Eurasion connection

Yum! You have dinner almost ready.

Nice!!!

Well done! My son (10 year old) got a pair at the dairy today as well. It’s starting to be breeding season and they are very distracted! He added a pigeon to the talley too. I enjoy winter but can’t wait for spring!

Element, do you live in New England? If so I’m disappointed to know they are there now, but quite pleased to see you give them the welcome they deserve!

Thanks Element, I feel pretty foolish NE would be Nebraska not New England, ha ha. Nonetheless, I’m glad you’re taking them out. 

Hate these and the fact they have pushed the native doves out. Haven't seen any native in my area now for at least 4 years. I'm glad there are people going after them, great to see. They are VERY wary in this area so have been very tough to get a shot on.

Question, are you eating these doves?

They're so tame and thick around here even my fat little 13 year old dog catches one now and then. Nothing cooler than watching a Merlin snatch one trying to pick up chicken scratch the hens kick out. I'm not much for eating them so I leave them alone. But it the SHTF it would be a while before I went hungry.

Going to give it a try, was told they are fine eating? Very cautious birds in this area as well, feel fortunate when i connect!

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We wrap ours in bacon and then smoke them on a pellet smoker and they come out awesome. They are well fed around here and with all the corn they steal, they are nice and tender. I like to wrap a slice of pineapple with it to keep it moist. Jase Robertson from Duck Commander called mourning doves the “fillet mignon” of the sky. Eurasions are not quite that good but still tasty nonetheless. Take it to ‘em!

Bacon wrap! Nice I gotta try that when I connect my pellet with one of these.

Nice Element! Sure are a pretty bird.

Can anyone tell me the story with these Asian doves. I live in SD and they are in town ALL winter making their weird noise. The mourning doves migrate in winter but these things just hang around and live in the evergreen trees next door. I know you need a federal stamp as well as a state stamp to hunt mourning doves but what about these trespassers? Are they considered an invasive species? Seem to be bigger in size than migrating doves too. I watch falcons and hawks take these once in a while too. They do not seem to be very smart. Must be a flock of 10 to 15 in the tree next door. I don’t think I can shoot them in town although it would be very easy. They need to be eradicated IMO. I do not see many migrating doves here anymore.