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I always say "shoo" before pulling the trigger.....

but i believe many of those doves were old and deaf....

rayb

Member Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 972 Location: Keller,TX

I can testify to Wingshooter's prowess with the uncheckered Arrieta.While recently attending the famed Flatwater Sporting Clays event in Nebraska, I had squaded with him several times and he is no slouch. The problem is that doves can be the most exasperating gamebird on the wing with their own special areial acrobatics.

Duncan, do you use #6 on your flying "rats".

Member Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 972 Location: Keller,TX

Duncan, where do you place your stand when you hunt feedlots? I would imagine the cattle are in a different location and you would use camo?

Member Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 524

I love to eat Dove. Would I shoot one off the wires or tree limb, well that depends on many things. But, yes in a heartbeat. Oh I wouldnt do it in the normal course of a hunt. But on day 2-3 with nary a love bird in my bag, the fall rains coming in and 200 miles and another year until next dove season - I wouldnt hesitate. Would I preferr to shoot one out of the air? Of course. Do I hurt the dove population every year - hardly. First off the dang things literally start to fidget before the car engine even shuts off, then they fly like friggin acrobats and seem to be able to actually dodge shot loads. Before I started using my current dove strategies, I was way more likely to resort to this distastefull practice. But now I hunt wheat stubble (doves love) with styrofoam decoys in decent numbers place on the ground - they work like magic. So in the last 5 years or so I havent close lined any. When I was a kid though, we used to drive along the dirt roads with some of us sitting in the back of a pickup truck slamming them off the telephone wires at will. Am I proud of that? No. But unsupervised country boys with a penchant for sport and mischief can do some pretty redneck things. At least I'm honest about it.

....you know what chaps my backside is the fact that dove season starts here in Montany on the 1st of Sept...... right about the time we get our first frost, which sends the fragile doves packing for warmer, southern climes, at least well over half of 'em split.... so ya gots to takes 'em as you sees 'em, or they'll be outta here....

I was in Connecticut last weekend and the doves back east look twice as big as these little maggot doves we got.... they looked nearly the size of a sky rat!!

.... jig, thanks for the transparency.... yeah, unsupervised farm boys with guns.... yeeeeee haaaaaa...... often difficult to get the gun switched off in those days, eh? ...." Hey Jed, betcha I can hit that yield sign from here, yuk yuk"..... Then Jed casually hawks up a big tobaccy luger and in his finest backwoods drawl replies....."You're a daisy if ya do".... Very Happy

brit

Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 370 Location: Amarillo, Texas

Untill my friends Chubby and Tubby started hunting with me they didn't know a dove could be shot in the air!

Best,

Mike

Member Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 467 Location: SC PA

"You're a daisy if ya do"

britgun- I know your initials are D.H. (Doc Holiday?) Very Happy

Member Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 972 Location: Keller,TX

Jig, my brother, you need the "MOJO". Seriously! Are you familiar with them?

Member Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 467 Location: SC PA

Mr. Holliday Wink

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My humble opinion- easily in the top 5 best westerns ever.

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Marcus