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Frank S · August 20, 2004

So dove season is about to start up in the North and Central zones in Texas,September 1 to be exact.

Anyone else into bird hunting?If so,post any tips/tricks/techniques you may have for others to use and also relay hopes and past success stories.

mhraracing · August 20, 2004

Fellow hunter here.....Early Goose season in CT is going to open Sept 1st. Cant wait.

rhilton · August 20, 2004

Dove season opens the 6th in NC I think, although I could be wrong.

The only tip I have is it makes a difference in the type of ammunition you buy. I myself use Fiocchi High Velocity 12 Ga 3" Magnums. I can get a dove from half a mile away

rascal · August 20, 2004

doves them cute little birds put on this earth to make me look like i'm blind. But they don't have anything on ducks. hope the intent isn't as bad as the doing. imagine group of very decent rabbit hunter walking up on your farm pond to see a million ducks (maybe not but a pond full). some says we could have duck for thanksgiving. some jumps the ducks, then World war 3 starts up, well it sounded like. we should've just invited them to dinner, not a duck got hit. of course we had proper premits and stuff for ducks.

squirell season starts aug 28 here, thinking I'll take the wife. they say the mast this year isn't going to be good, so if we don't kill quite a bit a lot will starve. I normally mostly hunt cotton tails with a measure of deer and squirel tossed in.

I normally hunt the remington nitro mag shells in 3" in 4 shot. Been wanting to try 5 shoot.

Truckman031 · August 20, 2004

Dove season starts on August 25 here. Bow season also starts around that time. I also head to Arkansas to duck hunt in the winter. Then we hunt turkey in the spring.

rhilton · August 25, 2004

turkey is one thing I never have gotten the hang of..

I have a bennelli with an extended magazine, holds nine shots , and when we go pheasant hunting, it takes about all nine shots to get a cock down (I wonder how many people will snicker at shooting a "male" pheasant)

ToeJam · August 25, 2004

Man, I took my hunter safety course (mandatory in Washington) last year and I'm dying to try out any type of bird hunting, but none of my friends hunt.

So sorry Frank, I don't have any recommendations...just a jealous jones.

Truckman031 · August 25, 2004

turkey is one thing I never have gotten the hang of..

I have a bennelli with an extended magazine, holds nine shots , and when we go pheasant hunting, it takes about all nine shots to get a cock down (I wonder how many people will snicker at shooting a "male" pheasant)

Don't hunt in GA with that gun. It is illegal to not use a plug.

ToeJam, you really need to find someone to hunt with. I recommend bird hunting before deer. Hunting birds give you more action, than deer.

rascal · August 26, 2004

is it GA that you can hunt deer with dogs and shot guns?

NOS#9BIGMAC · August 26, 2004

My old man has been trying to get me to go hunting with him for years now. One of these days I'll take him up on the offer But I need a gun first I think the best spot I know is the parking lot where I work. I see at least 3 or 4 does a week always around dawn. I've gotten pretty close to em too. they're pretty accustomed to people being around so they just go about their buisness without a care in the world. haven't seen any bucks around though I think they know better

good hunting guys

rhilton · August 26, 2004

you can shoot pheasant without the plug in NC, but not dove or duck. In NC you can run a deer with dogs, and take them down with "buck" shot or slugs. It's quite exhilerating.

HillHound · August 27, 2004

I like spring gobbler season here in WV. That's about all the bird hunting there is around here aside from an occasional grouse taken during squirrel or rabbit season. We have a fall turkey season too but it gets overshadowed by the overlapping deer season(s).

Truckman031 · August 27, 2004

Yes you can hunt deer with dogs and shotguns with 00 Buckshot.

rascal · August 28, 2004

thanks always wandered if that elderly gentemen was talking straight.

my beagle's daddy, well the old man swore, came out GA as a deer dog. i know when i took rascal and his sibling out hunting they'd leave a rabbit in site for a deer trail that was fresh. All ways wanted to try to hunt that way, but he's an old dog now and his family is all gone on. his children are not trained enouph to control in a strange place. maybe I'll get another good pack together someday.

Kansas Kid · August 30, 2004

Dove season starts here on Sept 1st as well. Doubt I will go out, but I have plenty of shells and my hunting license should I change my mind. Never really liked the taste of dove, so not much point in going.

Now when pheasant/quail and deer season roll around you can guarantee I will be out in the fields. Wouldn't mind hunting turkeys this fall either. They are really thick around here, and the farmer I used to work for hates having them around and wants a few eliminated. lol