Anyone hunt Eurasian collared doves?

[adutton]

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...

[92xj]

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.
etc.....

[adutton]

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?

[Heredoggydoggy]

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!    )

[Mfowl]

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.

[270Shooter]

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.

[92xj]

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)

[WSU]

There are a decent amount down here in Olympia if you know where to look.

[kenlguy]

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.

[eastsidemallard74]

They are all in my backyard, by the hundreds everynight, if I had a decent video on my phone I would prove it.

[CamoDup]

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.

[carpsniperg2]

We get a mixed bag during general morning dove season around here. That is the only time I mess with them.

[fly4fish]

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.

[MtnMuley]

I shoot every one I see year round on my property.  Too many escaped with the Gampo, so I went with the trusty 12.

[steen]

I see them at the farm every day! 

[Heredoggydoggy]

I see and hear them all over.  They coo similar to a Mourning Dove, but the call is throatier and deeper sounding, and it ends differently.  They let out a raspy "hoot" when they fly over.  I've heard Starlings give out a short call as they fly over, too.  Sort of a warning or alert call, near as I can figure...

[seth30]

No shortage of them in whidbey island   I have been thinking about using a airifle and trying them out.  Are they legal to harvest year round?

[92xj]

Yes

[h2ofowlr]

No shortage of them in whidbey island   I have been thinking about using a airifle and trying them out.  Are they legal to harvest year round?

You can hunt them year around.  Don't think they can legally be hunted with an air rifle.

I hunt them with the shotgun.

[seth30]

No shortage of them in whidbey island   I have been thinking about using a airifle and trying them out.  Are they legal to harvest year round?

You can hunt them year around.  Don't think they can legally be hunted with an air rifle.

I hunt them with the shotgun.

Dang it they are all over my neighborhood.  Not sure how much my neigbhors would enjoy the sound of my 12 gauge and the bb's falling on there homes  

[MtnMuley]

No shortage of them in whidbey island   I have been thinking about using a airifle and trying them out.  Are they legal to harvest year round?

You can hunt them year around.  Don't think they can legally be hunted with an air rifle.

I hunt them with the shotgun.

Why couldn't they be hunted with an air rifle?  No different than a starling.

[Gringo31]

I see more than I see of mourning doves.  Frankly, I prefer them.  Why not?  Invasive yes but bigger is better?   

[Limhangerslayer]

I've shot a couple.   

[tr122]

There's always at least a half dozen in my backyard.  Never see them out in the field though.

[dreamunelk]

I've shot a couple.   

One hunter striving to help the environment.   Good job!

[Limhangerslayer]

I've shot a couple.   

One hunter striving to help the environment.   Good job!

 That was our opening day shoot 6 limits of morning doves  and 40 plus collared.

[Maverick]

Dang things keep finding ways into our pheasant pens. I prefer eating them over mourning dove because they're bigger.

[coyotecrazy]

They are thick in Ephrata. City ordinance doesn't allow even an air gun. Blow gun?

[syoungs]

im starting to think that I have these and not pigeons all around my property. im gonna put the sneak on em and try and figure it out, if it is eurasian collards, its on. I love me some doves in a crock pot!

[Hermit]

I shot a few last year hunting mourning doves near Bridgeport. Tastes like....... a Dove. Lots of them on the West side, anywhere people feed song birds.... I saw some by Conway, in the trees by the river and in the fields near Headquarters.