does any waterfowl hunters...

[skeet]

We used to shoot lots of pigeons. We baited 'em and decoyed 'em. Bought some paper mache dove decoys and put white paint on . Worked really well. We were shootin a field full of pigeons one day...Had a bunch of tumblers come in. They were right sporting for certain. We actually got paid to shoot pigeons. They were pests around grain elevators and in some towns. Five of us shot more than 100,000 one year. BTW....many of 'em got eaten. They really aren't bad if you eat the young ones

[fabsroman]

The old ones probably aren't bad either if you are starving.

[Mr. 16 gauge]

Don't 'hunt' them here, per se.....prefer to use them for dog training instead (when I can get my hands on some).
Quite popular in the U.K.....I believe the species is "wood pigeon", and they are consumed.
I still cant get myself to try one....even though I've held them captive and fed them the best cracked corn money can buy.

[skeet]

Pigeons aren't bad. Ya just eat the breast anyway so you pick the breast and tear the breast off. Cook 'em like ya would a dove. Or debone the breast and cook 'em in a crock pot with onion soup mix. Oh cut the breast into small cubes...make a gravy and pour the thickened stuff over long grain and wild rice..little broccoli or asparagus and they are great. I also remember my grandmother fixing a depression era dinner of my sister and I and 2 cousins one day. She had a little Remington 22 pump rifle with a smooth bore. She threw out some bread crumbs and shot about 30 sparrows. She breasted them out and fixed up sparrow in gravy with mashed taters and peas. Hey it was reaalllly good. Surprising what turns out to be good when you is hongry.