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Outdoor Life

dixiegrrrrl

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2. I know that dove shooting is a big deal down here

Reply to meathead (Original post)

Tue Aug 26, 2014, 10:29 AM

Aug 2014

Do you mind if I ask you, in all seriousness, what is the attraction of shooting them, and do you eat them?
They are so rather small, I wince at the idea of dressing them out.

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Anyone getting ready for dove season? [View all] meathead Aug 2014 OP

When is hawk season? Scuba Aug 2014 #1

I know that dove shooting is a big deal down here dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #2

The white wing doves in S. Texas are big, half the size of a pigeon. Paladin Aug 2014 #3

Thank you for being helpful. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #4

You're most welcome. (nt) Paladin Aug 2014 #5

I grew up enjoying hunting meathead Aug 2014 #6

Dressing them out takes only a few minutes; a limit of 15, Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #10

Most definitely! I will be a hundred miles NW of Austin... Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #7

That sounds like a perfect field. Good luck! meathead Aug 2014 #8

You too! Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #9