If so have you ever heard of Eurasion Collared doves?
We have a few of them here in town but I had never hunted them before.
Here in Texas there is no season and no limit on them, they are an invasive species.
Last weekend Creedmore, myself and our other partner found ourselves SURROUNDED
by them in a cut milo field just on the outskirts of Lubbock, Tx. We were up there to hunt
Sandhill cranes with some buddies from Houston, Tx and our outfitter asked if we wanted to shoot doves in the afternoons. Our group totalled 11 people.
Well for about an hour and half Sat I could not stuff shells in the magazine of my 870 16 ga
fast enough. There were 1000s upon 1000s of them in the air at any given time.
I went through about 4 1/2 boxes of shells in a little over an hour. It was tough shooting too.
Lots of high angle overhead incomers and some crossing shots.
My take for Saturday. Oh and I shot two that were white instead of grey/silver.
And for those of you in the frozen hinterlands?
It was 68 degrees Sat afternoon.
God Bless Texas !
That afternoon we ended up with over 210 birds for the group.
We also had three mornings of fantastic crane hunting.
For those that have never eaten Sandhill Crane they are incredible table fare.
We call them " flying ribeyes " as they don't taste at all like duck or goose even though they
are all dark meat. My wife actually looks forward to me going on this hunt as "crane ka-bobs" are her favorite wild game meal.
We tallied 99 cranes in three days, three 11 man limits.
Sunday morning.
And just to give you an idea of how big they are?
Guy in the picture is Gary, my ace compadre. He's 6'2"
Ready to go back again !
One more weekend of goose season in Ok and it's over for another year.
I may be a little depressed next week.
May I ask forgiveness in advance?
Thanks,
Howard
We have a few of them here in town but I had never hunted them before.
Here in Texas there is no season and no limit on them, they are an invasive species.
Last weekend Creedmore, myself and our other partner found ourselves SURROUNDED
by them in a cut milo field just on the outskirts of Lubbock, Tx. We were up there to hunt
Sandhill cranes with some buddies from Houston, Tx and our outfitter asked if we wanted to shoot doves in the afternoons. Our group totalled 11 people.
Well for about an hour and half Sat I could not stuff shells in the magazine of my 870 16 ga
fast enough. There were 1000s upon 1000s of them in the air at any given time.
I went through about 4 1/2 boxes of shells in a little over an hour. It was tough shooting too.
Lots of high angle overhead incomers and some crossing shots.
My take for Saturday. Oh and I shot two that were white instead of grey/silver.
And for those of you in the frozen hinterlands?
It was 68 degrees Sat afternoon.
God Bless Texas !
That afternoon we ended up with over 210 birds for the group.
We also had three mornings of fantastic crane hunting.
For those that have never eaten Sandhill Crane they are incredible table fare.
We call them " flying ribeyes " as they don't taste at all like duck or goose even though they
are all dark meat. My wife actually looks forward to me going on this hunt as "crane ka-bobs" are her favorite wild game meal.
We tallied 99 cranes in three days, three 11 man limits.
Sunday morning.
And just to give you an idea of how big they are?
Guy in the picture is Gary, my ace compadre. He's 6'2"
Ready to go back again !
One more weekend of goose season in Ok and it's over for another year.
I may be a little depressed next week.
May I ask forgiveness in advance?
Thanks,
Howard
