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Dove Hunting

dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
Opens here tomorrow... Taking my 1yr old lab for retrival which might turn out to be a disaster... We shall see.

Who else is going?
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My youngest son got back for the end of the 2nd week of dove season and had a pretty good time on the 2 acre sunflower patch I plant each year.

    He shot his 15 bird limit in 45 minutes with 26 shots.

    Had 5 on the ground at one point he hadn't picked up yet because they were coming in too fast to go out to retrieve the dead ones.

    He shot the first one as he was setting up his stool in the flower rows, got one true double, and one with only one shell in his O/U because he didn't have time to load the second shell for a bird that was coming in right behind a couple others he shot at twice.

    Fun "day" for him, and some more work for dad to help clean.

    Don't fault him, I was happy to help.
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would love to find a nice field to hunt. It is the only hunting i miss.
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  • MrGunz22MrGunz22 Member Posts: 2,086 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Tons of Doves here in NY, but no season..... go figure. Im not sure if that means we can kill them whenever we want or not at all.
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    im leaning to not at all
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My Front yard[:o)]
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  • BeeramidBeeramid Member Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dave, check with Wildlife and Fisheries, some of our WMA's have designated dove fields, most of which are planted with some type of grain to hunt over. Maybe they do the same thing in your state.
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  • CrittergitterCrittergitter Member Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dav1965
    I would love to find a nice field to hunt. It is the only hunting i miss.


    Here's some incentive.

    Dove breasts for lunch!

    Marinated in orange juice, sea salt, soy sauce, paprika, white pepper, fresh rosemary and sage, lemon zest, and fresh garlic. Brushed lightly with olive oil.

    Saddled with fresh sliced jalepe?os and swaddled with bacon. Smoked with seasoned mulberry wood.
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    Served with fresh cucumbers and tomatoes steeped in virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar, a bit of cheese, and a frosty beer!

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    Dang! Was it ever good! I love this time of year!!
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  • woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 23,478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Your lucky Only a Few Upstatequote:Originally posted by MrGunz22
    Tons of Doves here in NY, but no season..... go figure. Im not sure if that means we can kill them whenever we want or not at all.
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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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