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Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

It rained again today and the doves were back. The shot I had was only at six yards, so I opted for the gamo shadow express shotgun. I loaded the shell round in it and aimed. I also still have a scope on there. I just stuck the muzzle tip out of the window opening and put the crosshairs around the area of the bird's profile and quickly fired. Feathers everywhere. The bird had only taken three or four shot pellets in it's left side, but even after sustaining that much damage it still had to be finished off. The shotty generally has to hit the head/neck region in order to be instantly fatal. And I've done that many times, but you can't control it and this time the spray only hit it's body. I should just pistol them at such a close range, but the air shotty is more fun.

And I'm still amazed I'm able to get good oportunities to actually utilize my airguns in various hunting situations like this, even from home.

cw · Banned

I thought that you threw that "shotgun" away.

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

I wanted to at one point, but I realized that I just need to use it only when it suits the hunting situation it is made for. Close up bird shots are one of them. I'm gonna' take that scope off and go open sights again. Since it is raining for day THREE in a row I suspect the doves to be back feeding in the same area again in my yard tonight. So I might push my luck and go for another shotty kill. If not the shotty, then I'll use my talon.

The dove I ate yesterday was absolutely delicious, so now I have a taste for them again.

dummyracer36 · Senior Member

hey roger, how about posting some dove recipes along with pic of the plated meal in the recipe section? i LOVE to cook and just might try one for the neighbor.

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

I made one recipe from online, but it wasn't that great. The main one is just a bacon wrapped dove. That's simple, just wrap a strip of bacon around the breast and heat for 20-30 minutes at about 400.

Interestingly enough I ate my dove yesterday with some cornmeal based southern african cuisine that my girlfriend made, and it paired pretty nicely with it.

cw · Banned

Does your girlfriend eat them?

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

No, my girlfriend won't eat them. However, I did bring a dove to a party once and bbq'd it. One intrepid girl actually did eat it, even after I told her what it was and how I got it.

My girl is still convinced the doves flew from china over the pacific and carry the SARS virus. But I told her they are strictly North American bird and are an edible game species. She said that some birds carry the virus and do fly overseas. But I only eat doves or quail so I don't have to worry about it. It'd be different if I was eating random species of birds.

Jaxom · Senior Member

My ex is the same way. When I talk about eating game, she's like "ya, you always liked eating those "wierd" things!" What many forget is until the english bumped into New Zealand, and brought back a native bird from there, we didn't have chicken.

What we use to eat on a regular basis...now most folks can't afford. I was over at local grociery store pricing turkey. Next to them they had duck and goose. A 3lb duck was $15!!! And Goose was running around $50 for a medium sized one!

I can't wait to get my sportsman's license next year...gonna load the freezer with as much game as I can!