Dove Hunters

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

Dove season opens Sept 1 in Ky. I plan to be in the field with family and friends. Any of you plan to hunt? Any family traditions associated with opening day? Positive posts only please.

 

[AGRIMAN]

Yeah, we will be ready. We will also have a hog in the smoker and a bushel of peanuts in the pot. We invite friends and family along with some of our clients and the bankers.

 

[kthompson]

My oldest son in law really enjoys dove hunting and tries to use our farm for that benefit. I plan to join them in this year for the first time I have hunted in about 40 years. Probably will be three generations. Makes me proud. Will say doves will be safe in my area! Not the best shot on the wing.

 

[cqaigy2]

Some of my favorite birds. Don't hunt anymore, but have fond memories.

 

[gsganzer]

I just signed onto a dove lease for this season. It's 15 minutes from my house. It's all planted in sunflowers and the surrounding pastures are full of goat weed. It should be a great season and a great place to take a few of my customers hunting.

 

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

Our first planting of sunflowers were wiped out by deer. We have a massive herd here and 2 out of five years they get them. The second planting was late with all the rain. We have mowed some and have lots of heads but they are still soft. So was the milo heads. The goldfinches and turkeys have found it. Several family and friends over, cookout beforehand, few cold beers after.

 

[AGRIMAN]

My granddad was born in Mississippi and loved boiled peanuts. He lived in Louisiana for most of his life and would find them there so I got hooked at an early age. In Texas, they're impossible to find. I can't even find raw peanuts to make my own, so I'm jealous of you guys.

No peanuts! Man, life must be rough. Let me see if I can help you out. Below is a link to a local peanut farmer (family) who is marketing their own brand of peanuts. You can buy them green or already boiled and they will ship them anywhere within the continental US.

I have tried their boiled peanuts and they are really good, but I have my own recipe so I boil my own. And besize, boiling peanut is a social event and we do it often during the season. I buy all my green peanuts from them as it's just some much easier.

Hardy Farms Peanuts - The Finest Georgia Grown Peanuts Available

 

[oosik]

When I was younger, 60+ years ago, I hunted doves with my dad. I never got real good - kind of like trying to hit super-sonic jets. Now if I want a bird - its going to be one of our local turkeys. More "bang" for the buck.

 

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

They way we have our sunflowers/milo planted (rows not broadcast) we get considerable pass shooting as well as some jump shooting on birds that have landed in the field. Talk about a challenge. There are several folks around with sunflowers so we rarely hunt the same field two days in a row and seldom after six o'clock to let the birds come in and feed. By six o'clock everyone is ready for some western Ky BBQ.Do ya'll cook your dove breasts marinated in Italian dressing , wrapped in bacon on the grill? What's your "scattergun" of choice? I use a 12 gauge wingmaster, but sometimes I'll break out a old Stephens single shot 12 gauge that I started hunting with back in the 1970's.

 

[C4Ranch]

Can't wait to get me some of them ribeye of the sky!

Will be out with my 77yr old dad and my 10yr old will join us after school.

Funniest memory was in '99 hunting with my dad (also turned out to be the night my wife and I had our first date,Moshe still gives me a hard time as I was late since I was out hunting dove) anywho, my dad hunts with an old 12 ga single shot from the farm he grew up on. Took out a dove pretty far away, dropped dead out of the air and a dog retrieved it and took it to him and he threw it in his vest........ About an hour later he felt something on his back and sure enough, that dove flew right out of his vest and took off..... Catch and release!

Anyone ever get a banded dove? Never seen one yet..

 

[STx]

They way we have our sunflowers/milo planted (rows not broadcast) we get considerable pass shooting as well as some jump shooting on birds that have landed in the field. Talk about a challenge. There are several folks around with sunflowers so we rarely hunt the same field two days in a row and seldom after six o'clock to let the birds come in and feed. By six o'clock everyone is ready for some western Ky BBQ.Do ya'll cook your dove breasts marinated in Italian dressing , wrapped in bacon on the grill? What's your "scattergun" of choice? I use a 12 gauge wingmaster, but sometimes I'll break out a old Stephens single shot 12 gauge that I started hunting with back in the 1970's.

The most popular method here is to put a jalapeno with cream cheese in the breast, season the meat, wrap with bacon and grill. I also like to fillet the breast and make kabobs with them.

 

[polkwrangler]

dove hunting down in florida 20 years ago was awesome ,seems like all the dove fields are now housing tracts everywhere

 

[wngsprd]

Our opening day is Saturday...gives more folks a chance to get in on it. Sons and Daughter in law, sometimes friends join in.

Our sunflowers are a bit late, too much rain in spring to plant all...but we have some ready. Got some bush hogging to do today.

Did some of my worst shooting last year - shot way too many times before I got my limit...but did get a banded dove...turns out was banded nearby.

Good luck.

 

[MF283]

Believe it or not, we used to take our shotguns & leave them on the bus to get dropped off at a dove field in the afternoon, those were the days.
I'll take the disc & scratch up the old garden spot next to the pond, seems to bring them in searching for food. Looks like our local shindig here is dead this year, BBQ & big hunt, donate some birds for a big breakfast the following month, a great time for sure.
I guess i'll take a few around here in the evenings if the traffic allows me to get home in time. AT $100 per ounce, those things are expensive:ashamed:

Ronnie