If Doves are the birds of peace, then I say "Peace Out!!" My brother called me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I had ever hunted doves. The answer was no. I didn't even know that you could do such things. So, in an attempt to get some of my manhood back from the event last week, I said "Sure, why not". Bring on the doves!
On Wednesday, I picked up my brother and noticed that he had more camouflage on than I did. Plus, he had a chair and a gun. Small details that I did not think of. However, I did bring the ultimate camouflage shirt, The Squirrel! How can you not blend into the woods when you are an actual squirrel. The doves won't stand a chance!
We picked up brother number two at his house and I borrowed one of his guns. We were now on our way. The area where we hunted was beautiful. Pretty lakes, swamps, trees, etc. The hunt itself was longer than I expected. Since doves fly mostly at dusk, the Squirrel and I had to hide in the brush and bushes the entire time. The ground and my bum were extremely wet. Even though I was wearing extra-strength DEET, the Pterodactyl sized mosquitoes were everywhere. It was a fun and low key hunt. Those doves fly fast! In the end, our group was able to get one and I got a nice dove decoy (see video below).
Pictures are a dove on a wire (the closest dove we saw), getting ready for the hunt, gun and decoys at sunset, me sitting in the swamp at dusk, and my "decoy dove" kill!
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