Dove Hunters

[C4Ranch]

Can't wait to get me some of them ribeye of the sky!

Will be out with my 77yr old dad and my 10yr old will join us after school.

Funniest memory was in '99 hunting with my dad (also turned out to be the night my wife and I had our first date,Moshe still gives me a hard time as I was late since I was out hunting dove) anywho, my dad hunts with an old 12 ga single shot from the farm he grew up on. Took out a dove pretty far away, dropped dead out of the air and a dog retrieved it and took it to him and he threw it in his vest........ About an hour later he felt something on his back and sure enough, that dove flew right out of his vest and took off..... Catch and release!

Anyone ever get a banded dove? Never seen one yet..

 

[STx]

They way we have our sunflowers/milo planted (rows not broadcast) we get considerable pass shooting as well as some jump shooting on birds that have landed in the field. Talk about a challenge. There are several folks around with sunflowers so we rarely hunt the same field two days in a row and seldom after six o'clock to let the birds come in and feed. By six o'clock everyone is ready for some western Ky BBQ.Do ya'll cook your dove breasts marinated in Italian dressing , wrapped in bacon on the grill? What's your "scattergun" of choice? I use a 12 gauge wingmaster, but sometimes I'll break out a old Stephens single shot 12 gauge that I started hunting with back in the 1970's.

The most popular method here is to put a jalapeno with cream cheese in the breast, season the meat, wrap with bacon and grill. I also like to fillet the breast and make kabobs with them.

 

[polkwrangler]

dove hunting down in florida 20 years ago was awesome ,seems like all the dove fields are now housing tracts everywhere

 

[wngsprd]

Our opening day is Saturday...gives more folks a chance to get in on it. Sons and Daughter in law, sometimes friends join in.

Our sunflowers are a bit late, too much rain in spring to plant all...but we have some ready. Got some bush hogging to do today.

Did some of my worst shooting last year - shot way too many times before I got my limit...but did get a banded dove...turns out was banded nearby.

Good luck.

 

[MF283]

Believe it or not, we used to take our shotguns & leave them on the bus to get dropped off at a dove field in the afternoon, those were the days.
I'll take the disc & scratch up the old garden spot next to the pond, seems to bring them in searching for food. Looks like our local shindig here is dead this year, BBQ & big hunt, donate some birds for a big breakfast the following month, a great time for sure.
I guess i'll take a few around here in the evenings if the traffic allows me to get home in time. AT $100 per ounce, those things are expensive:ashamed:

Ronnie