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Offline adutton

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Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« on: July 17, 2013, 12:21:41 PM »
They are supposedly invading our state and they are free game.  But has anyone actually been hunting them? If so are they good to eat? where are you finding them? etc...

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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2013, 12:24:02 PM »
1- Yes, mostly during the normal dove season, keeps the trigger finger safe and legal.
2- Yes, bigger morning dove.  Cook and eat the same way as you would the morning dove.
3- Where they are.
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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2013, 01:12:55 PM »
Well... were are they? LOL my guess I won't have much luck heading out into the woods or desert, my guess is finding some fresh plowed fields might do the trick? Am i at least on the right page?

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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2013, 01:31:28 PM »
No, I've never seen them in the wilds.  They seem to prefer human company, and stay around residential areas.  (Except that they seem to avoid my area, for some reason!   :chuckle: )
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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2013, 01:41:27 PM »
I have seen them out in the Columbia basin and around Yakima. Mostly near farmhouses or just outside of town. I haven't had a chance to shoot any yet but would in a heartbeat. Hopefully this year.
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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2013, 01:42:45 PM »
they do seem to like to hang out around residential areas. Once in a while we shoot one or two hunting mourning doves, also they seem to be a lot dumber than mourning doves and do not fly nearly as fast.

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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2013, 01:43:13 PM »
gravel, water, trees, powerlines, east side of state. (Never hunted, looked, or spent more than 10 days on the west side, I'm sure there are some over there, but couldn't tell you anything about them)
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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2013, 01:49:56 PM »
There are a decent amount down here in Olympia if you know where to look.

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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2013, 02:19:18 PM »
Residential area is right. three years ago we had two hanging around my gravel lot. Now there must be a dozen or more in the mornings. Trouble is, they are perfectly safe here and they don't seem to want to go anywhere else.

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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2013, 02:20:07 PM »
They are all in my backyard, by the hundreds everynight, if I had a decent video on my phone I would prove it.
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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2013, 02:41:40 PM »
I have seen a bit here in Yakima. Both in residential and out in the country.  I know some guys that hunt them year around, they just set up like they are hunting mournings but you have to be extra careful when pulling the trigger.  I have killed 4 eurasians in my yard this year.

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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2013, 02:44:25 PM »
We get a mixed bag during general morning dove season around here. That is the only time I mess with them.
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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2013, 10:44:36 AM »
I have yet to hunt or eat any, but I tend to see them in same areas as pigeons.  I think a lot of people mistake them with pigeons because they are the same size, have a similar tail, and fly a lot a like.  I see them by grain bins all the time and all over town here in eastern WA.

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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2013, 10:47:31 AM »
I shoot every one I see year round on my property.  Too many escaped with the Gampo, so I went with the trusty 12.

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Re: Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2013, 07:23:48 PM »
I see them at the farm every day! 

 


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