Posted on 12/16/2007 12:07:35 PM PST by george76
Dove hunting falls into shooting for food, or shooting for sport which ends up as food, depending on how you look at it. They are quite tasty. There was a thread last year where we shared our dove recipes. Yum!
As they would say on the food channel. Good Eats!
Perhaps the troll has retreated? Folks that express lack of approval due to lack of understanding are usually suspect.
What about the additional Federal tax we pay on ammo and sporting equipment...I thought that was for hunting habitat and development of facilities? I guess it’s the equivalent of Social Security.
After enough champaign I don't even remember the promises I may have made. ((hiccup)) ;^)
Does that also apply to "city" pigeons? I have always thought that they and squirrels were riddled with diseases so have never thought to eat them.
Just something my grandmother used to tell me.........FWIW, she also told me not to eat watermellon seeds as they would grow in my stomach........LOL!
I hope so. Just came in from shoveling the driveway for the 3rd time today so I just want to relax.........
Some people like eating doves, including myself.
Others don’t like shooting skeet.
One thing is certain, if hunters and shooters keep turning on each other (like when grouse hunters don’t like bear hunting, compound bow hunters against crossbows) they won’t have to worry about the Humane Society of the U.S. bringing an end to the hunting tradition, they’ll do it themselves.
As long as the dove, bear, etc. populations are so that hunting is allowed, and it is done ethically and lawfully, good.
Many U.S. Forest Service offices are filled with people who don’t like hunting, or shooting, for that matter.
Keep in mind most public lands were purchased with hunters’ dollars, and these dollars contribute much to the management of wildlife on public land. Hikers, mountain bikers, rock climbers don’t contribute one dime to this.
The hunters in Colorado need to remind those who are the subject of this thread this often.
A dove might in fact make a meal for a human; if the human were about 25 inches tall.
That’s why the bag limit is 15.
I’ll stick with real game birds thank you.
Does that have anything to do with whether or not they can be eaten?
Same thing could be said for a perch. Thats why there is no limit on them either.......
But as far as wild game is concerned migratory game birds
seem to be less prone to disease and in better physical shape, but I could be wrong.
Yes, it is.
I especially like to sit while the game comes to me. I only go on opening day and only shoot the ones coming at me. Cuts down on the "lost in the corn field" birds.
The guy was a troll
So when you eat a peanut...that makes you 1 inch tall?
Suppose you had to gut and defeather each peanut before eating it... Would you still eat peanuts?
Your mom just called son and she said it's time for you to come home. You have to go to school in the morning and she doesn't want you to miss the bus........
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