Any dove hunters out there?

Nickathome · Post by **Nickathome** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:17 am

Just curious if there are any dove hunters among us besides myself. Anyone go out yesterday forthe opener? I went out but didn't have very good luck. May head out again tonight if the wife can get home early enough to watch the kids. .....

Lifer · Post by **Lifer** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:47 am

I used to get my fair share of doves, but can't walk far enough to do it any more.

Anyway, dove season hasn't opened here yet.

Nickathome · Post by **Nickathome** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:15 am

Lifer wrote:I used to get my fair share of doves, but can't walk far enough to do it any more. Anyway, dove season hasn't opened here yet.

Lifer; I thought the season was the same everywhere as its federally mandated along with waterfowl?

Gerry · Post by **Gerry** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:52 am

In Connecticut we are not allowed to hunt doves because they are considered a songbird.What a waste.

Lifer · Post by **Lifer** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:52 pm

Nickathome wrote:Lifer; I thought the season was the same everywhere as its federally mandated along with waterfowl?

The federal date is the national "no earlier than" date. The individual states may set later opening dates if they so choose, but they can't start earlier. Make sense?

Nickathome · Post by **Nickathome** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:34 am

Lifer wrote:
Nickathome wrote:Lifer; I thought the season was the same everywhere as its federally mandated along with waterfowl?
The federal date is the national "no earlier than" date. The individual states may set later opening dates if they so choose, but they can't start earlier. Make sense?

Got ya. Wasn't aware states could set later opening dates.....

HWooldridge · Post by **HWooldridge** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:32 pm

We have billions of 'em here but mostly whitewings these days. When I was growing up, it was mostly mourning dove but the increase in cultivated acres has made the whitewing population explode so the mourning doves are confined to the brush country.

Nickathome · Post by **Nickathome** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:26 am

Hmm, no whitewings up here in Pa, all mourning doves and they seem to be on the increase this year.

Longhunter7 · Post by **Longhunter7** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:08 pm

I had a permit for the second day of Dove season here in Illinois.

It turned out to be the hottest day of the year!

Got up to the mid 90's!

The Doves where not flying at all, only got two.

Nickathome · Post by **Nickathome** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:18 am

It was hot here as well the other day. I went out on Tuesday and it was about 88 degrees at 6:00 pm. The birds were flying though. I didn't go Wed because of my kid's fall baseball practice, nor yesterday because it was 93 degrees. Tonight is my son's first game and tomorrow Hanna is blowing into town so it looks like I won't be gettin gback to the fields until Monday at the earliest.

Any dove hunters out there?

Any dove hunters out there?

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