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Posted: 9/2/2010 8:49:34 PM EDT

[#1]

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My place is on Cameron Rd. just South of Bohls lane.

Zhukov,

Sounds like you are still on that lease I was on with you a couple years back. I remember the guy that originally sold me on that multi field lease off Cameron road and the birds nest airport area (Scott something or other) and the only decent field was the one with the fenced off sunflower field in front and a couple tank on the back half that was just overrun with people. The sunflower field owner didnt even seem to control who went on the land it was just pretty much a free for all on opening day.

I ended up on another lease up in hutto the past two years. Not much flying yesterday morning, three shots and two birds came home. They actually started flying right about 9:30 when I had to pack up and head into work.

Maybe better this weekend if I can get a chance to get out there.

James

Posted: 9/2/2010 9:09:04 PM EDT

[#2]

Sounds like the people around me had a good evening tonight.

Posted: 9/3/2010 5:25:33 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:

Quoted:

My place is on Cameron Rd. just South of Bohls lane.

Zhukov,

Sounds like you are still on that lease I was on with you a couple years back. I remember the guy that originally sold me on that multi field lease off Cameron road and the birds nest airport area (Scott something or other) and the only decent field was the one with the fenced off sunflower field in front and a couple tank on the back half that was just overrun with people. The sunflower field owner didnt even seem to control who went on the land it was just pretty much a free for all on opening day.

Bingo. I like it because it is close, but this isn't going to work any more and I'm going to look around next season.

Posted: 9/3/2010 8:32:52 AM EDT

[#4]

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He marched back to his truck and exchanged is 10 gauge Ack Ack battery for a little Remington .22 auto loader he kept behind the seat. He may have been picking his shots pretty carefully, but he downed three birds with five shots.

My grandfather did something similar. When he turned 80, he had a quadruple bypass. Didn't know if he was ever gonna be the same, but he pulled through. He had a hawk trying to get some of his chickens, so he walked outside with his shotgun and tried to take a shot. He said his chest felt tight when he tried to shoot.

He went back in the house and got his 22. Killed the hawk mid flight with a single shot.

He lived 5 more years till the Alzheimer's got him.

I hope I live that long, and I hope I'm at least half that good.

Posted: 9/3/2010 9:20:22 PM EDT

[#5]

Bad evening at my little spot. Very narrow field of fire due to encroaching housing and an increase in traffic on a rural road. Saw a few birds but didn't have a safe shot.

I did catch a one eyed yellow catfish that weighed about a pound or so on a piece of a hot dog. Released him to get bigger.

Posted: 9/4/2010 3:36:44 AM EDT

[#6]

i finally found an affordable lease!
when i went to preview it it was busy as hell w/birds; now a cold front's coming and i'll bet it going to be pretty vacant, dammit!

Posted: 9/4/2010 9:59:11 AM EDT

[#7]

Dave sounds like he's having fun...

Me? I'm stuck around home because of work. Patiently awaiting the 17th.

Posted: 9/4/2010 12:13:19 PM EDT

[#8]

Yesterday and this morning sucked near Hillsboro. Yesterday I could chalk up to weather, but this morning sunny with a slight breeze

Hunting over harvested fields...that do not have a trace of grain left. This guide has
Done well by me in the past, but his plan is not very good this year

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Posted: 9/5/2010 10:40:18 AM EDT

[#9]

Fourteen birds total, for both morning and afternoon hunting on Friday and Saturday, in the Waco and Hillsboro area. Not the worst opening weekend of my life...but in 41 years of hunting those little grey bastards, I have seen a lot better.

Posted: 9/5/2010 11:10:05 AM EDT

[#10]

We're hunting the south zone. Heading down Thursday evening to set up and swap lies before the opener.

We've hunted the same place for years, an exotic game ranch south of Castroville. Even bad years are halfway decent. Lots of farmland and grain fields. The owner says that there are Eurasian doves about this year. (Bigger than whitewing and they don't count against your limit)

I used to use a pump .410 but these past few years I've switched to a 28 ga o/u. The round patterns better and the gun is much handier.

Of course, I'm taking 6 shotguns along anyway. Ya never know.

Posted: 9/5/2010 12:56:24 PM EDT

[#11]

I got a Eurasian last year. That sucker hit the ground with a thud and I didnt know what that monster was until the guide pointed it out, and that you could shoot as many as you wanted. :-)

This weekend:

We hunted a place northwest of Albany. They have a lot of fields within a 1 hour drive, so we hunted a different region with each hunt. I limited in about 2 hours on Friday night, got 13 on Saturday morning. The Sunday morning hunt was a lot lighter, only 8, but we left early.

The morning hunts were really only busy right at daybreak... by 7:45 it was slowing down. The evening hunts were awesome from 5:00-6:00, but after that, really slow.

Posted: 9/5/2010 2:17:05 PM EDT

[#12]

North east burnet county on my families ranch.

Case of shells check

Case of cold sodas check

Gun check

Doves––––––oh for the love of god========== flights of 100+ coming in to the freshly cut hay field.

Results- limit in 1 hour- gun so dirty it was failing to eject

Good times are had when I fry them up.

Long story- I hunt my relatives ranch. The hay had been cut but note bailed due to my cousin being injured. The doves were coming in in flights of 100 plus and lighting in the field. Ended up shooting 3 boxes of shells and getting my limit in under an hour.

The odd thing was that it seemed I was the only one hunting in my area because I heard very little shooting. I hunted saturday afternoon and sunday morning.
The flocks were a mix of regular doves and white wings.

Bad/good thing is that family members are the only ones allowed to hunt the ranch which means just me.

Posted: 9/5/2010 2:54:07 PM EDT

[#13]

Going out this coming weekend.

My buddy got his limit this past weekend.

Location: Sanger / Krum area.

Posted: 9/5/2010 4:13:04 PM EDT

[#14]

I went dove hunting for the first time this weekend. I shot two and half boxes of ammo and killed three birds. Those fuckers are fast. I was always shooting behind them. Where we were hunting, it was scrub mesquite, so they'd fly over the tops of the trees going Mach 2. You had to make quick decisions, that's for sure.

There was a white wing coming in over the trees yesterday that you could see about 100 yards out. TRG nailed him almost head on at about 25 yards. A big puff of feathers blew up, the bird banked to our left and was taking a header into the pond bank. It got about a foot off the ground, swooped back up and flew away. Dave was right when he said they had Kevlar feathers.

Posted: 9/5/2010 5:29:10 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Zee bierds are ze scared, of zee Nazis.

So you

because you didn't get the limit or because FAL is in da house?

Neither.

ze Zandy vagina?

TRG

Posted: 9/5/2010 7:01:22 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Posted by request...

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/dove.jpg

TRG

Thank you for posting that picture, TRG.

T_AK_K, you are quite correct. I was having a great time

The pic is from opening morning. I killed those four with my first 4 shots, then missed the fifth bird with both barrels. When the morning hunt was finished, I had killed seven birds with 10 shots. I was using 11/16 oz #7.5 in the modified barrel and 11/16 oz #6 in the full choke barrel. That evening I was 0 for 4, so my final aggregate for opening day was 7 birds with 14 shells with my .410. A 50% kill ratio with that thing is pretty darn good.

Fuggit and TRG joined me Thursday evening, and even though the number of birds collected was far from the limit, the company and the shenanigans were certainly world class. This ranch does not have very many doves, and you have to walk them up and hunt them hard if you want more than two or three birds a day. I consider the birds in that pic to be trophies of the highest order.

It was a great outing. Sixteen doves and two nice young cotton tail rabbits filled my game bag. The dove breasts and hearts are soaking in a heavy brine and the rabbits and their hearts are marinating for hasenpfeffer.

Most of all I would like to thank my gracious host that allows me to use and hunt his property. I won't mention his name but Brother, I wish you would have been able to join us! I simply can not thank you enough for all of the things you have done for me since we first met almost 10 years ago.

Posted: 9/6/2010 6:55:15 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Posted by request...

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/dove.jpg

TRG

Thank you for posting that picture, TRG.

T_AK_K, you are quite correct. I was having a great time

The pic is from opening morning. I killed those four with my first 4 shots, then missed the fifth bird with both barrels. When the morning hunt was finished, I had killed seven birds with 10 shots. I was using 11/16 oz #7.5 in the modified barrel and 11/16 oz #6 in the full choke barrel. That evening I was 0 for 4, so my final aggregate for opening day was 7 birds with 14 shells with my .410. A 50% kill ratio with that thing is pretty darn good.

Fuggit and TRG joined me Thursday evening, and even though the number of birds collected was far from the limit, the company and the shenanigans were certainly world class. This ranch does not have very many doves, and you have to walk them up and hunt them hard if you want more than two or three birds a day. I consider the birds in that pic to be trophies of the highest order.

It was a great outing. Sixteen doves and two nice young cotton tail rabbits filled my game bag. The dove breasts and hearts are soaking in a heavy brine and the rabbits and their hearts are marinating for hasenpfeffer.

Most of all I would like to thank my gracious host that allows me to use and hunt his property. I won't mention his name but Brother, I wish you would have been able to join us! I simply can not thank you enough for all of the things you have done for me since we first met almost 10 years ago.

You're welcome, dude.
Oh, wait.....I thought you're talking to me. My bad.

Glad guy gents having good time. Did TRG behave?

Posted: 9/6/2010 7:53:24 AM EDT

[#18]

Don't even own a shotgun anymore.

Bright-side is I could throw rocks and not do any worse than Zuk.

Posted: 9/6/2010 1:31:37 PM EDT

[#19]

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Most of all I would like to thank my gracious host that allows me to use and hunt his property. I won't mention his name but Brother, I wish you would have been able to join us! I simply can not thank you enough for all of the things you have done for me since we first met almost 10 years ago.

Indeed. Joining Arfcom and meeting all you guys has been one of the best experiences in my life. Good friendships, funny shenanigans, the occasional gheyness - it's been a great deal.

I won't even make a bad comment this time about the person mentioned above. This time.

Except that DP didn't call me. Again.

Posted: 9/6/2010 2:11:14 PM EDT

[#20]

ZooCough, why would you travel 3 hours to hunt a hardscrabble cow shit laden thorn patch without running water and electricity that has few birds on opening day when you have already paid for a dove lease that is 10 minutes or less from your house? Not to mention the kind of unsavory misanthropes that you would be surrounded with... I'd turn down that kind of invitation myself.

Posted: 9/6/2010 3:08:00 PM EDT

[#21]

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ZooCough, why would you travel 3 hours to hunt a hardscrabble cow shit laden thorn patch without running water and electricity that has few birds on opening day when you have already paid for a dove lease that is 10 minutes or less from your house? Not to mention the kind of unsavory misanthropes that you would be surrounded with... I'd turn down that kind of invitation myself.

Now that you put it that way - I guess you're right.

[ETA] We were actually in San Marcos all weekend for my kid's soccer tournament. They moved up to Super-II level, so he's got a crazy schedule. He's also certified as a ref so he can call games and get paid. That's going to take up most weekends until the end of November.

Posted: 9/6/2010 4:39:49 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
ZooCough, why would you travel 3 hours to hunt a hardscrabble cow shit laden thorn patch without running water and electricity that has few birds on opening day when you have already paid for a dove lease that is 10 minutes or less from your house? Not to mention the kind of unsavory misanthropes that you would be surrounded with... I'd turn down that kind of invitation myself.

Now that you put it that way - I guess you're right.

[ETA] We were actually in San Marcos all weekend for my kid's soccer tournament. They moved up to Super-II level, so he's got a crazy schedule. He's also certified as a ref so he can call games and get paid. That's going to take up most weekends until the end of November.

Don't waste your gas.

TRG

Posted: 9/6/2010 7:20:31 PM EDT

[#23]

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ZooCough, why would you travel 3 hours to hunt a hardscrabble cow shit laden thorn patch without running water and electricity that has few birds on opening day when you have already paid for a dove lease that is 10 minutes or less from your house? Not to mention the kind of unsavory misanthropes that you would be surrounded with... I'd turn down that kind of invitation myself.

You better not fucker!!! You think the 17th is gonna be any tamer?

Posted: 9/7/2010 6:00:22 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
ZooCough, why would you travel 3 hours to hunt a hardscrabble cow shit laden thorn patch without running water and electricity that has few birds on opening day when you have already paid for a dove lease that is 10 minutes or less from your house? Not to mention the kind of unsavory misanthropes that you would be surrounded with... I'd turn down that kind of invitation myself.

You better not fucker!!! You think the 17th is gonna be any tamer?

On the 17th my surroundings will certainly be a hardscrabble thorn patch. HOWEVER it has running water, electricity, hot water shower, a flushing commode, full kitchen, air conditioning, essentially all the comforts of home minus the nagging bitch, and more birds than I can swing a shotgun at. Oh, and NO cow shit either!

Good friends, good food, good hunting... You damn right I'm gonna be there!

Posted: 9/7/2010 6:06:02 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
ZooCough, why would you travel 3 hours to hunt a hardscrabble cow shit laden thorn patch without running water and electricity that has few birds on opening day when you have already paid for a dove lease that is 10 minutes or less from your house? Not to mention the kind of unsavory misanthropes that you would be surrounded with... I'd turn down that kind of invitation myself.

You better not fucker!!! You think the 17th is gonna be any tamer?

On the 17th my surroundings will certainly be a hardscrabble thorn patch. HOWEVER it has running water, electricity, hot water shower, a flushing commode, full kitchen, air conditioning, essentially all the comforts of home minus the nagging bitch, and more birds than I can swing a shotgun at. Oh, and NO cow shit either!

Good friends, good food, good hunting... You damn right I'm gonna be there!

What? I am going to be there.

TRG

Posted: 9/7/2010 7:10:58 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:

On the 17th my surroundings will certainly be a hardscrabble thorn patch. HOWEVER it has running water, electricity, hot water shower, a flushing commode, full kitchen, air conditioning, essentially all the comforts of home minus the nagging bitch, and more birds than I can swing a shotgun at. Oh, and NO cow shit either!

Good friends, good food, good hunting... You damn right I'm gonna be there!

What? I am going to be there.

TRG

Let me give you some sage advice I was given earlier: Don't waste your gas.

Posted: 9/7/2010 11:08:20 AM EDT

[#27]

I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

Posted: 9/7/2010 12:02:13 PM EDT

[#28]

You killed one bird, and grilled nine.

Interesting.

TRG

Posted: 9/7/2010 12:20:37 PM EDT

[#29]

Posted: 9/7/2010 12:24:12 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
You killed one bird, and grilled nine.

Interesting.

TRG

Remember the story of the two fishes and five loaves we talked about?

Posted: 9/7/2010 4:13:16 PM EDT

[#31]

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I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Damn....Those birds look inviting.

Posted: 9/7/2010 4:19:18 PM EDT

[#32]

North Houston County, have the best dove numbers that I have seen in 10 or more years. Limited the 4 times I have been out.

Posted: 9/7/2010 4:31:55 PM EDT

[#33]

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I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Damn....Those birds look inviting.

If you were a trustworthy person, I'd take you out to the place we shot those birds at...

Posted: 9/7/2010 4:36:39 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Damn....Those birds look inviting.

If you were a trustworthy person, I'd take you out to the place we shot those birds at...

Oh, hell yeah.

BTW...I would be like Fuggit, as far as dove shooting ability, or I should say dove shooting dis-ability.

Posted: 9/7/2010 4:39:53 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Damn....Those birds look inviting.

If you were a trustworthy person, I'd take you out to the place we shot those birds at...

Posted: 9/7/2010 4:57:32 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

Quoted:
You killed one bird, and grilled nine.

Interesting.

TRG

Remember the story of the two fishes and five loaves we talked about?

I remember the story of the Little Red Hen, and you napping while I crawled over cactus looking for birds I shot.

TRG

Posted: 9/7/2010 4:57:36 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

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I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Damn....Those birds look inviting.

If you were a trustworthy person, I'd take you out to the place we shot those birds at...

Oh, hell yeah.

BTW...I would be like Fuggit, as far as dove shooting ability, or I should say dove shooting dis-ability.

Maybe you should see an Eye Doctor about that.

Posted: 9/7/2010 5:01:29 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Damn....Those birds look inviting.

If you were a trustworthy person, I'd take you out to the place we shot those birds at...

Oh, hell yeah.

BTW...I would be like Fuggit, as far as dove shooting ability, or I should say dove shooting dis-ability.

Maybe you should see an Eye Doctor about that.

Might need reading glasses.

Scratch that. Make it COUNTING glasses. Because, I know I can count to one consistently, and never get to nine instead.

TRG

Posted: 9/7/2010 5:06:08 PM EDT

[#39]

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Quoted:

Oh, hell yeah.

BTW...I would be like Fuggit, as far as dove shooting ability, or I should say dove shooting dis-ability.

Maybe you should see an Eye Doctor about that.

Oh snap!

This keeps getting better and better.

Posted: 9/7/2010 5:14:39 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Damn....Those birds look inviting.

If you were a trustworthy person, I'd take you out to the place we shot those birds at...

Oh, hell yeah.

BTW...I would be like Fuggit, as far as dove shooting ability, or I should say dove shooting dis-ability.

Maybe you should see an Eye Doctor about that.

Posted: 9/7/2010 6:08:42 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Damn....Those birds look inviting.

If you were a trustworthy person, I'd take you out to the place we shot those birds at...

Oh, hell yeah.

BTW...I would be like Fuggit, as far as dove shooting ability, or I should say dove shooting dis-ability.

Maybe you should see an Eye Doctor about that.

Somewhere in Tibet, a mountain is missing its Sherpa.

TRG

Posted: 9/7/2010 6:13:49 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Did you take head shots on those birds?

Jim

Posted: 9/7/2010 8:10:07 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:

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I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Did you take head shots on those birds?

Jim

Yep. I've been blessed with a genius math gene. Sorta like an Idiot Savant. I can guess their speed to within one knot and there distance within a yard. I shoot Winchester XX at 1350 fps. My mind then instantly processes the algorithm and I'm able to make nothing but a head shot. I could do it with a .22, but TX state law says I have to use a shotgun.

Posted: 9/7/2010 8:23:01 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

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I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Did you take head shots on those birds?

Jim

Yep. I've been blessed with a genius math gene. Sorta like an Idiot Savant. I can guess their speed to within one knot and there distance within a yard. I shoot Winchester XX at 1350 fps. My mind then instantly processes the algorithm and I'm able to make nothing but a head shot. I could do it with a .22, but TX state law says I have to use a shotgun.

I am in awe sir! I usually just fill the sky with lead- sort of like over Germany in WWII. I think the only dove I get are old and feeble and die of a heart attack. That might explain why mine don't have any shot in them either.

Jim

Posted: 9/8/2010 5:49:31 AM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Damn, I've never brined doves, but the idea is brilliant!

Posted: 9/8/2010 6:39:02 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I brined them overnight in red cooking wine, water, garlic, kosher salt and sugar. I parbake the bacon in the microwave for one minute since the dove cooks quiker then the bacon. Just used some Dillo Dust and some McCormick "Hot Shot" pepper. I found this stuff a few months ago. It's a combo of black and cayenne pepper. Grilled just right. Still moist and no shot.

http://i54.tinypic.com/34osi8g.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/rw2nw2.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vtcchy.jpg

Damn, I've never brined doves, but the idea is brilliant!

Talk to Dpeacher. Best dove I have ever eaten were brined by him. Simply smoked with season salt.

TRG