Dove and early goose season

[MogifiedXJ]

Alright so friday Sept. 1st was the opening for dove and early goose season here in TN. Goose hunting sucked...I didn't kill a single thing. Dove hunting on the other hand was the best I've seen it in years. I killled 90 something inbetween friday and monday.

So post up, who all went and did you do any good???

[Geepfreak]

Dove hunting on the other hand was the best I've seen it in years. I killled 90 something inbetween friday and monday.

So post up, who all went and did you do any good???


What the HELL is your limit?, our limit here is 15 per day, and 30 in aggreg...

Edit: my bad, seems you could have killed a few more...:D
Dove + (Opens at noon on Sept. 1) Sept. 1
Oct. 7 Daily bag limit 15

I missread the dates... sorry..

[ECKSJAY]

I killled 90 something inbetween friday and monday.

Nice job!

I went this weekend and didn't see a damned dove where I was. However, I DID see a huge load of quail and pheasants for later in the season. :D

[MogifiedXJ]

Nice job!

I went this weekend and didn't see a damned dove where I was. However, I DID see a huge load of quail and pheasants for later in the season. :D

Nice about spotting the quail and pheasants. We normally don't see many dove either, I guess we're not in the fly zone. I've never been quail or pheasant hunting but I've always wanted to. I've been thinking about going out to nebraska or somewhere just to pheasant hunt. You do alot of it? I remember when I was a kid me and my father used to go grouse hunting around the mountains here in TN...it was alot of walking and we normally didn't see shit, but it was still alot of fun anyway. If anything it made for some good memories.

[ECKSJAY]

Nice about spotting the quail and pheasants. We normally don't see many dove either, I guess we're not in the fly zone. I've never been quail or pheasant hunting but I've always wanted to. I've been thinking about going out to nebraska or somewhere just to pheasant hunt. You do alot of it? I remember when I was a kid me and my father used to go grouse hunting around the mountains here in TN...it was alot of walking and we normally didn't see shit, but it was still alot of fun anyway. If anything it made for some good memories.

2mi down the road was lower farmland with LOTS of irrigation canals and trees. Driving in and out of my friend's property I saw hundreds of doves. Problem is I don't know anyone down there and there's no public areas to hunt. That's about to change, however. :D

I miss our spots outside of El Paso where we'd hit our limit of 15 birds in less than 20 minutes. I was buying shells by the caseload during the season. :D

[MogifiedXJ]

I was buying shells by the caseload during the season. :D

lol. I wish I would have done that. I forgot to buy dove loads friday so I used my 3 1/2" BB goose loads all day friday, then I shot all day saturday, sunday, and monday...my shoulder is still black and blue.

[RichP]

Goose huh, come up here to NJ and PA, all you need is a 6 or 8 cell mag-lite then just walk thru the business park parking lots and whack them on the head.
My record was 41 in 20 min, used my boot to kick em in the ass walking from the front door of the company I was doing some cisco router configs at to my jeep about halfway thru the parking lot. Normally I would not have bothered but I'd just slipped on to my ass in their shit with my new dockers on while crossing the sidewalk. I quit when I started drawing a crowd...

[ECKSJAY]

lol. I wish I would have done that. I forgot to buy dove loads friday so I used my 3 1/2" BB goose loads all day friday, then I shot all day saturday, sunday, and monday...my shoulder is still black and blue.

It was so damned fast and furious that we got to the point we'd KNOW whether a bird was just wounded and needed to be tracked down...so we'd mentally count how many we had and retrieve them when we'd count 15. :D

[ECKSJAY]

Goose huh, come up here to NJ and PA, all you need is a 6 or 8 cell mag-lite then just walk thru the business park parking lots and whack them on the head.
My record was 41 in 20 min, used my boot to kick em in the ass walking from the front door of the company I was doing some cisco router configs at to my jeep about halfway thru the parking lot. Normally I would not have bothered but I'd just slipped on to my ass in their shit with my new dockers on while crossing the sidewalk. I quit when I started drawing a crowd...

I call bullshit. You didn't do that.

[MogifiedXJ]

Goose huh, come up here to NJ and PA, all you need is a 6 or 8 cell mag-lite then just walk thru the business park parking lots and whack them on the head.
My record was 41 in 20 min, used my boot to kick em in the ass walking from the front door of the company I was doing some cisco router configs at to my jeep about halfway thru the parking lot. Normally I would not have bothered but I'd just slipped on to my ass in their shit with my new dockers on while crossing the sidewalk. I quit when I started drawing a crowd...

ahahahah...That's great. I wish I could do that down here at the plant, but for some reason I think they would have a major problem with that. I've got a friend who owns a golf course and I kill them off of it all of the time. Apparently he doesn't like them shitting all over the greens.

[RichP]

ahahahah...That's great. I wish I could do that down here at the plant, but for some reason I think they would have a major problem with that. I've got a friend who owns a golf course and I kill them off of it all of the time. Apparently he doesn't like them shitting all over the greens.

I've only whacked two with a maglight that got agressive in a parking lot at a place I worked and left them, don't think I killed them as they weren't there whent I came back. Are they actually good eating ?
I don't blame your friend at all, they shit all over the place and ruin play areas, picinic areas, ball fields, pretty much any outdoor area they land at. The place I was at two years ago had to power wash the picnic tables they had outside the assembly area where the workers ate lunch on a regular basis, pretty nasty.

[RichP]

I call bullshit. You didn't do that.

Come up this way sometime and we'll hit one of the ATT, Lucent or Agere campuses where they number in the thousands at any given time and you have to wade thru the damn things as they move from the grassy areas to the cooling ponds. We even have companies up here that have trucks that will pressure wash and vacumn crap from your parking lots, they are a plague up here.

[ECKSJAY]

I've only whacked two with a maglight that got agressive in a parking lot at a place I worked and left them, don't think I killed them as they weren't there whent I came back.

That's not what you said earlier. I knew you'd backpedal. :speepin:

[RichP]

That's not what you said earlier. I knew you'd backpedal. :speepin:
No, not really, I don't think I've killed any, whacked em, kicked em, assaulted em with my tool bag, umbrella, etc. Kicking them in the butt, chest or whatever else was reachable with sneakers or bucks on has not been fatal from what I've seen.
I have run over a couple though.

[ECKSJAY]

No, not really, I don't think I've killed any, whacked em, kicked em, assaulted em with my tool bag, umbrella, etc. Kicking them in the butt, chest or whatever else was reachable with sneakers or bucks on has not been fatal from what I've seen.
I have run over a couple though.

This thread is about hunting.

[CRASH]

Shoot, never got out for doves. I always seem to miss opener with some stupid house project or other. Quail in 10 days, though!

[ECKSJAY]

Quail in 10 days, though!

With ya on that one. Will be in the mountains for grouse, too.

[RichP]

Back to my other question, is goose decent to eat ? Never had it so I don't know. I love phesant and wild turkey but never got around to goose or duck for that matter.
Any time of the year they are not good to eat ?
Main reason I ask is that over the past 3 or 4 years more and more are showing up here in the poconos, noticed a freshly harvested corn field this past week that was just covered in them. Might be an option to add the tag to my license.

[MogifiedXJ]

Back to my other question, is goose decent to eat ? Never had it so I don't know. I love phesant and wild turkey but never got around to goose or duck for that matter.
Any time of the year they are not good to eat ?
Main reason I ask is that over the past 3 or 4 years more and more are showing up here in the poconos, noticed a freshly harvested corn field this past week that was just covered in them. Might be an option to add the tag to my license.
Yeah they're god to eat. It just depends on how you cook it. The only thing I eat is the breast meat...usually injected, mainated, and cooked like a roast. they can be aggresive sometimes. I was bow fishing a couple of years ago and had one that kept attacking me...I ended up shooting it with my bow and using it to catch a couple of turtles on a trot line.

[CRASH]

With ya on that one. Will be in the mountains for grouse, too.


Already got two blues with my bow whilest out for blacktails! Very tasty.

[Ben H]

The quail around here have gone through 3 hatches this year. Its been 10 years since I have seen this many birds. I cant wait.

Missed the opener for dove, but will hopefully get out for quail in time.

[CRASH]

Back to my other question, is goose decent to eat ?


Here's a great campfire goose recipe:

Take two goose breasts, cleaned and dried. Season with garlic and salt and a little bit of mustard seed. Next to your campfire, place several cedar or oak planks, such that they trap the heat of the fire and allow the goose to cook evenly on all sides. It's best to position one or two to direct a little smoke on the goose as well. Turn the goose breasts frequently.

When the juices from the goose are running clear, it's done. Remove the breasts from the wood planks, throw the goose in the fire and eat the wood plank that was farthest from the goose. :D

[MogifiedXJ]

Anyone on here ever bowfish??? I picked it up a couple of years ago and it rivals 4wheeling for the most fun you can have. I mean it combines fishing and hunting...What more could you want?

Here's a couple of pics...not me...but still some cool pics.

http://www.prismnet.com/~timmckee/robingar.jpg


http://www.bigfishbowfishingtexas.com/104_0437.JPG

[RichP]

What are they ?

[MogifiedXJ]

Alligator gar...They're a fresh water fish. Those pictured above came out of Texas if I'm not mistaken.

[Ben H]

Anyone on here ever bowfish??? I picked it up a couple of years ago and it rivals 4wheeling for the most fun you can have. I mean it combines fishing and hunting...What more could you want?

Here's a couple of pics...not me...but still some cool pics.

http://www.prismnet.com/~timmckee/robingar.jpg


http://www.bigfishbowfishingtexas.com/104_0437.JPG

Those things are freaky scary. Sure those are gar? Looks like something out of Jurassic Park.

[MogifiedXJ]

Those things are freaky scary. Sure those are gar? Looks like something out of Jurassic Park.

Yep, they're alligator gar. The one in the top pic is almost 300lbs. They're not harmful but could you Imagine swimming or skiing in the lake and one of those things swimming by...I'd be back in back in the boat as fast as I could get there.

[ECKSJAY]

Yep, they're alligator gar. The one in the top pic is almost 300lbs. They're not harmful but could you Imagine swimming or skiing in the lake and one of those things swimming by...I'd be back in back in the boat as fast as I could get there.

Human beings do not belong in the water.

:read:

[Ben H]

Human beings do not belong in the water.

:read:


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[goodburbon]

The would be state record alligator gar in Louisiana was actually "wrestled" out of a ditch by a prison work team. Unfortunately it doesn't count as the "official" record because it was not caught on a line.

I am trying to find a link, but having no luck.

[goodburbon]

ok found a link

http://www.thejump.net/2fishphoto/fish5.htm

it appears as though it would have been the #2 fish, not the record, and DQ'd because it was NOT caught on a rod and reel.

[RichP]

Man, I often wondered where they got the 'graboid' model from in Tremors....:wow:

[Ben H]

I've caught gator gar before and cut the line just to get them out of my face. If I ever catch one that size, the gar can keep my pole and all. I might even piss myself.

[olivedrabcj7]

Ive dove hunted 3 days so far and ive killed 2 birds. Ive probably missed that many and seen a total of about 10 all 3 days. There doesnt seem to be many flying around here.

[97XJ_Sport]

I wanna go dove hunting