Oh heavens yes

Nice hunt and congrats!

Pure awesomeness! Looks like a great supper.

Tasty little treats !

Was that today or opening day?

They were tons of doves hunter in Frisco on Sunday morning, didn't see very many Monday and none today but it rained here all day.

Do you have any hunters near your house?

They were alot hunting off PGA Parkway between Preston and Coit Road on Sunday.

Had a few at Brinkman ranch across the street from me on Sunday and Monday at like Preston and Eldorado

Those look delicious!

Awesome beautiful pup.

just got home today after being gone a week. Limited out by 8:45 opening morning.

Here are some pics as well.

You are living right Sir

The cooking was yesterday, the hunt was Sunday. I scouted Saturday, had my limit by 8am Sunday morning then the rain came. And I came home, I didn’t want to mess with the rain. Saw lots of birds, drove all around Haskell county Saturday scouting.

Did you guys know Texas has the best dove hunting in the country?

Congrats. Haven't shot a dove in a few years dangit. Used to to be covered up in them but nothing past few. Went from 90 a season to nothing now.

Well played sir. Looks like an awesome opening

Looks and sounds like a great morning. Tara's grey in her muzzle, time passes so fast...sucks! I think the same thing when you post pictures of R...

love that Browning, hit the wood lottery

Life is good!

Favorite time of the year!

Only missed one

Good fun
Good eating
I love eating dove

Dang Tara has a soft mouth. Half mine come back a little... chompy. I think it's when they aren't DRT and she thinks it's her job to finish. Odd thing is that Rosie doesn't do that to ducks. You work with her on that or is that natural?

It is constant work. It is absolutely not natural, what is natural is for them to chomp on it, especially when they are jacked up. I always keep a dove in the freezer for yard work, pic below is last month, before the open with a dove I had in the freezer from last season. If she starts to chomp, I give her a “no” with a little pop on the bridge of her snout with 1 or 2 figures. When she holds it nicely I let her know with a “good girl”…



The only thing that is natural for a dog is to retrieve, that comes natural, you don’t have to teach them to retrieve. What is unnatural and has to be taught is to hold steady, fetch on command, sit, hold nicely, none of that is natural.

Love to see those pics! Looking forward to when I can retire and I can go out and sit on the dove field whenever I want :-)

Ducks it really doesn’t matter as much, but dove they are more delicate, I don’t like my birds all slobbery, plus you are doing the dog a huge favor because if they chomp it/mouth it all the feathers come off in their month, and many dogs they hate fetching dove for that reason.

But yeah, it is more natural to chomp a dove, they are so nice and soft and irresistible.