Of ALL the target/competition games, live pigeons, IMO, are the BEST - but as you noted, EXPENSIVE. I only did some practice birds before an event I got invited to watch - there was some serious money changing hands - and not always on the birds; those gin rummy and backgammon games had some heavy bets as well! (Definitely a game for the well-heeled).
But with the advent of certain groups, this was developed to give you as close a replication as possible
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