Dove Season - Three Words...

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

Steel.   Shot.   Sucks.   

[Pat Riot]

My three words are “I miss them”. 
 

My one and only dove hunting experience was quite humbling. A 3 day weekend was a 1% success. 
 

 

[Warden Callaway]

Hanging out clothes on the "solar dryer", I could hear the "puck", "puck", "puck" of shotguns in the distance.  I was setting on the Mound yesterday listening to the constant sound of gunfire to the north.  Well over a hundred shots. There was a milo field there last year and there is a lot of volunteer crop established.  

[Gracos Kid]

Last time I was in a South Georgia dove field, a guy in an adjoining field sitting on the ground fired a shot that hit me in the face.  The distance was such that it barely stung, but I did call out to him and let him know.  It was then that I realized he only had one arm and was using his foot to help raise his gun to follow the dove in flight.   

[DeaconKC]

"Need another case.."

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

last time I was in a dove field , I sat on the tailgate of the truck and drank Iced tea all day 

 

  never fired a shot 

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

Well, it was still fun.  BUT!  They better be coming toward or going away; trying to figure out the lead on crossing shots with that fast steel is a booger.  And we tried to keep shots within 25 yards - much beyond that and they might shed a feather or two as they cut in the afterburners.

 

Sassparilla expended an entire box of W-W 1 1/8 oz #6 steel through his "new" Mossberg without a single bird; he then switched to his CZ Woodcock and W-W 1 oz #7's and he started 'em.  I was doing well enough with my Beretta AL-2.  I used that same gun when I started shooting doves on that ranch back in '71 or '72... the first time was as a "blind dates," me with Hank's cousin Connie, and Hank with a friend of hers.  The girls got to be our bird dogs; I do not think they were overly impressed.  😆

 

Neither of us ever had a follow-up date; at least Connie is still civil whenever I see her at weddings or funerals.  

 

           

 

[Texas Maverick]

1 hour ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

last time I was in a dove field , I sat on the tailgate of the truck and drank Iced tea all day 

 

  never fired a shot 

Sounds like the hunting story I heard. Guy remembers he needs extra socks for his hunting trip so he calls home and asks his wife to add a couple pair of socks to his bag so when she brings his stuff when picking him up from work. She picks him up from work and takes him to the parking lot to meet the other guys since he was riding with one of them. He spends the next week hunting. When he gets home he starts nagging at his wife about not packing the extra socks he asked for and she said she did pack them. He said he didn't find them and she goes and opens up his gun case and right there they were.

 

TM

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

When we had to switch to steel for migratory birds, we found leading was no longer necessary. Once the manufacturers figured it out; that they could drive steel shot faster without the deformation of lead shot and we hunters got the word, it was a game changer.

Longer leads were not needed, while larger shot was!.

[Eyesa Horg]

3 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

first time was as a "blind dates," me with Hank's cousin Connie, and Hank with a friend of hers.  The girls got to be our bird dogs; I do not think they were overly impressed.  😆

I love it!!

[Cypress Sun]

12 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

My three words are “I miss them”. 
 

My one and only dove hunting experience was quite humbling. A 3 day weekend was a 1% success. 
 

 

 

5 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

last time I was in a dove field , I sat on the tailgate of the truck and drank Iced tea all day 

 

  never fired a shot 

 

Could have been worse, at least you guys weren't in a field with Dick Cheney.

[Pat Riot]

1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said:

 

 

Could have been worse, at least you guys weren't in a field with Dick Cheney.

Well, it was 110℉. That sucked. 

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619]

They. Fly. Fast.

[Michigan Slim]

I missed and missed with my old Mossberg 500. Picked up my H&R .410 and started wacking them. No idea how that happened.

[Pat Riot]

1 hour ago, Michigan Slim said:

I missed and missed with my old Mossberg 500. Picked up my H&R .410 and started wacking them. No idea how that happened.

We all put the stock against our shoulder after loading it. We aim and shoot. We don’t grab the gun by the barrel and whack em out of the air. 
Your idea sounds more successful. 

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

read the regs in relation to BAITING , 

[Michigan Slim]

1 hour ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

read the regs in relation to BAITING , 

Planting is not baiting. Putting loose seed on the ground is. The state and feds plant all the time just for this. Regs read, thank you. I just seeded a food plot for deer. State recommended seed mix.

[Texas Maverick]

On 9/4/2024 at 1:46 AM, Gorgo said:

I shot one to see how it would taste, and I can honestly say it was the tastiest game bird I've ever eaten. Closest thing to filet mignon I've ever had. Think I'll plant some sunflowers at our retriever club - plenty of live flyers, free for the taking!

Yeah dove is good. I breast them out when I clean them. The legs aren't worth the hassle. Same thing I do with quail. Try wrapping the breast around a bit of jalapeno and then wrap bacon around it then slap it on the grill until the bacon is cooked. They are very good this way.

 

I wanted to add that I also soak them in salt water overnight to draw out all the blood before cooking them.

 

So I guess my 3 words would be Dove - Bacon - Jalapeno.

 

TM