Dove hunt question

[huntinghagen#12]

My opinion, I think sitting still matters more than camo or a blind. I think dove will flare off of movement before they flare off of someone sitting still near any type of crop/treeline wearing faded out khaki (not using it as a blind, just standing near it).

I've seen birds shot out of the back of parked trucks and UTVs, vehicles parked close by, etc.

[cusportsman]

My opinion, I think sitting still matters more than camo or a blind. I think dove will flare off of movement before they flare off of someone sitting still near any type of crop/treeline wearing faded out khaki (not using it as a blind, just standing near it).

I've seen birds shot out of the back of parked trucks and UTVs, vehicles parked close by, etc.

Yep, you obviously don't want to wear a white t shirt. But as long as you are still it matters a lot less what you are wearing.


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[BigBrother]

So I dont need a ghillie suit? Damn.

[Palmetto Bug]

I bet the guys sitting on the dark gray bucket gets closer shots than the guy sitting on the white bucket. Most birds have great color vision.

[Highstrung]

It really depends on the time of year, age of birds, and or how many days the season has been in. That's my experience. I watched high birds and flaring birds this weekend, not my normal for this time of year. I enjoy winter doves, it's more of a challenge.

I will say motion plays in to it, I'll lock up during this time of year when they're near. Winter birds I'm usually trying to hide a little more.

[Quack07]

It really depends on the time of year, age of birds, and or how many days the season has been in. That's my experience. I watched high birds and flaring birds this weekend, not my normal for this time of year. I enjoy winter doves, it's more of a challenge.

I will say motion plays in to it, I'll lock up during this time of year when they're near. Winter birds I'm usually trying to hide a little more.

Opening day was strange. I've never seen much weariness in doves that early. The evening before I watched every bird that hit the field dive in to feed without a second thought. The next afternoon with only a handful of people in the field they were skirting and flaring like it was December.

[Catdaddy]

Farmers wear light color clothing. Doves love farmers.

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[Palmetto Bug]

I suggest that you guys that think it matters none give it a try and see if hiding makes any difference. Better yet, have your buddy try to hide well while you sit on the other side of the field on the toolbox of a white truck and see if he can limit before you. As long as you sit still, it should be an even match.

[Black Bart]

What's the proper etiquette regarding new or inexperienced shooters? Should they not even be allowed in the field? Even if it's a private field?

[Palmetto Bug]

What's the proper etiquette regarding new or inexperienced shooters? Should they not even be allowed in the field? Even if it's a private field?

As with most questions like this, the best answer is to use the Golden Rule. Try not to be the guy you'd hate to be sitting next to or the guy you wish had not shown up for the hunt.

[Highstrung]

Yeah, I got everyone out.. and we flushed a few birds coming into the field. I had a half box of these lighter loads that I'll shoot every so often in a double gun.. and walked out to a pole. When they came back in everything was high and banking like they knew exactly where everyone was, and me.. I feel like part of our problem can be accounted to cutting timber.

[2thDoc]

i think sunny vs cloudy matters a little.
and maybe winds.

and I dont mind wearing camo and sitting still but its not rocket surgery to shoot 12 doves....if you have doves.

IMO, there's nothing worse than a bad dove hunt.

[JimmyD714]

IMO, there's nothing worse than a bad dove hunt.

Except one with you nearby

[Scattergun]

Or a root canal. I'd take a bad dove hunt over a root canal any day.

[2thDoc]

Or a root canal. I'd take a bad dove hunt over a root canal any day.

root canals are awesome
toothaches suck

[Highstrung]

I enjoy a slower winter dove hunt, if birds dribble in every so often if I have good company.. sunny skies, and maybe some where in the 50's. Or even by myself sometimes, don't get me wrong, I love me some Highstrung.

[Palmetto Bug]

I enjoy a slower winter dove hunt, if birds dribble in every so often if I have good company.. sunny skies, and maybe some where in the 50's. Or even by myself sometimes, don't get me wrong, I love me some Highstrung.

I met you once in your store and I don't really know you but you can't convince me that all of the mirrors on your vehicle aren't adjusted so you can see yourself.

[Black Bart]

I met you once in your store and I don't really know you but you can't convince me that all of the mirrors on your vehicle aren't adjusted so you can see yourself.

Refers to himself in the third person, too...

[JimmyD714]

I'm with you on that. Any hunting in cooler weather is my preference over the heat.

[Highstrung]

Haha

it is kind of a funny persona, kinda make myself laugh a good bit, and some friends. I try to post the first thing off the top of my head with zero remorse.. but sometimes it really comes back and makes me think. I was telling a good friend on a dove shoot about it a couple weeks ago. Simply because, there are a ton of guys here in our town logged in. I forget it, then out in public I'll get a few laughs.

How long ago, I have a fog period.. I really don't remember much out of a couple year stretch.