DOVES
Dove season starts 9-15, I just marinated the last bag, wrapped them in blue cheese and bacon. Putting them in the grill and heat them up a little, so good!![:D]
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BlackRoses loves to feed the wild birds, as I posted our yard is full of Doves, red birds, bluejays, thrashers, finches, etc, We get three types of doves,, two of which I knew of, and the third I saw in the bird book that BR has, I had never in my 65yrs seen a GROUND DOVE, I looked out the window and Lo and Behold there was a pair of the little critters, about a 1/4th the size of a mourning dove, with a little redish beak and feet, mottled feathers around the head, that glisten green in the sunlight,
Have any of you ever seen these little doves?? Pretty little critters, to say the least..
"A wise man is a man that realizes just how little he knows"
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dove season opened this morning, sounds like a war zone down by the lake.
sure wish my eyes & reflex's were still good.
oh well !!!
metco
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Great to eat, and even more fun to hunt. A lot of people who have never went dove hunting think its the birds sitting on the power line thing. They have no clue as to how hard these birds are to hit. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by 204targetman
Great to eat, and even more fun to hunt. A lot of people who have never went dove hunting think its the birds sitting on the power line thing. They have no clue as to how hard these birds are to hit.
+1.
While I am not a crack shot by any means, I do pretty well at the trap and skeet ranges. However, I routinely use about 5 shots per dove bagged. Those suckers are hard to hit!0 -
Five shots per dove is actually a pretty good average. Mine would be a bit higher. But dang I love to shoot them or at them....And what a breeze to clean... 0 -
We are only allowed 50 shells for our limit of 15 birds at the DNR fields. We have to shoot around 3 per bird to get a limit. 0 -
I was back home during the week and I saw more Doves than I have in years and it looks like I'll be able to go Sept 2.[:D][}:)][:D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by 204targetman
Five shots per dove is actually a pretty good average. Mine would be a bit higher. But dang I love to shoot them or at them....And what a breeze to clean...
Clay bird shooting a dove hunting is totally different. I usually can bag 15 bird minimun on a bad day out of a box of 25. Of course my gun does all the work.0 -
quote:Originally posted by 204targetman
Five shots per dove is actually a pretty good average. Mine would be a bit higher. But dang I love to shoot them or at them....And what a breeze to clean...
Put down the .204, and try a 12Ga. 2-3/4" #7 1/2-8 shot!!You'll bring that average WAYYYyyy down...[;)][;)]
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Average goes up when you shoot them off the powerlines...
GW... the guy who will not wait till they fly..0 -
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
Average goes up when you shoot them off the powerlines...
GW... the guy who will not wait till they fly..
HEKK YEAH!! Sometimes 4 or 5 a shot...[8D]
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Average also goes up when my Dog brings me my birds AND the other LOST birds other hunters shot 0 -
Most fun you can have with a shotgun. 0 -
I've been baiting since july and they are here now in good numbers. Gotta stop bait before season and then hang decoys[;)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
quote:Originally posted by 204targetman
Five shots per dove is actually a pretty good average. Mine would be a bit higher. But dang I love to shoot them or at them....And what a breeze to clean...
Put down the .204, and try a 12Ga. 2-3/4" #7 1/2-8 shot!!You'll bring that average WAYYYyyy down...[;)][;)]
Jeff
Maybe if I could find shot shells for the 204.......
I'm really not a very good shot with a shotgun. My clays usually break from hitting the ground....0 -
I'm hoping that the Dove are as thick were I hunt as they are around the house. I've got over twentyfive Dove around the house. 0 -
I went hunting in idaho for chukar's
I really enjoyed them, hunting and eating0 -
On the way to my first dove hunt (10 years old) I asked my Pop how hard was it to shoot a dove. He said "look at how fast I'm driving" so I looked at the speedo and it said 65. Then he said "look out the window", there were 4 dove flying as fast as we were driving. I then understood that they were very small, and very fast.
Four days later we were hunting over water at sunset. The dove were comming out of the sun with a decent tail wind, you never saw them intell it was too late. I have been hooked ever sence that day.0
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