Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) is known in Israel mainly as a winter species. It is a pigeon large and heavy (about 450 g), with a distinctive tail pattern and a pair of white patches on its neck (hence "ענק" in its Hebrew name). It turns out that as of this publication, the law in the country does not distinguish between the different species of pigeons permitted for hunting, and therefore the authorities are limited in their ability to act to stop the hunting. Rock Pigeon, Common Wood Pigeon, Wood Pigeon: the order does not matter. 

Shai Agmon documented a hunting site for Common Wood Pigeons in Birya Forest.