Dove hunting in May you say?!

[Herbie]

Nice haul. My favorite invasive species by far.

Axis and hogs top my list

[Herbie]

I answered you in Instagram too..

Look for a long square tipped tail on the Eurasians/ringers. Mourning dove have a single feather tip that looks like a point and flare like a triangle when they bank. Eurasians have a square tail and it’s a wide square with feathers all the same length when they bank or fly . This is the number one indicator in flight for us. Once you see it a few times actually looking for it, you can’t unsee it. It becomes second nature. Also the Eurasians fly like a slow drunk pigeon.

Eurasians:





Mourning:

Thanks for the visuals. Really helped.

[Smart]

Pretty darn cool! Any feral pigeons flying around there? I’d bet they get thick as the Eurasians around the feedlots.

Yes sir but those dang things are smart.... we have killed a few for the years but once the first shot goes off they steer clear.

Thanks for the visuals. Really helped.

Sure thing. Jeff and I had to do the same type of research when we started several years ago. I get the same question every year so I just keep them handy. Good luck!

Nothing at all wrong with it it you did. I would. But if the feedlot has that base covered for you already, that's even better. Always good bird (dove, pheasant, quail) hunting next to a feedlot.

Yes sir... but at 6 hours away we figure we wouldn’t make a difference and the feedlot is close enough we benefit from it.

[Gunnyart]

Thanks for the tutorial.

[Texas Grown]

Nice stack of ringers!



We've got some at a local Wally world here in town. Some are almost pigeon sized. Being city birds, they don't have may worries. And seldom leave the "Sam's feed lot".

[okrattler]

It's hard to beat a good dove shoot. I'd honestly take Eurasian doves over Mourning Doves. Besides being easier to hit you can shoot more of them and there's more there to eat. After shooting at the fast ones it's a piece of cake hitting pigeons and Eurasian doves.

[BonesandArrow]

Question can you legally hunt eurasians and shoot them on the ground eating deer corn or flying around your feeder? On any given day there is between 50-100 of them on the ground eating corn under my feeder.

[BonesandArrow]

Oh and great idea fellas hunting them in between the regular hunting seasons!

[pervis]

I'm pretty sure you can hunt em anywhere even w bait. They are considered an invasive species not native to Texas. So no limits and no seasons apply. You just have to be careful picking em out in the sky from a regular dove.

[SmTx]

Question can you legally hunt eurasians and shoot them on the ground eating deer corn or flying around your feeder? On any given day there is between 50-100 of them on the ground eating corn under my feeder.

With extreme prejudice

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[doghouse]

Congrats. Looks like a lot of fun.

[DUKFVR]

Congrats!

[Hart8]

Nice pile!
First two I ever killed flew out of a barn where we parked.We'd just got permission from a farmer the day before.
He pulled up right before dark.Asked us if we'd had any luck,etc..Last thing he said was,"don't shoot my pet dove's,up at the barn"[emoji50]

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[Smart]

Thanks fellas for the good words!!

Question can you legally hunt eurasians and shoot them on the ground eating deer corn or flying around your feeder? On any given day there is between 50-100 of them on the ground eating corn under my feeder.

Yes... you can bait and hunt over bait for the Eurasian doves only.

Nice pile!
First two I ever killed flew out of a barn where we parked.We'd just got permission from a farmer the day before.
He pulled up right before dark.Asked us if we'd had any luck,etc..Last thing he said was,"don't shoot my pet dove's,up at the barn"[emoji50]

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Oh hell[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]. Did he find out?

[Hart8]

Thanks fellas for the good words!!




Yes... you can bait and hunt over bait for the Eurasian doves only.






Oh hell[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]. Did he find out?

Lol,I think he figured it out.He told my buddy Ray,"Dunno where my pair o' doves went"."Yall ain't very good shot's,but even you two could hit them big *******'s"[emoji23]

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