How did natives hunt the passenger pigeon?

Passenger pigeons were hunted by natives as a source of food. Here are several ways the natives hunted the passenger pigeons:

• killing the juveniles at night with long poles
• setting up large nests to capture the adult pigeons
• low flying pigeons could be killed by throwing sticks and stones
• Cherokees killed pigeons by throwing their club at the leading pigeon in the morning when it left its roost