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Im ready for Dove season

WittumWittum Member Posts: 553 ✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
Anyone like to dove hunt out there? I enjoy it almost as much as deer season, ok not quite but it is in only about a month and deer season is about 4 months away.
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  • soopsoop Member Posts: 4,633
    edited November -1
    We don`t have a dove season here in Michigan.Wish we did.
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    LOTS OF BIRDS HERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL NE.

    I WOULD RATHER BE DUCK HUNTING.
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sunflower fields are starting to look REAL GOOD here on the eastern shore of MD. last week, I pulled one of the doves out of the freezer and started with the "mark" and "dead Bird" commands while my 3yr old yellow lab female gets into the mode for another season. She starts to shake when she sees the bird come out of the freezer, YA GOTTA lOVE THAT!

    A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.
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  • dhdh Member Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm gonna go shoot some clay pretty soon to get ready.I'llbe going down on the west end of Galveston Island.If it doesn't rain I'll be shocked.Every year at least one day of the first weekend.
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  • WittumWittum Member Posts: 553 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We have some wheat stubble and some corn thats about to be cut on are place, i hope it brings them like it did last year, i am pumped.
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How many doves does it take to make a meal?

    If I knew then, what I know now.
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  • garandfangarandfan Member Posts: 271 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can't wait either. Last year I found a real good spot that nobody is ever at. I hope they come back to that same spot this year. I try to go everyday during the 2-week period. Now you guys got me excited about it even more that I already was, I guess I'll have to go shoot some clay to tie me over.

    "To be prepared for War is one of the most
    effectual means of preserving peace"-George Washington
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  • BuckshotBuckshot Member Posts: 54 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now your talking some serious fun..nothing will humble a good shooter quicker than a rocket with wings, that can make a ninety degree u-turn and screw you right into ground quicker quicker'n u can say what was that..whats the average upto now..84 to 12..(thats the shot to bird ratio for those new comers to Dovin game..we can hunt'em clean up into December here in the Hoosier State...But..."Only the Shadow Knows."
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  • almagunsalmaguns Member Posts: 88 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    no dove hunting here in Wisc. either. the idiots voted it down this past year. I go to Indiana. I think its the most fun you can have with a gun.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The consensus in Iowa is that they are too cute to shoot. Guess I'll have to be swinging over to NE. What does everyone use to shoot doves? I've never shot doves before and all I own is a SXS .410 and a couple of 12 ga pumps.
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  • WittumWittum Member Posts: 553 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My 20 ga. 870 does just fine!!!
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  • garandfangarandfan Member Posts: 271 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Same as wittum but I like mine in 12 ga. Seems to work well enough.

    "To be prepared for War is one of the most
    effectual means of preserving peace"-George Washington
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  • 101AIRBORNE101AIRBORNE Member Posts: 1,252 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I miss this hunting...
    Use to be able to go down to the Colorado River, ask permission,
    hunt til dawn, but, and the big but is, the farmers, rightfully so, said go to hell. Their fields, farm equipment etc, were shot to s...
    Use to enjoy white wings, perhaps gone forever due to a.. h... shooters. Not "hunters". 101
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think the national average for experienced shooters is anywhere from 2-4 to 1 (shots to birds). A general rule for newcomers is that if you can fill up the shotshell box, with the birds you shot, that is a good day.

    Pickenup, depending on how they are prepared, 2-3 dove will provide a meal. I usually put them (breasted out) in a croc pot, with some beef bullion and onions. Once they have cooked for 6hrs or so, make a gravy from the broth and put it all over egg noodles.

    Some people wrap them in bacon and cook them on the grill with some BBQ sauce or some sauce of their liking.

    A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.
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  • BushobiBushobi Member Posts: 107 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ive used a 12/20/28 gauge and find that the most occuring mistake shooters make is over choking. Thinking the target is farther away then it really is..use Improved or Skeet Chokes..light target loads, 7 1/2, 8's or 9's and have a ball. But be sure to take plenty of Shells. But most of all..Be sure of your target and what's beyond..and above all SAFETY FIRST.
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  • BushobiBushobi Member Posts: 107 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ive used a 12/20/28 gauge and find that the most occuring mistake shooters make is over choking. Thinking the target is farther away then it really is..use Improved or Skeet Chokes..light target loads, 7 1/2, 8's or 9's and have a ball. But be sure to take plenty of Shells. But most of all..Be sure of your target and what's beyond..and above all SAFETY FIRST.
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1100 SPECIAL FIELD 20 GA IMP CYL OR A 303 BERETTA FIELD WITH IMP CYL TUBE BOTH MAKE GREAT DOVE GUNS. CAN SHOOT BOXES OF SHELLS AND NO TENDER SPOTS. GOOD LUCK AND BE SAFE

    I WOULD RATHER BE DUCK HUNTING.
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  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,398 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here in SC deer season opens Aug.15 and dove opens Sept.1
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My ten year old is waiting too.........Got him a 20 ga win
    model 1300 3" youth a few months back..........
    Our season starts the first week in Sept............

    coonass

    We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    101--Didn't notice you here before. Good to have a Screamin' Eagle aboard.

    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • WittumWittum Member Posts: 553 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If anyone is near southeast Kansas and wants to go i will be glad to take you. Lots of room were we go and i promise a good time, even if we dont kill any birds.
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  • djcissedjcisse Member Posts: 69 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here in Arkansas the season normaly starts on the first weekend of Sept. I shoot a 12 gauge because the shells are easier to find after opening weekend. Between the clay shoots and hunting I go through about a case a day. A good recipe is marinate them in Italian dressing, wrap them in bacon and throw them on the grill.
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  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    I love dove hunting but just wish the limit was 50 instead of 12! It's awful hard to unload and sit and watch all them guys wasting shells after you get the limit and have to quit! I'll be more interested this year because Sarah started going last year and hit a couple. That's all it takes to get a kid interestd! We'll get a good few days of practice before the season because CROW season opens 8/17/02!! They're dummer than dirt those first days and you can call em'in for hours at one set-up. That changes pretty fast though. GHD
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  • Mr. LoboMr. Lobo Member Posts: 538 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We will be going to Yuma again this year. My son is going for the first time and he is excited. We went out last weekend and not one clay hit the ground... guess we are ready. I look forward to dove season every year even though I have not found a good way to cook the little chunks of liver.

    Jim
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