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« on: May 09, 2012, 04:06:41 PM »
while out looking at these:


I also noticed some of these:


so I double checked this:


and got one of these:



but I did some research to be double sure and found this:


so I made a bunch of these


to attract one of these:


I ended up with this and that:


I came back later and ended up with that and those:


at the end of the day I found some these:


and cooked em up with all of those I got earlier:


sorry for the hack job photo essay, its the off season what can I say?

besides the pigeons, all of the birds above are Eurasian collard dove, an invasive species that has been growing in numbers during the last ten years or so. there is no season and no limit for them since they are competing for food with indigenous mourning doves. all you need to hunt them is a current license and preferably steel shot :tup:

being and avid bird watcher and bunny hugging - fern petter I have noticed these birds increasing over the years, this season it seems like the population has boomed.

its very easy to tell the difference between a mourning dove and Euro. even the very youngest Euros are much larger than a mature mourning dove. they fly much slower than a mourning dove, with long wing beats that are similar to a pigeons. color and size wise you can't mistake the two, a euro is much lighter in color and is closer to the size of a pigeon.

as far as the hunt goes, they were bombing through the decoys in groups of twos, threes, or six and it made for some very fast shooting, they only have two speeds super slow, and super fast. 

they are fantastic eating grilled, served with morels and sage buerre blanc.
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Re: euros
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 04:11:46 PM »
Awesome post!  I love it! :tup:

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Re: euros
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2012, 01:45:16 PM »
Wow, right on! Those morels look amazing too.  What do the euro's taste like?  Dark or medium?

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Re: euros
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2012, 02:48:53 PM »
I thought I saw that bird before.
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Re: euros
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2012, 02:54:24 PM »
What a Great post!

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Re: euros
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2012, 02:56:04 PM »
 :yeah:

Great post!
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Re: euros
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2012, 03:07:28 PM »
do they taste any good? Cool post

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Re: euros
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2012, 03:46:47 PM »
That's awesome! gotta love steel shot :tup: ;), you shootin 6's? 
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Re: euros
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2012, 05:54:15 PM »
That's awesome! gotta love steel shot :tup: ;), you shootin 6's?

I was using 3/4oz  #7's in xpert steel... just a step up in shot size from what I would use in lead for doves.  most of my shots were right around 35 yards, one was killed cleanly at 50 yards. 
What do the euro's taste like?  Dark or medium?
medium - dark? couldn't see much of  difference from dove meat... im sure if I had a side by side comparison I could come up with a better answer.
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Re: euros
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2012, 11:27:28 PM »
PM me, I'll go hunting with you.

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