Dove season - The Firearms Forum

sting75ray · 09-01-2012, 08:48 AM

Dove season is here once again. Everybody hunting today have a great time and be safe. My daughter and I are headed out for some quality time on the dove pond here shortly. Sure wish she would let me shoot my old Red Label.

gun runner · 09-01-2012, 09:18 AM

Enjoy the day, I didnt even know dove season opened up. What kind of shotguns you going to be using?

carver · 09-01-2012, 09:23 AM

Haven't been dove hunting in years. It would appear that you either own land to hunt on, or you lease land to hunt on. I only have 7 acres, can't afford to buy more, and can't afford to lease, so I guess I'll just sit out another season.

jim summers · 09-01-2012, 10:29 AM

Doves are a good way to bone up on your wing shooting be sure to take lots of shells. They are good eating if you like dark meat and i mean dark.

sting75ray · 09-01-2012, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gun runner

Enjoy the day, I didnt even know dove season opened up. What kind of shotguns you going to be using?

Daughter is shooting her 20Ga Red Label and I carried my 12Ga Gold Label.

sting75ray · 09-01-2012, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by carver

Haven't been dove hunting in years. It would appear that you either own land to hunt on, or you lease land to hunt on. I only have 7 acres, can't afford to buy more, and can't afford to lease, so I guess I'll just sit out another season.

I have 90 acres here at my place with some trees on it but the water hole we used to have a few years ago has dried up. I know several land owners around here that we can hunt on. Working for almost nothing in the fertilizer business several years ago did pay off some.

sting75ray · 09-01-2012, 01:23 PM

This is the second year dove hunting since Dad passed away. I sure wish he could have been there to see his granddaughter shoot the way she did. The first 6 dove that came in were all down with one shot each. After that she missed a pair that came in and she did what I have seen grown men do time and time again, she missed the first bird and instead of staying with it she swung over to the other one and missed it as well. I shot twice at the first place that we went to and never even pulled a feather, I could hear laughter from above. Tonight when we go back out I am leaving my SXS in the truck and letting her do all the shooting.

jstgsn · 09-01-2012, 07:09 PM

Great to hear she got out with you. My three sons and I had a banner morning, and then went back in the afternoon with two friends and topped the day off and finished our limits of 15 doves each. What we lost in accuracy we made up for in total shots fired. What an enjoyable way to spend family time. Now it's time for some ice on my shoulder and an adult beverage.

(I understand Ms. Sandy is now curled up in a ball sleeping most soundly.)

garydude · 09-01-2012, 07:14 PM

Glad you had a great time. I'm going out tomorrow with my son and can't wait. I went our today by myself and shot 4 birds with 5 rounds. First bird was tough hombre and required two rounds.

I can say that the number of birds was much less than in previous years. I saw waaaay more hunters than birds.

sting75ray · 09-01-2012, 10:26 PM

We had a great time tonight. About an hour before dark the stock on my daughter's Red Label got loose so she took over with my Gold Label and I was her bird dog. I am a little too old and fat to be chasing down crippled dove.

jack404 · 09-01-2012, 10:29 PM

looks good , so how do you prep your birds ?

sting75ray · 09-02-2012, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jack404

looks good , so how do you prep your birds ?

Several different ways. Wrap them in bacon on the smoker is my favorite. We also cut the meat off each side of the bone and have a beer batter that we dip them in before we deep fry them. My kids love them this way. My wife will not eat them at all.

jack404 · 09-02-2012, 08:14 AM

sorry i mean basic prep like peeling them or plucking them etc

i've never been a bird bird hunter besides mally fowl ( scrub turkey) but i prep them in a tub of scalding water then peel the skin and feathers in one hit cause plucking the buggers is a heck of a chore

and emu's we treat like cattle when we get one

sting75ray · 09-02-2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jack404

sorry i mean basic prep like peeling them or plucking them etc

i've never been a bird bird hunter besides mally fowl ( scrub turkey) but i prep them in a tub of scalding water then peel the skin and feathers in one hit cause plucking the buggers is a heck of a chore

and emu's we treat like cattle when we get one

We just peel skin, feathers, and all off at one time.

jack404 · 09-02-2012, 10:08 AM

ok cool folks here pluck em so hey get the crispy skin for roasting , ( heck i just rip the hide and feather off )

sting75ray · 09-02-2012, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jack404

ok cool folks here pluck em so hey get the crispy skin for roasting , ( heck i just rip the hide and feather off )

Way too much trouble for a little dove.

jack404 · 09-02-2012, 10:17 AM

only fancy thing i do is wrap the wings and end of the drum sticks in foil to stop em burning before the rest is cooked 2-3 per person in a nice entree

jstgsn · 09-02-2012, 12:46 PM

We like breasted,wrapped in bacon, and coated with BBQ sauce then on the BBQ. yum.

hstout1143 · 09-02-2012, 12:47 PM

Great pictures everyone, thanks for sharing. It looks like everyone had a good time. I missed out on the season opener for the first time in 15 years, but I had a great time at the range with my youngest son. We were sighting in our deer rifles getting ready for a trip to Utah for mulies. Hopefully we can get it out there and shoot some dove in the next couple of weeks.

jstgsn · 09-02-2012, 12:49 PM

We like breasted,wrapped in bacon, and coated with BBQ sauce then on the BBQ. yum. Gonna have to try the whole bird with the legs and wings wrapped. Thanks Jack.

jstgsn · 09-02-2012, 12:49 PM

ooops, rookie mistake, double posted. sorry.

hstout1143 · 09-02-2012, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jack404

looks good , so how do you prep your birds ?

Here you go Jack, this is the easiest way to do it. They're breasting a duck but it's the same for all small birds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OxZAuz1s8Q

09-01-2012, 08:48 AM	#1
sting75ray Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,086	Dove season Dove season is here once again. Everybody hunting today have a great time and be safe. My daughter and I are headed out for some quality time on the dove pond here shortly. Sure wish she would let me shoot my old Red Label. __________________ [IMG][/IMG] --> Last edited by sting75ray; 09-02-2012 at 10:09 AM..

09-01-2012, 09:18 AM	#2
gun runner Former Guest Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South Texas Contributor Posts: 1,871	Re: Dove season Enjoy the day, I didnt even know dove season opened up. What kind of shotguns you going to be using?

09-01-2012, 09:23 AM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,281	Re: Dove season Haven't been dove hunting in years. It would appear that you either own land to hunt on, or you lease land to hunt on. I only have 7 acres, can't afford to buy more, and can't afford to lease, so I guess I'll just sit out another season. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

09-01-2012, 10:29 AM	#4
jim summers Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I reside in southern Indiana, you can almost step out of my back door and be setting on Patoka Lake Posts: 1,056	Re: Dove season Doves are a good way to bone up on your wing shooting be sure to take lots of shells. They are good eating if you like dark meat and i mean dark. __________________ To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required.

09-01-2012, 01:23 PM	#7
sting75ray Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,086	Re: Dove season This is the second year dove hunting since Dad passed away. I sure wish he could have been there to see his granddaughter shoot the way she did. The first 6 dove that came in were all down with one shot each. After that she missed a pair that came in and she did what I have seen grown men do time and time again, she missed the first bird and instead of staying with it she swung over to the other one and missed it as well. I shot twice at the first place that we went to and never even pulled a feather, I could hear laughter from above. Tonight when we go back out I am leaving my SXS in the truck and letting her do all the shooting. __________________ [IMG][/IMG] Last edited by sting75ray; 09-01-2012 at 04:14 PM..

09-01-2012, 07:09 PM	#8
jstgsn Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Milford, Delaware Contributor Posts: 1,273	Re: Dove season Great to hear she got out with you. My three sons and I had a banner morning, and then went back in the afternoon with two friends and topped the day off and finished our limits of 15 doves each. What we lost in accuracy we made up for in total shots fired. What an enjoyable way to spend family time. Now it's time for some ice on my shoulder and an adult beverage. (I understand Ms. Sandy is now curled up in a ball sleeping most soundly.) __________________ Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he will just kill you. Last edited by jstgsn; 04-21-2013 at 06:59 PM..

09-01-2012, 07:14 PM	#9
garydude Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Desert Southwest Proper Contributor Posts: 745	Re: Dove season Glad you had a great time. I'm going out tomorrow with my son and can't wait. I went our today by myself and shot 4 birds with 5 rounds. First bird was tough hombre and required two rounds. I can say that the number of birds was much less than in previous years. I saw waaaay more hunters than birds.

09-01-2012, 10:26 PM	#10
sting75ray Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,086	Re: Dove season We had a great time tonight. About an hour before dark the stock on my daughter's Red Label got loose so she took over with my Gold Label and I was her bird dog. I am a little too old and fat to be chasing down crippled dove. __________________ [IMG][/IMG]

09-01-2012, 10:29 PM	#11
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Dove season looks good , so how do you prep your birds ?

09-02-2012, 08:14 AM	#13
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Dove season sorry i mean basic prep like peeling them or plucking them etc i've never been a bird bird hunter besides mally fowl ( scrub turkey) but i prep them in a tub of scalding water then peel the skin and feathers in one hit cause plucking the buggers is a heck of a chore and emu's we treat like cattle when we get one Last edited by jack404; 09-02-2012 at 08:16 AM..

09-02-2012, 10:08 AM	#15
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Dove season ok cool folks here pluck em so hey get the crispy skin for roasting , ( heck i just rip the hide and feather off )

09-02-2012, 10:17 AM	#17
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Dove season only fancy thing i do is wrap the wings and end of the drum sticks in foil to stop em burning before the rest is cooked 2-3 per person in a nice entree

09-02-2012, 12:46 PM	#18
jstgsn Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Milford, Delaware Contributor Posts: 1,273	Re: Dove season We like breasted,wrapped in bacon, and coated with BBQ sauce then on the BBQ. yum. __________________ Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he will just kill you. Last edited by jstgsn; 04-21-2013 at 06:59 PM..

09-02-2012, 12:47 PM	#19
hstout1143 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Contributor Posts: 1,741	Re: Dove season Great pictures everyone, thanks for sharing. It looks like everyone had a good time. I missed out on the season opener for the first time in 15 years, but I had a great time at the range with my youngest son. We were sighting in our deer rifles getting ready for a trip to Utah for mulies. Hopefully we can get it out there and shoot some dove in the next couple of weeks. __________________ NRA Life Member Kids that hunt and fish don't mug old ladies. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "Deo Duce, Ferro Comitante", With God as my leader and my sword as my companion

09-02-2012, 12:49 PM	#20
jstgsn Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Milford, Delaware Contributor Posts: 1,273	Re: Dove season We like breasted,wrapped in bacon, and coated with BBQ sauce then on the BBQ. yum. Gonna have to try the whole bird with the legs and wings wrapped. Thanks Jack. __________________ Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he will just kill you. Last edited by jstgsn; 04-21-2013 at 06:59 PM..

09-02-2012, 12:49 PM	#21
jstgsn Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Milford, Delaware Contributor Posts: 1,273	Re: Dove season ooops, rookie mistake, double posted. sorry. __________________ Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he will just kill you.