2017 Dove Season

[MOPanfisher]

Dove breast marinated in Italian dressing, a slice of jalapeno in the middle and wrapped in bacon.  Hot grilled to medium rare.  Many a person who said dove isn't fit to eat has changed their mind after a dove popper.

[wily]

Good times you guys...I hope you made that call bh.  The boys and I went to Shawnee trail last night...not very many birds flying...trying Capps creek tonight...then hitting private farm tomorrow near the wife's folks in am.   I bought the youngest a new gun...hopefully we get to hear it go boom 

[Buck]

Yesterday was pretty slow out in public land, this morning we put a smacking on them (on private land for all you internet scouters). 2 man limit, going out again in the morning. All this dove shooting is getting me ready for the ducks!

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, wily said:

Good times you guys...I hope you made that call bh.  The boys and I went to Shawnee trail last night...not very many birds flying...trying Capps creek tonight...then hitting private farm tomorrow near the wife's folks in am.   I bought the youngest a new gun...hopefully we get to hear it go boom 

             I did make that call Wily, right away. 

   Hope your upcoming hunts are good and that new gun gets on a hot streak!

  BilletHead

[BilletHead]

          Out there again this morning for a short while. Same place I was yesterday morning and this time I put Mrs. BilletHead in the spot where I shot my limit yesterday. I took a stand about forty yards away. She had me four to one right off the bat and then I caught up and passed her. We got a limit between us and I shot better a than fifty percent ratio. The Mrs. started good but soon went down hill on her hits. I guess I messed things up as there was not near the action I had yesterday but the reliving the past went on between us saying remember this and that looking towards the old house place. The highlight of this morning happened when the sun began to hit and I was in the sun. I got up and walked over to Pat and asked if she was ready to quit? Out of the South came a pair of birds, I shouted collared doves, they closed ground fast and I told Pat you take the one on the left and I will try for the right bird. We shot at the same time and each of our birds fell! This was Pat's first Eurasian and my second. Both birds were still quite alive as we chased them into submission. With that we did decide to call it a day . 

   BilletHead

[Johnsfolly]

Great job guys! I haven't seen collared doves before let alone shot one. Little jealous. Just a little☺!

[BilletHead]

44 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Great job guys! I haven't seen collared doves before let alone shot one. Little jealous. Just a little☺!

          Add then to your life list John,

BilletHead

[Johnsfolly]

15 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

          Add then to your life list John,

BilletHead

You know it is all about the LIST☺! Keep lists for lots of things! Ask JestersHK about my list obsession! If you have Excel I'll send you a fish life list file that I have prepared. Just scroll down the list of species and fill in the date and location that you caught your first one☺.

[wily]

Thanks for the well wishes...i shot it tonight...good little gun I think.  Capps creek better than Shawnee trail we thought...quite a few people out this afternoon but wasn't bad.  Seemed like birds quit flying about 630.

Hunting a silage field in am...should be much better...last year we cow killed em on this field...so the boys expectations are high.  I just hope we run out of shells

[wily]

We had fun...the oldest got his limit...and the youngest got to shoot his new gun...he got a handful...said he was averaging one about every 12 shots...I said that was about my average too.  Older boy had em coming in pretty good on his mojo...and was shooting at much better average.