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| 309.1 | How's dove for eatin'? | TSE::LEFEBVRE | Look at Mother Nature on the run | Mon Dec 12 1988 10:21 | 5 |
| Ditto for NH.
Mark_who's_seen_more_doves_than_all_other_game_combined.
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| 309.2 | anti's win one | ERLANG::LEVESQUE | I fish, therefore I am... | Mon Dec 12 1988 11:13 | 10 |
| The lack of a mourning dove season can be directly attributed to
the anti's (at least in NH). When there was talk about a possible
dove season, the anti's went wild. They had a million letters to
the editor. The hunters didn't feel as strongly, failed to mount
a decisive campaign, and so the season remains closed. I seem to
recall some legislation passing that outlaws the F&G dept from opening
a season on them in NH. I may not be remembering that part right,
though.
The Doctah
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| 309.3 | Tastes great::Less filling | KRAPPA::KEYWORTH | | Mon Dec 12 1988 11:18 | 6 |
| They're good eating. Not much to them though. Mostly breast meat.
I got a couple when I lived in Arizona (many moons ago). No, I don't
remember how I fixed them. Probably sauteed them in butter with
peppers, celery etc.
John
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| 309.4 | comments on preceeding | MILRAT::JUCH | | Mon Dec 12 1988 17:36 | 23 |
| Barbequed dove is Marvelous Eating, right up there with grouse.
Yes, dove (upland plover) was removed from the list of game animals,
along with pigeons (not feral pigeons, I understand), by the NH
legislature in February of last year. This means that F&G no longer
have authority over them. Ironically, this was praised
by one of the F&G officials as a "highlight" of the legislative
season. The next thing to go will be ducks. Did any of the "hook
and bullet" writers in the Union Leader, or any of our state reps
warn us that this was going to tke place? What sort of deal made
it happen? How would we go about getting it overturned?
Jeff, I spoke to Rocky Bridges and Dick Cronin about just this topic
at a DU dinner several years ago. They told me that the reason
they were not going to push for a dove season was that they feared
they would loose all support of the Audobon crowd (not a bad bunch..)
and, more importantly, much of the land now open to duck and upland
shooting in SE Mass would be posted by landowners so that ALL types
of shunting would suffer. Dove, by the way, is the most popular
game bird in the US....
I hope Santa will get me an invite to a fancy southern dove shoot.
Live free or die in South Carolina!!
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| 309.5 | | CLUSTA::STORM | | Tue Dec 13 1988 16:35 | 13 |
| Yes, I'm afraid the anti's have gotten us on this one. Too many
people here think of doves as those cute little things at their
bird feeds. Apparently, the NH F&G got a lot of mail from landowners
saying that they would post their land if there was a dove season.
I grew up in the deep south and really miss the dove shoots. You
can get more shooting in an afternoon in a good dove field than
in a decade of hunting in New England. For a couple of years the
daily bag limit was 18. I think it is around 12 now. Even a good
shot can go through a lot of shells to get close to that many birds.
Mark,
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| 309.6 | Am I a hunter or hiker? | CSSE::PETERSEN | | Thu Dec 15 1988 13:33 | 11 |
| RE .5
Mark, I really agree that an afternoons dove hunt (mine was in
Tampa) can beat a season of hunting in New England. As far as cooking
goes, wrap 'em in bacon and barbecue....mmmm good.
I have spent the last two months humping around in rain and cold
in N.H. only to get exercise and a shot off every other weekend,
I'm starting to wonder whether my hobby is hunting or hiking. ;-)
Erik
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| 309.7 | Dove's in Rhode Island | ISWISS::KISTLER | | Tue Feb 21 1989 17:08 | 11 |
| I had also talked to the Fish and Game Department many years ago,
and the answer that I got was that, Doves were classified as
song/perching birds in Massachusetts. They also strongly implied
that the MA Audobon society intended on keeping it that way.
There is a Dove season in Rhode Island. If you write to the Division
of F & W in RI they will send you a copy of the game laws and where
the WMA's are located. That's a start. The season starts in September
which would extend your MA season on the front end.
Dave
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