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You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:12 AM
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BradyBuck
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I plucked a few of the bigger ones this evening. It was really easy. I'm going to try out a recipe called "Grilled Doves a La Mancha" http://honest-food.net/2014/08/31/grilled-doves-recipe-la-mancha/
Last edited by BradyBuck; 09/22/15 02:36 AM.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:34 AM
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texassippi
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I have not, nor have I ever heard of anyone who has. Let us know how it turns out. Could be something I'd try.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:34 AM
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bobcat1
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All the time growing up. Riding in the back of the pickup headed home. Feathers flying.
Bobby Barnett
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:48 AM
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#Hayraker
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When I was a kid every dove got picked whole
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 03:02 AM
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beaversnipe
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Yep, just like quail and pheasants. We also burned the birds over newspaper after plucking. Was my fav part as a kid. All birds taste better bone in said my dad.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 03:04 AM
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Guy
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 03:18 AM
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BradyBuck
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Very cool Guy. I think I'll pull a few out everytime from now on.
Birds are still thick out this way. Shot a limit + 2 ringneck again the evening.
I'm going to start pulling some off the bone also and grinding them up. One thing I want to make is dove chile rellenos.
Last count 14 bags of 45 dove in the freezer.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 03:40 AM
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Always! Easier to handle, shove a jalapeņo up in that carcass.
KUPT' & KOMMITED! TAKE EM'
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 03:52 AM
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Mr. Jeem
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Yes we started plucking Eurasian doves. Roasting or grilling them. They turnout nice.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 10:04 AM
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wal1809
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Fill a 5 gallon bucket with water. Submerge dove and roll it in your hands under water. Feathers come right off and you don't have a pile of feathers.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 11:59 AM
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john paul
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I've plucked a bunch, we usually lightly brown them and then cook them down in a gravy and serve over rice.
I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 12:17 PM
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Teamjefe
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I picked a limit last Saturday. Soaked them in buttermilk for 8 hours then deep fried. Tossed in a honey-jalepeno wing sauce afterwards. Literally one of the best things I have cooked ever. Worth plucking the birds. Dove are a whole lot easier than teal/ducks
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 12:52 PM
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I have plucked a many of dove. I know a ranch in South Texas that plucks every dove they kill and they kill a lot of dove.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:00 PM
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LarryCopper
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I've plucked a bunch, we usually lightly brown them and then cook them down in a gravy and serve over rice. We did that a lot as a kid. My dad, brother, and I would pick 'em and my grandma cooked 'em that way. I got the recipe from my aunt last year, can't wait to give it a go.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:04 PM
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LarryCopper
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Gonna try that...
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:18 PM
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wal1809
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I've plucked a bunch, we usually lightly brown them and then cook them down in a gravy and serve over rice. Kapow Boy that how my momma taught me.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:19 PM
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zbot11
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I have and found it totally not worth it. Maybe with those big collared doves I would try it again.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:22 PM
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redchevy
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Not me. We breast them. Too much bone and not enough meat anywhere else to mess with.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:36 PM
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kweber
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picked, floured and deep fried... good stuff, there. I never was a fan of just ripping out the breast... in fact a batch of fat white-wings picked w/skin-on (they have a nice layer of fat under the skin) makes a wonderful stew/guisado/gumbo.. with rice or dumplins, cant be beat... I even save the hearts and clean the gizzards for giblets... so good.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/22/15 02:53 PM
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mley1
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My brother inlaw plucks them, and then batters them and deep fries them. They're pretty tasty the way he does them.
Thanks,
Marty
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/23/15 05:47 PM
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Use to do it all the time. They cook a lot better with the skin on.
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Re: You ever plucked a dove?
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09/23/15 11:57 PM
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kweber
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we pick sept blue-wings, too... makes a good stew w/dumplins or teal/oyster gumbo w/okra and rice oh yeah.. fried whole doves... Momma did that alot
Last edited by kweber; 09/24/15 12:01 AM.
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