Dove Hunting Tip of the Day

Let's get some dove tips on here to make everyone's dove season a little more enjoyable.

Tip 1:

If you're right handed, your snuff needs to go on the left.
If you're left handed, your snuff needs to go on the right.


Not doing this will spread cancer... all around your mouth.

make sure your beard doesn't get caught between your shoulder and buttstock..... yeah thats happened...

dont over think it, its just dove, they are just a place holder until a real hunting season opens up

You don't have to kill every bird you see,,remember,, "Dove Lives Matter"

When you shoot a dove that falls into high grass go pick it up before you shoot another one.

it's really not even hunting

if there are dove you shoot them, if there aren't any dove you drink beer.

More of a pastime really, like baseball.

All of this X2

JP, I figured you would have some advice about shooting gloves or something fancy like that

don't put your backpack down on top of a yellow jacket nest.

Get the big fat grasshopper off of your vent rib before you pull up on a bird.

Shotgunning dove and shotgunning beer is a completely different concept.

You can shotgun 15 dove in a day, but there is no limit to beer.

The only time I've ever worn a shooting glove was in Argentina to keep from burning my hand on the barrel

trust me, you're wrong on this

I could maybe shotgun 15 beers in a legal shooting light day and not be drunk. But I would be drinking other beers too, so I'd be over the legal limit

Don't git chiggers on your nutz

When brushing in your dove blind use natural brush trimmings from the area, lots cheaper than buying the fake stuff. A good lay-out blind for dove is more effective than a conventional blind but lay-outs can be hot this time of year.

Do people really hunt out of a dove blind? Lol

I prefer a huge monstrosity of a blind. Thinking about taking an old truck with no motor I came across. I'll put a big varmint rack in the back. I'll then wire up whole mesquite trees to the sides. Dove will never know what hit em.

I only dove hunt out of a blind if I don't have my ghillie suit on. Sometimes I'll wear the ghillie suit in the blind too. I like bradybuck's idea of an elevated dove blind.

I see them guys sitting around on truck tail gates in their golf shirts "hunting" and I think, pfffft freaking amateurs....

Switch your mojo wings around, left on right and right on left, doves come in on that hard.

Only shoot dove when wings are down and approach in threatening manner.

I admire your "no-limit" attitude

Don't park under a pecan tree.

Spray your buddy's ammo bag with women's perfume. He won't need a hall pass next time.

if your hunting buddy needs a hall pass to begin with you have a problem

You have to drink the blood of the first dove you kill..."you gotta do it...it's the spirit of the dove!" Wolverines!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtr2XPuPxzE

and hit him w/glitter when he's good and sweaty...

Don't forget to borrow his phone and Earase his recent call log and txt msgs. That way next weekend you can sit and hunt the better spot. LOL

make sure you get all of your doves out of your bag
because you do find them 3 days later without seeing them.

I've definitely killed more beer than Dove so far!

When you're hunting on your own land, and the beer outnumber the Dove, it's not necessarily a problem!

Having an abundance of beer is never a problem

Be sure to put pyrethrin spray (ant poison) on your belly (or whole front side) IF you are dove-hunting within a mile of any military installation:
http://texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbth...own#Post5912816

Do not forget your gun key at home.... ya had to break into my gun case lol

Don't mistake wasps for grasshoppers. I'm still not sure how I didn't get stung yesterday. Whipple and I were stalking a bird and had to walk through some brush between a pond and a mesquite tree. Typically grasshoppers are jumping/flying all over the place and something hits me in the face. I swat it away as I notice the mesquite to our left is just a buzzing with wasps all around it.

Yikes

ttt

There's a limit on dove?

I've seen some IDIOTS drinking beer and hunting dove, walk over and their safety's aren't even on. Stay away from me and we good.

If you get peppered, add some salt to it.

Be sure and take a few paper towels into the field with you........just in case.

Save the silver bullets for after the hunt!

If you catch yourself pulling up on Snake Doctors, get your eyes checked or lay off the beer.

Y'all are taking the fun out of it...

Plugs are just a recommendation.

What's a Plug?

It's a square thing about the size of a deck of cards that you take a bite of and chew on it. BTW it tastes like chit...…...

Slip in a 3" shell into your buddies ammo belt, you know give him a little surprise, when that thing goes bang.

Or if you do, get someone to pick it up for you.

That's the good stuff......

Don't try to put your plug in an 870 in tall grass. The spring will jump out of your hand, and you will not be able to find it. Others will shoot their limit while you are looking for a spring. You will eventually get frustrated and begin shooting single shot.

I think I hunted next to you in Woodson last year

Days Work and Brown's Mule.

Why not just regular TP? lol. You shouuld always have a roll handy when outdoors.

Lots of good info here.

Something you don't need with an O/U

You don't want to draw attention to yourself as the 'drunk' guy in the group so I follow Cosmo Kramer's advice.

bring plenty of water for the pup. shoot em in the beak.

try to miss them in front.

purell, gloves, grocery bags, rolled up orange socks... all useful in the field. (the socks are to be dropped when you get a shot in heavy grass so you have a reference point to search from)

Well, not to be trite but aiming for the doves' beak does down more birds

Don't Dove hunt in the rain

Dragonflies are easier to hit if you use a cylinder choke.