re: How pissed would you be? (Karen called the DNR)

I had a cop in New Mexico take me to task for trapping pigeons in a public park. He said it wasn't illegal just looked bad....I asked to whom and he didn't have an answer. I had called the DNR and the park department to make certain it was alright and not only alright but the park department wanted to know how many of the damned things could I get rid of LOL. Much cheaper to catch them than buy live birds for training and they need to be taken out of public spaces as much as possible because they are some nasty critters....I packed it in that day but did return several times afterwards and never had any problems other than kids and folks wanting to know what I was doing and wanting to help! We could also shoot collared dove in town and in public spaces with air rifles....nothing like getting a young dog birdy with crippled collared doves flopping on the ground...but you do want to make sure no one is around 'cause flopping birds and dogs being set on 'em is definitely not a good look to a non-hunter. On top of that collared doves eat just like a mourning or white wing dove except it don't take as many of 'em to make a mess of 'em….