- pigeon shooting
- Shooting pigeons after they are liberated from a trap, with the purpose of demonstrating or improving one's marksmanship. Anno: 82 ALR2d 818 et seq; § 6.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
pigeon shooting
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