Whoops…I’ve been trying really hard to get out at least one post every weekday, but looks like I missed yesterday. Oh well.
I’ve got an idea floating around in my mind, but it’s been challenging to find the time to get it from my head, through my fingers, and into some cohesive form on this computer. Damn a real job. Damn it twice.
In the meantime, for those who may be looking for a dove hunt here in CA, the season opens on a Wednesday (Sep. 1)… which kind of sucks for folks with (damn it again) real jobs, but should keep the public fields a little less crowded for those who can make it out there. If you do have the flexibility to take the day, and don’t want to deal with public land, you might check out Native Hunt’s annual dove hunt. It’s a limited entry opportunity (about 30 slots open), but it can be a blast with good shooting, great food, and an awesome location.
I’ve swapped out the poll as well, for those of you who like to click checkboxes. The last poll was a pretty good indicator that most of the responders are in CA, where we hunt all year long, since about 48% of you said that was the case. The rest of the responses were pretty close, although it looks like October is the next big month for many of you. That makes sense, as October was always the month I looked forward to when I lived back east… at least until I started bowhunting.
Anyway, new poll is to find out who’s gonna hit the dove season opener. Of course, I realize this excludes poor Arthur, since MI decided hunters shouldn’t be killing those poor little birds.



Yea…somehow my lovely Michiganders decided that doves – once they cross the Michigan state line – are “song birds”. They are everywhere, but yet we can’t hunt them.
Originally, we had a few days of year that we could hunt doves in certain areas. Then, the anti’s got wind of it, and they got enough signatures to get it put on the ballot…..and lo and behold it got voted down.
I can’t tell you how many hunters I talked to who didn’t even vote. They took the “it doesn’t effect me, so why do I care?” attitude.
It just made, and still makes me crazy.
Sorry. I think you might have touched a button there, Phillip.
For all of you Californians who get a chance to bag a few doves, good luck!