It was a nice opening day for dove today. I enjoyed some time afield with a buddy of mine and killed about half of a limit of doves. One of the doves was banded. I'll find out where it was banded and let y'all know.
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Had a decent dove hunt today.
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Talked with a guy and young lady this evening at Cabela's who'd just been hunting. Said he had a good day.
I reported the band info to the web address on the band.
The bird was a Male Mourning Dove (of course) and was banded on 7/6/16 in the same area where I shot it. It was reported to be hatched from 2015 or prior.
The bird was a Male Mourning Dove (of course) and was banded on 7/6/16 in the same area where I shot it. It was reported to be hatched from 2015 or prior.
I may be "forced" to plant some sunflower this coming year. Its been far too long since I have dove hunted.
Thanks for the post OP
Thanks for the post OP
Pretty cool. I've shot my share of dove in my life and never seen or heard of a banded dove.
Me either.
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Ditto.
Cool stuff OP.
We had a decent shoot,way down from the past 5 years. We actually planted more acreage and had about 25 to 30% of the birds we usually have. The field usually holds 400 to 600 birds each year and this year it was holding about 150 to maybe 200.
I talked to a friend in Athens and another one down near Warner Robbins that usually have great shoots also and they reported the same thing.
I talked to a friend in Athens and another one down near Warner Robbins that usually have great shoots also and they reported the same thing.
