is to find fresh roadkill.

 Well yes. Technically you should not collect anything you have killed, but if the car in front hits it, it is, so to speak, 'fair game'...

 Touché!
 

Pheasant must be what the person who invented the phrase 'bird brained' had in mind.
 They get bred in captivity and released in the autumn to get a bit leery and them shot around Christmas time, so you get a flood of avian retards waddling round the roads at this time of year.

 This is the truth! They were bred in captivity close to my country side house, and one day either the farm closed, the birds escaped, or both. So now there are "wild" pheasants running around there from time to time. I have thought about getting out the old longbow, since they are not shy at all. Maybe a project for next summer!
 

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I shot one with a .22 air rifle.
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It didn't die. I tried to wring its neck.

Too little energy I assume? Did you hit it dead center?

The head came off, and it still didn't die.

Surely it must have been only reflexes?

Eventually it died and I plucked it and emptied its insides and ate it. Quite good really.

I can imagine!

Mostly they use 12 gauge on them. That seems to kill them ouright

I think you can buy small mines made specifically for birds! ;)

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