Anyone else shooting doves today?

[Hunt anything]

Still have 2 weeks, lots of birds around hitting the sunflowers.

 

[mritter]

My son is in the field as we speak. Unfortunately, work calls (on Labor Day!) so I'm unable to join.

 

[jeanes]

Waiting to get a heart cath. If things work out I'll be after them later in the season.

 

[jbirdwell]

The 3-4” of rain we got yesterday didn’t do anything to help our opening. Went this morning and killed 3 with 4 shots fired. I’ll be off again on Thursday and give it another try.

 

[ChooChoo404]

Worst opening day ever. Winchester Va.

Paid, too.

 

[NDWoods]

Decent hunts this morning in W Texas. I will be after them heavy in a few days Fri-Sun.

 

[ThreeJacks]

Just returned from a great hunt in NE North Carolina (Gates County). Good friends family farm, sunflowers and corn harvested within the last few weeks. Pay per gun hunt, but the birds were flying and plenty of guns to keep them moving. Next round Saturday, September 6.

 

[Cooposo]

Southern Idaho checking in! I was helping a friend with an archery elk hunt this morning; this thread was a good reminder about the dove opener! So six doves on an evening hunt, and, more importantly, I’m happy to report Clancy boy remembers how to retrieve. Upland game starts in 19 days.

 

[Jeff505]

Remember gentlemen 15 is the daily limit.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Green doves, the most popular of the four upland game birds in South Bengal.

32 grams of #7 shot is best for them.

 

[Hunt anything]

Remember gentlemen 15 is the daily limit.

Gotta love a kitchen with a tub of bacon grease on the counter!

 

[mdwest]

Limited out on opening day and the following day outside of Hondo, TX…

Ate dove poppers for dinner a couple of nights ago… having fried dove nuggets for dinner tonight

There’s definitely a LOT more birds down south than we have up here in N TX…

Although you could tell it was a great hatch this year and probably not so great last year… most of the birds we took were young/small

 

[Wyfox]

Yesterday
I shot a few more after taking the pic during a lull in action.

 

[pilar]

I’m completely rained out, very disappointed I gambled on the weather
Maybe they’ll still be here after I get home from Mexico and tuna fishing?

 

[CoElkHunter]

The four of us last Monday only got four doves. Often times it’s tough hunting early in Colorado. It was 44F yesterday morning and 45F this morning, so some of the northern birds may be headed this way. We’re going to try again next week sometime.

 

[Jeff505]

Gotta love a kitchen with a tub of bacon grease on the counter!

A proper kitchen is always stocked with rendered pig fat, bacon takes most things to the next level. Dove breasts and bacon are a marriage made in heaven.

 

[Jeff505]

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Green doves, the most popular of the four upland game birds in South Bengal.

32 grams of #7 shot is best for them.

Myself and @Doug3006 hunted green pigeons in Zambia after taking our buffalo and other plains game. 22 long rifle.

 

[pilar]

Myself and @Doug3006 hunted green pigeons in Zambia after taking our buffalo and other plains game. 22 long rifle.

This reminds me how come nobody ever post about bird hunting in African?
Last time I inquired about it with a ph he just kinda shuffled around about it

 

[WAB]

Got the corn off yesterday. Doves everywhere today. I should have had some folks over. I felt somewhat selfish out there all alone! I’m happy to report that the Westley Richards is just as deadly on dove as it is on clay.

 

[CoElkHunter]

A proper kitchen is always stocked with rendered pig fat, bacon takes most things to the next level. Dove breasts and bacon are a marriage made in heaven.

Add cream cheese into the breasts and wrap a slice of bacon and a mild pepper over that with a toothpick and your tastebuds will be in heaven.