Pigeon Shooting in South Africa

South African rock pigeons will test your shooting skills.

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Rock pigeon shooting is year-round hunting; however, hunters must place extra focus on Easter for high-volume rock pigeon shooting in South Africa.

Argentina is world-renowned for being the holy grail for Dove shooting, but confidentially speaking, South Africa comes in a close second with the sporting rock pigeon.

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With abusive gun recoil to the shoulder, it is not long before your shooting enjoyment starts to dwindle; this is where South Africa offers you a compromise, With the highly acrobatic grouse-like-in-flight ability’s of the rock pigeon, The Free State also has astonishing dove & pigeon numbers to boot.

The most challenging wild pigeon shooting in the world is, without question, the Grey Grouse of Africa. Imagine grouse on steroids and you have the South African rock pigeon. Four Season’s Pigeon Shooting in South Africa has arranged a fantastic sporting wingshoot, the 7th Pigeon shooter goes for FREE (T&Cs applies), package for March & April 2025—with Four Season’s in South Africa Pigeon Shooting guides, with twenty-three seasons of pigeon shooting experience working around Bloemfontein in the Free State.

South Africa has become famous for its challenging Rock Pigeon shooting, known as “The Grey Grouse of Africa.” 

Rock Pigeons recognised as being the world’s toughest pigeons!

Doves, along with Rock pigeons fly into sunflower, Sorghum, and maize fields; well over 100,000 Rock pigeons and doves use these arable areas twice daily, Morning flights starting just after first light, lasting 90 minutes. Afternoon Rock pigeon shooting in South Africa begins around midday, lasting 4 hours with enthusiastic younger clients firing over 1,000 cartridges throughout the day.

The Grey Grouse of Africa,” as it is now being referred to in Europe, because of their speed & flying agility, testing any sportsman’s shooting skill sets, The Grey Grouse of Africa (Rock pigeons) fly in packs very similar to its English and Scottish counterpart, “The Red Grouse,”  Whereas large flocks of rock pigeons fly in a wing-like formation, up to 150 birds strong, with smaller packs of rock pigeons flying in a somewhat raft-like style.

“The Grey Grouse of Africa,” AKA (The rock pigeon), whilst feeding will avoid trees, finding comfort with open areas devoid of landmarks. Rock pigeons pillage sunflower fields nearest to their roosts, decimating fields before moving to the next ripening sunflower block.