Namekagon,I'll have dinner at your house anytime.
I'll try anything once.You never know I might find a new favorite dinner.
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Namekagon,I'll have dinner at your house anytime.
I'll try anything once.You never know I might find a new favorite dinner.
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I can understand Betty's skepticism but not the rest of you guys?
This is my favorite cookbook...bought new in 1967 for $1.00.
Somehow I don't think it was reviewed by Gray's Sporting Journal.
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P.S.
I'm not sure if those are oil gland stains on the page or not. :mrgreen:
Starlings are vermin. I have shot several and eaten none. They spread histoplasmosis and other diseases. They winter in Tennessee in flocks of millions, literally. I have seen a flock flying overhead that stretched to both horizons. Starlings eat an average of 2 ounces of grain, or the equivalent food, per bird, per day. 450 starlings eat a bushel of corn a day. A million starlings eats the equivalent of over 2,000 bushels of corn per day. That's an average of about 12-15 acres total production in an average Tennessee corn field. Flocks as large as 7 million have been noted.
(Note that 200 Canada geese clear about an acre of corn per day, but much of that is wasted and not eaten by the birds.)
A couple of decades ago, our then-governor was about ot institute a massive campaign of spraying detergent over roosts at night right before cold waves hit. This would cause the birds to die of hypothermia but was otherwise not very toxic to the environment. An animal rights group based out of New York City filed for a federal injunction, saying that it was cruelty to animals. Our governor immeadiately filed for an injunction against NYC's rat control program on the same grounds. He withdrew his injunction after they withdrew theirs. :twisted:
Skeptical? You betcha! I guess as a survivalist you'll eat anything to stay alive. BUT! Given a choice ... I think I'd try to be a vegetarian!
I would, however, like to be on a list to receive feathers/skins from the woodcock, rail, coot, dove, and other assorted unfortunate birds. :wink: That way, I can at least tie flies and subsist on fish!
If a person would study the life cycle of the starling they would find that the number of birds versus the number that are shot indicates that hunting has no effect on the population. Weather conditions, disease and natural predators are what keep the population in check. If it is legal in your area to shoot starlings and you enjoy it, go for it. While it probably wont do any good on population control it may help lower your blood pressure.
As a kid we lived in a rural area and were armed with the trusyt BB gun. We shot, killed and ate starlings, sparrrows, robins, meadowlarks and whatever else we could gather. They were all tasty.
In addition I take exception with namekagon's comments that coot are not worth eating. They are in fact quite tasty.
To each his own.
Tim