tucker301 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Teal and resident goose seasons are upon us! So it's time for this season's pictures thread. Dove hunters feel free to post up as well. Have a great season, and in the famous words of Sgt. Phil Esterhaus, "Let's Be Careful Out There". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 Had a good three hours on the border of an uncut corn field and last year's cutover. Plenty of ragweed around. I had to pick my shots and make sure they fell within sight of me. Otherwise, they'd be nealry impossible to find. Heck, one hit the ground and bounced in some laps at just 20 yards away, and it still took five minutes to find him. No triples, but I got a couple of good doubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH/QuakerBoyProstaff Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Tucker, what choke tube is that in your gun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 Primos Dead Zone (Decoy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Yesterday was equally productive. Limited in a couple of hours. A lot of small birds this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Tucker, dove hunting is new to us Wisconsin folk. What do you do with those little critters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Unless local laws say otherwise, breast them out. There's more meat on a daddy longlegs than there is on a dove's wings and legs combined. The meat is dark and somewhat dry like duck. Overcooking will result in that dreaded livery taste that nobody likes in wild game. Here's the recipe I'm doing again tonight. Ingredients 8-10 Dove Breasts (or other dark fowl meat) 1 Tbsp Season Salt 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar 1 Tbsp Garlic Powder 1 Onion Olive Oil 1/4 cup Worchestershire Sauce 1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar Salt Pepper 1 Uncle Ben's Oriental Fried Rice 1/4 cup Bourbon (optional) Prep: Combine Dry Mix Ingredients making sure brown sugar is thoroughly broken into powder. Rinse and pat dry deboned dove fillets. Pour Worchestershire and Balsamic Vinegar over dove breasts and let soak 10 minutes. Remove breasts (save the marinade) and coat with the dry rub. Dice Onion into medium sized pieces or cut into 1" strips. Cook: Begin preparing the rice per the instructions. Coat the bottom of a medium skillet with olive oil and saute the onions until clear, adding salt and pepper to taste. When the onions are clear, reduce the heat and add the leftover marinade to the onions and continue to cook for a couple of minutes. Add the dove breasts and turn them in three minutes or so. Continue to cook the mix until the onions have turned brown and tender. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the bourbon over the doves and onions. Return to the heat and cook until you can no longer smell the alcohol. The mix should reduce to a thin gravy consistency. Plate: Make a bed of the rice and cover it with the doves and onions. garnish with parsley flakes or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 How many does your recepie serve? Sounds tempting. I think an addition 1/4 cup of bourbon is requried during the preparation process for the cook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Figure on about 4-5 doves per person. I actually did a little different version last night and it turned out better than this one. easier too. Marinate the doves in Newman's Sun Dried Tomato dressing for 3 hours. Use about an ounce per dove. Remove from the fridge 30 minutes before cooking to allow them to temper. Sautee one onion, a green pepper, and two cloves of chopped garlic in olive oil until the onions begin to brown, adding salt and pepper to taste. Remove most, but not all of the onions and peppers and put aside. Add 3-4 doves at a time and cook them for about one minute per side. Overcooking ruins them. When all of the doves are cooked, place them on top of the rice in a serving dish and cover them with the cooked veggies. Pour the leftover marinade into the pan and cook it down to about half of its original volume, scraping the skillet to get all the flavorful bits and pieces of caramelized onions etc. Pour the thickened mixture over the doves and rice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benelli4life Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 My favorite way to cook doves is the same way I do my ducks. Take as many doves as you want and fillet them and put them in a bowl. Then take a bottle of Italian Dressing and marinade them over night or so and throw them on the grill and enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoDucker Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Here's a shot of one of our three days so far down here near Phoenix where I'm working. Limits each time so far. Just one weekend left of the early season here. That's my new Ultra Light and my friend/coworker with my old SBE. I'm quickly becoming very attached to that Ultra Light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 Very Nice! Now you've got me wanting an Ultralight too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkidaho Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Pretty cool. Haven't seen the doves since just before opening weekend. We had a cold snap and haven't seen a lot of them around since then. Was able to get a ruffed grouse on opening day, but haven't gotten back out since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webfoot Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Fun dove hunt last season. Had a great teal opener but no pics yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novaking Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Fun dove hunt last season. Had a great teal opener but no pics yet. In Illinois, we would get a ticket on having all are dove together like that. That is 2 separate bags, which means can't be together. Sucks right. Got to love IL. nice hunt. Novaking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoDucker Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Part of todays pile-o-doves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 Great pic! No Sunday hunting here, and at 98 degrees I wouldn't have gone anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 you live in a blast furnace Tucker! I think it got up to 70 this weekend here mostly overcast and rainy - was good for our early goose season hunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoDucker Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 you live in a blast furnace Tucker! I think it got up to 70 this weekend here mostly overcast and rainy - was good for our early goose season hunts. I want to go back home. 103 here yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 45 this morning at 6:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webfoot Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 In Illinois, we would get a ticket on having all are dove together like that. That is 2 separate bags, which means can't be together. Sucks right. Got to love IL. nice hunt. Novaking I here ya. You're probably right. During duck season I have a game carrier with all the necessary info on it. I would like to think they can see there are three limits of doves and three hunters, but that makes too much sense. The beer was strictly a post hunt celebration and in very short order. 103??? low 40's tonight.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webfoot Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Good shooting Webfoot. Our northerzone opens up the coming weekend, however we just finished up early goose and had our exterior zone opend this last weekend. We expect lots of wood duck this coming weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69beers Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 This is my pup's first hunting season. The goose needed some coaching, as I expected, but she retrieved the woodies like a champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkidaho Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Couple grouse from opening day: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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