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When did hunting Peacocks become a thing?
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:17 pm
Me and my son just finished a episode of MeatEater on YouTube, they were hunting turkey’s in Hawaii. The mustache guy took down a Peacock instead of a turkey. I get the no natural predators, but it’s a Peacock, how much damage to the ecosystem are they doing compared to the other animals that have been introduced?
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:30 pm to gizmothepug
I would think no more than a turkey. They are a beautiful bird and I would shoot the shite out of them if there was a wild population. I’m not going to shoot a tamed bird.
This post was edited on 4/2/24 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 4/2/24 at 10:42 pm to Rize
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I’m not going to shoot a tamed bird.
I guess that’s where I’m coming from. Growing up they were tamed birds and I just didn’t think of them as wild birds like a turkey.
Posted on 4/2/24 at 11:02 pm to gizmothepug
quote:If they taste good and there’s a sustainable wild population, why not?
I get the no natural predators, but it’s a Peacock, how much damage to the ecosystem are they doing compared to the other animals that have been introduced?

Posted on 4/2/24 at 11:06 pm to gizmothepug
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I guess that’s where I’m coming from. Growing up they were tamed birds and I just didn’t think of them as wild birds like a turkey.
Peacock problem in Florida
They have a solution or we could just shoot them

Posted on 4/2/24 at 11:17 pm to gizmothepug
It’s a big thing in New Zealand but then again they do things way differently than we do so take that for what it’s worth. My 2 cents is that they weren’t good enough to kill a Hawaii rio so they stumbled upon a peacock and spun the episode to make it look like he did such a great thing for “conservation”
Posted on 4/2/24 at 11:36 pm to keyboard_warrior9
quote:One guy killed a turkey before the other one shot the peacock.
My 2 cents is that they weren’t good enough to kill a Hawaii rio so they stumbled upon a peacock and spun the episode to make it look like he did such a great thing for “conservation”
Posted on 4/3/24 at 1:10 am to gizmothepug
When they started to show their arse!
Sorry couldn’t help myself
Sorry couldn’t help myself
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 1:11 am
Posted on 4/3/24 at 5:57 am to gizmothepug
The peacock living off Carrolton in New Orleans does a ton of damage to cars lol
Posted on 4/3/24 at 6:38 am to gizmothepug
When they figured out how to get'em in a pressure cooker.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 6:50 am to gizmothepug
I’ve seen a video of a guy hunting them in New Zealand using dogs. It didn’t look any different than pheasant hunting, aside from the fact that he was standing on a very steep slope.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 7:07 am to gizmothepug
I did hear they were really good to eat
Posted on 4/3/24 at 7:39 am to gizmothepug
why wouldn't you hunt them?
It's a big arse bird, bound to be tasty.
It's a big arse bird, bound to be tasty.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 7:53 am to gizmothepug
All I now is they have one of the loudest and obnoxious calls of any bird I know. Good riddance...
Posted on 4/3/24 at 9:33 am to gizmothepug
like the said in the ME episode, its just a turkey on drugs
and they also said it tasted delicious, so why not hunt it?
and they also said it tasted delicious, so why not hunt it?
Posted on 4/3/24 at 9:36 am to Rize
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They are a beautiful bird and I would shoot the shite out of them if there was a wild population. I’m not going to shoot a tamed bird.
there are wild populations in Hawaii, which is what they hunted
Posted on 4/3/24 at 10:13 am to gizmothepug
I’m in SE Alabama and a few years ago at one of the places I can hunt there were 2 big males with long sharp spurs. They would hang around the barns and roost right by the farm house. One day around lunch I was by the barn and yelped down into the bottom and a bird gobbled. He gobbled again 5 minutes later and one of those damn peacocks ran past me straight to that bird and ran him off.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 10:49 am to gizmothepug
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hunting turkey’s in Hawaii.
There are turkeys in Hawaii???
That's a long flight for them.
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 10:50 am
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:11 am to gizmothepug
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When did hunting Peacocks become a thing
Are you pretending they're not a total nuisance to be around?
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:23 am to MoarKilometers
I would shoot the sh.. out of them, need a big a.. game bag to carry them ;)
I have heard they are tasty too. Can't believe I'm the first to say... first u make a roux
I have heard they are tasty too. Can't believe I'm the first to say... first u make a roux
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