Ok, I’ve pickled a little for doves over the years. Usually just walking through a cornfield and jump shooting them. It’s fun and they’re tasty. Not sure but I feel like jump shooting is maybe taboo to the hoity-toity dove hunters. I beg for your forgiveness if so.
My son is getting to the age he likes to tag along and seeing as the season comes in soon, I see a good chance to get him out. But he’s a little small yet to keep up with jump shooting.
This pass-shooting style of doves, what’s the deal? Seems the gist is to get between food and roost. Where do they roost?
A lot of farms driving around I’ll see one or three here on a wire, and intermittent flying missiles, but no big flocks or constant action like I see in some of the youtubes. Do I just need to keep scouting for primo areas? Is prime pass shooting action more just a result of doves being constantly bumped around a heavily hunted area?
We have some official public managed fields, but they’re a hike and not trying to be around other people, don’t enjoy hunting that way and don't want my son getting rained on. I have some other unofficial public in mind but I need to do some scouting.
Might try knocking on some doors next week but I dearly hate that. I’m not social and I hate feeling obligated or beholden to LO’s.
My son is getting to the age he likes to tag along and seeing as the season comes in soon, I see a good chance to get him out. But he’s a little small yet to keep up with jump shooting.
This pass-shooting style of doves, what’s the deal? Seems the gist is to get between food and roost. Where do they roost?
A lot of farms driving around I’ll see one or three here on a wire, and intermittent flying missiles, but no big flocks or constant action like I see in some of the youtubes. Do I just need to keep scouting for primo areas? Is prime pass shooting action more just a result of doves being constantly bumped around a heavily hunted area?
We have some official public managed fields, but they’re a hike and not trying to be around other people, don’t enjoy hunting that way and don't want my son getting rained on. I have some other unofficial public in mind but I need to do some scouting.
Might try knocking on some doors next week but I dearly hate that. I’m not social and I hate feeling obligated or beholden to LO’s.