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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Texas_Bryan on August 31, 2010, 02:43:28 PM
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Its opening day of dove season tomorrow September first. Who's going other than yours truly? Just bought my license and two hundred fifty rounds for my father and myself.
If your going, shoot strait and stay safe.
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Its opening day of dove season tomorrow September first. Who's going other than yours truly? Just bought my license and two hundred fifty rounds for my father and myself.
If your going, shoot strait and stay safe.
Just for the record, I hate you.
FQ13 who remembers this sweet little type II WMA outside of Austin with a gravel pit, and a stock tank in South Texas almost hidden by mesquite so the birds were on you at about fifty feet before you knew they were there, and,......Did I mention I hate you? ;D
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Just for the record, I hate you.
FQ13 who remembers this sweet little type II WMA outside of Austin with a gravel pit, and a stock tank in South Texas almost hidden by mesquite so the birds were on you at about fifty feet before you knew they were there, and,......Did I mention I hate you? ;D
The best kind of hate though right, winkyface? I'll make sure to knock a couple out for ya. Then cook 'em up stuff with jalapeno, pepper jack, and wrapped in bacon, on the smoker. Damn, I hate me too now!!!
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The best kind of hate though right, winkyface? I'll make sure to knock a couple out for ya. Then cook 'em up stuff with jalapeno, pepper jack, and wrapped in bacon, on the smoker. Damn, I hate me too now!!!
Isn't self loathing a bitch? I think that you should start a 12 step program with KPR and BillT. ;) ;D ;D
Have fun and GOOD LUCK!!!!!
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I might be going out. depends on rather or not my shoulder is killing me in the morning.
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250 rounds? :o
Damn, what's the limit in Texas? ;D ;)
Good luck and good shooting.
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250 rounds? :o
Damn, what's the limit in Texas? ;D ;)
Good luck and good shooting.
My guess is 3-4, but HAVE YOU SEEN THE SIZE OF TEXAS DOVES?!?!?! ;)
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Doves? Oh yeah those nuisance birds that scatter feed from the bird feeder. Yeah, I'll step out back with the air rifle tomorrow and knock off a couple for supper. No challenge.
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My guess is 3-4, but HAVE YOU SEEN THE SIZE OF TEXAS DOVES?!?!?! ;)
They are still plenty big, its just those guys/gals in texas can't shoot.
the limit in CA is 10 doves,( morning and white wing, no limit on ring necks) I normally get my limit on about the 12 or 13 shot.
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They are still plenty big, its just those guys/gals in texas can't shoot.
the limit in CA is 10 doves,( morning and white wing, no limit on ring necks) I normally get my limit on about the 12 or 13 shot.
Yeah, but in Texas we don't shoot them on the ground TAB. 8) Seriously, a South Texas white wing is hauling ass. For a good dove shoot, you need three things.
1: an attractor, such as a gravel pit, stock tank or harvested field
2; enough, but not too many, shooters to keep them moving but not scare them off
3: doves, and lots of them.
Getting those three things, in the right proportions, is a the tricky part. Doubly so on public land. In Texas, at least in the '90s, it was doable with a little planning. As far as 10 birds with 13 shots? Due respect, but if you bag a dozen hard flying white wing doves with more than a few shells left in your box of 25, you are a better man than I am Gungadin, and I am no slouch. ;)
FQ13 who fondly remembers thinking that buying 5 cases of ammo for practice in August, and another mixed five for bird season (dove, quail, ducks and geese stretching from September to January) was being conservative. ;D Sigh. God bless Texas, where I could and did hunt every spare hour I could beg, borrow or steal for five months straight. Gee, wonder why I never managed to bag a wife. Oh yeah, fishing season. ;D
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A few years back we had a hunting buddy bring out a radar gun.
we clocked them up to 53 mph, the average was in the high 30s.
they are not that hard to hit, you just need to practice more.
Then again I have shot guns( yes with a s) with 100k plus rounds thru them ;D
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Gee, wonder why I never managed to bag a wife. :-\
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That case should last me bout all season, more than a couple per bird ain't good shooting. Bag limit is 15, unless your with a bad shot, then you got to do some field math. My limit plus your limit, minus my harvest, minus your crapping shooting.....
TAB, I gotta thing against popping them off power lines, so I might be a little over 13. With that I may not be as good a shot in the field as you more experienced guys, that's nice for saying your all old as hell.
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Something tells me you be shocked if you learned just how old I am...
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Something tells me you be shocked if you learned just how old I am...
Then feel free to keep it to yourself, winkyface. Good luck on the hunt tomorrow.
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Then feel free to keep it to yourself, winkyface. Good luck on the hunt tomorrow.
I'll bite.......Just how old are you Mr. Winky Face?? :)
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You try finding a woman who doesn't mind sharing a bed with a wet bird dog, being woken up at 2am so you can get to a duck blind or coming home to find the freezer stuffed with a dressed, delegged deer stuffed in a hefty bag because you were too beat to skin it until the next day. It might be easy in South Ga., but in a university town? Not so much. A man has to have priorities. ;D
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You try finding a woman who doesn't mind sharing a bed with a wet bird dog, being woken up at 2am so you can get to a duck blind or coming home to find the freezer stuffed with a dressed, delegged deer stuffed in a hefty bag because you were too beat to skin it until the next day. It might be easy in South Ga., but in a university town? Not so much. A man has to have priorities. ;D
You might be right. ;D ;D
Mine can handle all but the wet bird dog, so I guess I'll keep her. :D
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You try finding a woman who doesn't mind sharing a bed with a wet bird dog, being woken up at 2am so you can get to a duck blind or coming home to find the freezer stuffed with a dressed, delegged deer stuffed in a hefty bag because you were too beat to skin it until the next day. It might be easy in South Ga., but in a university town? Not so much. A man has to have priorities. ;D
You spent too much time with all the pinko commies downtown...don't go for the ones handing out subversive communist newsletters.
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Tomorrow is opening day here in southern Michigan for giant Canada geese. The limit is 5! I am looking forward to it.
When I lived in OK a state that allows dove hunting I had fun hunting them too. But, one giant Canada goose is twice as big as the limit on doves -- is the limit on doves still 14? It is going to be hot here tomorrow, but not as hot as it was in OK and TX.
Good luck on the itty bitty birds, and have fun.
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I don't know about doves but we have no bag limit on crows.
Good luck guys, slinging lead can't be a hard day where ever you are!
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Yeah, but in Texas we don't shoot them on the ground TAB. 8) Seriously, a South Texas white wing is hauling ass. For a good dove shoot, you need three things.
1: an attractor, such as a gravel pit, stock tank or harvested field
2; enough, but not too many, shooters to keep them moving but not scare them off
3: doves, and lots of them.
Getting those three things, in the right proportions, is a the tricky part. Doubly so on public land. In Texas, at least in the '90s, it was doable with a little planning. As far as 10 birds with 13 shots? Due respect, but if you bag a dozen hard flying white wing doves with more than a few shells left in your box of 25, you are a better man than I am Gungadin, and I am no slouch. ;)
FQ13 who fondly remembers thinking that buying 5 cases of ammo for practice in August, and another mixed five for bird season (dove, quail, ducks and geese stretching from September to January) was being conservative. ;D Sigh. God bless Texas, where I could and did hunt every spare hour I could beg, borrow or steal for five months straight. Gee, wonder why I never managed to bag a wife. Oh yeah, fishing season. ;D
I didn't think there WAS any public land in Texas?
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I didn't think there WAS any public land in Texas?
There's quite abit actually. But if your a half way sociable person, you have no problem finding a place to hunt, I've never wanted for one.
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I didn't think there WAS any public land in Texas?
That's the one thing I don't like about the state. I'm all in favor of the free market, but...... If the people want a collective good and are willing to pay a user fee for it, not a general tax, but a permit fee, we ought to be able to play too. I couldn't afford a $2500 plus a year deer lease, but I could have sprung for a $100 WMA fee. So would most Tx. hunters. Sad to say, it is rare and if you find a good WMA, you were damn cagy about it. They were great for water fowl, iffy for dove, but deer and quail? You needed to know what you were doing to hunt on public land. They should, and started to in the late '90s, adopt the Ks. Model. Here, the state took out the lease on private land and let X number of hunters in per day. That works.
On an interesting historical note,the reason there is so little public land is because Tx. was an independent nation before joining the union. There weren't broad tracts of land the feds laid claim to before terrories became states as is the case in much of the west. That's only part of the story, but it does indicate part of the reason you can't swing a (long tailed) cat in Wy. without hitting a National Forest and they are scarce on the ground in TX.
FQ13
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OK! So I'm the lucky one. I found a wife that loves to go hunting with me. She loves to hunt deer and elk. She also will get up and go duck hunting early in the morning and a pheasant walk on a nice fall morning just to watch the dog work is always a pleasure. Speaking of the dog ::). I made the mistake of leaving the dog home one day as we were just hunting deer close to home. I guess I should have left the shotgun home as I spied some ducks on a pond. Yes I got one but with the mud and all, the wife decided to retrieve it for me, She walked out there just fine, the only problem is she stopped to pick it up. Yes she started to sink. I yelled to her to keep moving so she made a quick turn and you guest it, she turned but her feet stuck. She feel right on her face in the MUD :o. ;D ;D ;D After I stopped laughing I took my life in my hands or should I say feet and went to rescue her. We both made it out alive, she was just a lot muddier than I was and yes we are still married after 15 years more. We just ALWAYS take the DOG with when we go hunting.
All most forgot. Tomorrow I'm hunting Hungarian Partridge and next week a day out for Grouse and on the 15Th bear season opens. Damn I love fall ;D
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Good luck Bryan, I now take the time to pluck feathers on doves instead of just breasting them, I pluck them and use good scissors to cut off the wings, and feet, then up the back bone, remove backbone with scissors, insert scissors and remove entrails, if your lucky, you get the bonus, the heart stays attached to the breast bone, marinate in italian oil and vinegar dressing and cook on the barbie, the skin keeps them from drying out, peppers and bacon always welcome. Dove and dumplings are wonderful on a cold day.
Here is a cool tip on freezing, I always use salt water to freeze, to prevent freezer burn, pack in zip lock bag, but freeze it in a square pan, once it is frozen the bags pack and stack like bricks. Originally it was done in case the bag opened and prevented them from leaking all over the freezer, but bonus.
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Good luck Bryan, I now take the time to pluck feathers on doves instead of just breasting them, I pluck them and use good scissors to cut off the wings, and feet, then up the back bone, remove backbone with scissors, insert scissors and remove entrails, if your lucky, you get the bonus, the heart stays attached to the breast bone, marinate in italian oil and vinegar dressing and cook on the barbie, the skin keeps them from drying out, peppers and bacon always welcome. Dove and dumplings are wonderful on a cold day.
Here is a cool tip on freezing, I always use salt water to freeze, to prevent freezer burn, pack in zip lock bag, but freeze it in a square pan, once it is frozen the bags pack and stack like bricks. Originally it was done in case the bag opened and prevented them from leaking all over the freezer, but bonus.
I'll do you one better. Ziplock, for about $10, has a battery powered vacuum pump. They make special (and over priced) freezer bags to go with that have a valve (like the "space bags to compress clothes). Still, wrap your meat in saran wrap, put it in the ziplock and suck the air out. Bang, you have a vacuum seal. Zero freezer burn and no water around the meat. Its the same as the frozen stuff you get in the store from Perdue etc.. Best $10, plus a few AAs, you'll ever spend. I've been using this for years and it works. No BS.
FQ13
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Didn't quite limit out, but didn't do to bad on my shooting. I got pretty selective on my shots for a while and didn't go too crazy. Lost two birds in the brush, which is hella annoying, but the critters will eat well. Hope everyone else had a safe and fun day.
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Gee, wonder why I never managed to bag a wife.
Naw..........it's just too easy. ;D
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When I grew up in SE PA you wanted a field with lots of foxtail growing in it. The weedier the better.
We alway barbequed the doves that night on a grill or habachi with some BBQ sauce. Bread and butter pickles, corn and ice tea.
No sweet tea that far north. Cleaning them was two finger under the breast bone and pull the breast off the bird. Rinse under a hose. Pad dry. Took less time to do than write about.
The area got built up and some hunts ended up with some knucklehead calling the police because they heard shooting, on good days lots of it ;D.
The Sgt would come out, mouch a soda and either a sausage sandwich or a couple of dove breasts. He would hide out for 15 minutes and then tell us to be safe.
One knucklehead drove up and started to scream at us for shooting his house a mile away with our rifles. Sgt. C ended up explaining the law to him and informing said knucklehead that:
1) We were legal and safe. We had shotguns and birdshot. We could not hit his house if we tried. Folks had hunted on that farm for decades.
2) He was tresspassing
3) Disrupting a hunt was a crime in PA.
4) Folks hunt in this county and maybe he should move back to where ever.
Sgt C ended up Chief C and was a pretty stand up guy his whole life.
Have fun, I'm jealous.
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Last time I went to a 'full-on' dove shoot, this one guy (professor at our local junior college) pulls up in his 1946 Packard with his two kids. And he didn't park up with everyone else....nooo, he pulled that tank down to the edge of the field. I was thinking this guy is some kind of lazy...little did I know what the real reason for driving in close to the field really was.
By now I'm also thinking, "OK, this guy's somewhat of a doofus, but it's cool since he brought his kids and he's going to teach his young boys the finer points of wing shooting."........
Nope......
He pulled down there so he could unload everything but the kitchen sink outta the trunk of this thing (and it's a BIG trunk)...up to, and including, a portable TV set (yeah, a TV, no shit!!)......and proceeds to set up lawn chairs, coolers, a small table, the TV. The kids are running and yelling around the car and whooping it up.
Now it's a rather large field, and folks are spread out pretty well and no danger of injury.....but it just so happens that the 'spot' he picked was in the crossing path of about half the hunters....so when the birds started coming in, he was getting peppered good.....I ain't ever seen a man load a Packard that fast before or since than.....I still get a chuckle thinking about it.
True story.
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Last time I went to a 'full-on' dove shoot, this one guy (professor at our local junior college) pulls up in his 1946 Packard with his two kids. And he didn't park up with everyone else....nooo, he pulled that tank down to the edge of the field. I was thinking this guy is some kind of lazy...little did I know what the real reason for driving in close to the field really was.
By now I'm also thinking, "OK, this guy's somewhat of a doofus, but it's cool since he brought his kids and he's going to teach his young boys the finer points of wing shooting."........
Nope......
He pulled down there so he could unload everything but the kitchen sink outta the trunk of this thing (and it's a BIG trunk)...up to, and including, a portable TV set (yeah, a TV, no shit!!)......and proceeds to set up lawn chairs, coolers, a small table, the TV. The kids are running and yelling around the car and whooping it up.
Now it's a rather large field, and folks are spread out pretty well and no danger of injury.....but it just so happens that the 'spot' he picked was in the crossing path of about half the hunters....so when the birds started coming in, he was getting peppered good.....I ain't ever seen a man load a Packard that fast before or since than.....I still get a chuckle thinking about it.
True story.
Gee Peg.....Thanks for the love. ;) We who teach at real schools leave the TVs at home. The Packard is to carry the keg for after the shoot. ;D
FQ13 who wonders how much of that peppering was accidental ;D
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Gee Peg.....Thanks for the love. ;) We who teach at real schools leave the TVs at home. The Packard is to carry the keg for after the shoot. ;D
FQ13 who wonders how much of that peppering was accidental ;D
Thought you'd like that part. ;D
I guess he didn't want to miss the football game. Dove season starts at noon on opening day and the college game must have been on tap....with a smattering of dove shooting mixed in.
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This opened up a lot of memories for me, as some of you know, I lost my dad a couple of weeks ago, when he lived here, Sept 1 was a day always taken off and we went hunting, locally usually, usually ok but not great, when I was young, I would hunt all day, as the elders would hunt in the am, and start again around 4 pm, by hunting all day, I would walk the woods and chase doves out of trees, I would usually limit out, after the hunt the beer would flow and doves on the grill. That tradition continued until he moved a couple of hundred miles away, but even then we could hunt on my brother in laws land, where my dad lived, every once in a while, not great dove area, but that was not the point.
One of the best dove hunts, statute of limitations is well gone, We made plans to hunt whitewing in Mexico, once we got there, suddenly there were no more hunting licenses, but should have some next day, except next day, the price went up 3x, so we ended up day leasing on the Texas side, right on the border, in Texas, in that area, you cannot hunt until after 12pm, and there were so many hunters, you could not believe, I mean behind every rock, cactus and tree, but the birds, if you have watched dove hunting in Argentina, it was like that, the sky was black, you could not pick up a bird, without having a shot at another, I found 38 doves I shot, lost several. The next day, a norther blew in, cooler thank God, but, the birds with the wind were doing 80mph and flying high, if you hit a bird in open field, it would continue on for 50 - 60 yrds before it hit the ground, I just did like back home and went into the wooded area, and shot up close for tree roosters. There were squatters in the far woods, picking up birds that got hit and just sailed too far for a shooter to go find.
Bonus, I was 18, 19 yrs old, and we unloading the van to the motel room, this van pulls up about 15 yards away, and honks, passenger door opens and it looks like LBJ in the passenger seat, western suit and bolo tie, white stetson, and this pretty little blond pokes over him and lifts her shirt to flash me, beautiful, all I could think to do was lift my shirt and flash back. ;D
Of course Dad and his friends did not believe me.