Yeah totally. That’s why I was looking up juvenile collared doves. We have a lot of both mourning and collared doves near my house and there’s lots of fledglings about. Either way it was a bad call on my part but I wanted to post because the sound was just sooo good haha.Adult Collared is a fair bit larger bird than an Adult Mourning .... Think smaller Pigeon size
Thank you for that! I usually use the calls as my first identifier. The mourning dove call is very different. Then in my eagerness to shoot I thought that shadow on its neck was the ring. Definitely the wrong choice but we live and we learn. There’s so many viable species to target near me that I try really hard to make sure I’m shooting the right ones.
Thank you bro that’s very kind of you to say…. I have to say when it comes to airgun stuff it feels easy because my experience has been so incredibly positive, in theeee forums as well. It’s a big part of why this hobby has completely taken over 2025 for me. No regrets haha!
. Really?!? That’s really interesting because they are actually federally listed as an invasive species. Here out west most of the rules for shooting them are actually just the rules for shooting in town. Other than that it’s no bag limits and open season year round. In Utah you can even bait a lot of the non-game species so coyotes, doves, red fox, raccoons and striped skunks. It gets a little trickier with trapping, some things require a furbearers license.Well , anyway , it was a nice shot! We have collared doves listed in a Pa bird book . I've never seen any. They are listed as game birds here so no pellet(or slug) poppin' on them
. Collect them as there GREAT eating !!!Really?!? That’s really interesting because they are actually federally listed as an invasive species. Here out west most of the rules for shooting them are actually just the rules for shooting in town. Other than that it’s no bag limits and open season year round. In Utah you can even bait a lot of the non-game species so coyotes, doves, red fox, raccoons and striped skunks. It gets a little trickier with trapping, some things require a furbearers license.
But yeah the local laws were a big part of me taking this hobby up. I wanted another excuse to be outside and something I could do all year round.
The main problem with doves is I usually see them in town in places I can’t be busting out a 10ft long Barra 250z lol. Nor do I really want to shoot 65fpe in town haha… I’m genuinely considering getting a notos and going straight gangbanger on these birds. Cruising around quiet neighborhoods at dawn and dusk and popping ‘em
100% true! I took my buddy out one Friday. He has his 17hmr and I had my barra. When he heard my slug hitting he was like “OMG!!” the very next Monday he dropped $1500 on a haji-tuned gauntlet
