Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2014
The infamous Labor Day Pigeon Shoot was held in Hegins, Pennsylvania from 1921 until it was closed down in 1998. Wounded birds were left to crawl away into the woods; sometimes, during breaks, children were encouraged to run across the field, scoop them up, and tear their heads off. It’s not the 1800s anymore.
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