OPENING MORNING DOVE SEASON

[farmerjohn]

Limited out this morning 183, had a good shoot, John

 

[Bill Norris]

Looks like yall had a blast. Great job.

 

[jepp2]

Limited out this morning 183, had a good shoot, John

Great shoot. Now you have my wheels turning. How many shots?
183 isn't a prime number, but the only divisors are 1, 3, and 61. My math isn't working for me?

By the way, your Alaska stories make me very envious, as does the dove shoot!!!

 

[Schandler]

Most fun I’ve ever had years ago - before life got serious with job kid house payment. Now that all has settled down and you want to take your kid to experience the - can’t get shells in the shotgun fast enough with birds all over you - then you find there’s no more farmers and no more cutting going on so there’s no place to hunt and no one does it anymore. There’s housing developments where the fields were. Soak the breast in Italian dressing and cook on the grill days are behind me I’m afraid. Glad to see someone is still enjoying.

 

[stacy]

NOTHING LIKE A GREAT SHOT ON OPEN DAY OU GOT TO LOVE IT I SURELY DO

 

[mike a]

Looks like a great day. Love to see the kids getting involved. We stick a jalapeño in the breast, wrap it with bacon and do kabobs on the bbq. I love to open it up, eat the jalapeño and bacon. Toss the breast to the dog. I hate dove.

 

[6MMsteve]

ain't nothing like a good shoot 4 in the afternoon when they comein 20 at a time..from 5 directions

 

[farmerjohn]

Looks like a great day. Love to see the kids getting involved. We stick a jalapeño in the breast, wrap it with bacon and do kabobs on the bbq. I love to open it up, eat the jalapeño and bacon. Toss the breast to the dog. I hate dove.

Exactly what they do and I do exactly what you do! Doves and ducks! Any recipe that begins with; soak for 48hrs, slice meat thinly, add thick slices of pineapple, oranges, ect is not what I call food.. John

 

[farmerjohn]

Great shoot. Now you have my wheels turning. How many shots?
183 isn't a prime number, but the only divisors are 1, 3, and 61. My math isn't working for me?

By the way, your Alaska stories make me very envious, as does the dove shoot!!!

From the two 5 gal buckets of emptys that were picked up and the age and enthusiasm of some of the hunters I'm figuring about a10% kill ratio. I was using a 20ga 28in full choke and many of the birds were way to close for me, right off the bat two came in low and fast and I swung in my best 1990 style and while my body turned fairly well, my 75yr old legs didn't pick my feet up and I busted my ass. I shot 48rds and collected 15 birds. Not a very good showing! But we had fun.... John

 

[markT]

Fantastic hunt! Great memories. Love all the hats especially the third one from the left!!

 

[HTSmith]

From the two 5 gal buckets of emptys that were picked up and the age and enthusiasm of some of the hunters I'm figuring about a10% kill ratio. I was using a 20ga 28in full choke and many of the birds were way to close for me, right off the bat two came in low and fast and I swung in my best 1990 style and while my body turned fairly well, my 75yr old legs didn't pick my feet up and I busted my ass. I shot 48rds and collected 15 birds. Not a very good showing! But we had fun.... John

I know that feeling. Y'all hunt in a sunflower patch?

 

[mike a]

From the two 5 gal buckets of emptys that were picked up and the age and enthusiasm of some of the hunters I'm figuring about a10% kill ratio. I was using a 20ga 28in full choke and many of the birds were way to close for me, right off the bat two came in low and fast and I swung in my best 1990 style and while my body turned fairly well, my 75yr old legs didn't pick my feet up and I busted my ass. I shot 48rds and collected 15 birds. Not a very good showing! But we had fun.... John

Morning Dove are the most missed game birds of all.

 

[farmerjohn]

I know that feeling. Y'all hunt in a sunflower patch?

We have a place on the farm that we always have a lot of trouble getting winter wheat to grow. Have to plant it several times each year to ever get a stand... John

 

[mensajd]

"Mourning Dove," not "Morning Dove." Good airgun fodder.

 

[Tommie]

Shooting doves is great fun! A trip to Argentina is on the bucket list.

Eating dove...meh. If dove meat was truly tasty, every recipe wouldn’t be a grand attempt to make dove not taste like dove.

 

[markT]

Soak dove in salt water cold for twenty minutes. Pat dry wrap bacon grill low and slow. Serve with Uncle Bens wild rice and steamed broccoli.
Chew slowly (lead shot)

 

[Fast14riot]

Morning Dove are the most missed game birds of all.

National average is 7 rounds per bird taken! I managed to average just over 50% this year, but didn't have the vast numbers of birds as years past, i suspect it was due to the fires going on here in CA.

 

[LitLBoy]

any body in Ohio seeing birds? Seems like we have been really low for the last few years

 

[snert]

oh my gosh I would LOVE to do that! Ive shot barn pigeons in the dead of CNY winter and that is a challenge, I know I would love dove hunting. Good photo! Jealous!!!!

 

[rardoin]

Morning Dove are the most missed game birds of all.

Hmmm...I guess you've never been on a 'pass shoot' for woodcock. It is like shooting at a supersonic bat at twilight. Only last for about 15-30 minutes then you have to find those suckers in the dark.