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John Harper
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Yuma Dove Hunting 2018
Did pretty well this morning, cracked a cold St. Pauli Girl by 7AM. 15 doves in 36 shots, found a great location yesterday afternoon. You can see 14
unfired shells from the second box. Not too bad. Limits on day one and two as well, but I gave one limit to my friend's wife, who wasn't as lucky.
John
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David K
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Nice, we don't see any Baja hunting posts in this forum, so Yuma is pretty darn close! Thanks. Hunting used to be a big draw to areas like Rio Hardy
and San Quintin when it wasn't a big hassle to bring rifles and shotguns down.
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mtgoat666
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Can’t understand dove hunting. Bird of peace. So many on my property, and behaving pleasantly, peacefully. Tiny little birds, hardly worth effort
to pluck, cook n eat. And its not even a “fair” sport, like shooting ducks
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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chuckie
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Thanks for your input! Goatley
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Ken Cooke
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I don't understand sport hunting, either. But, some people love it.
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Skipjack Joe
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I think you have to be raised to like it. They stop being living things and are just targets. You get used to it.
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Cliffy
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Many live on the food provided year round. Birds, pigs, deer, elk, bear.
In Africa, one elephant can feed an entire village for weeks (and it does). Same with a large giraffe, 2000 to 3000 lbs of meat for an entire village.
NOTHING goes to waste in Africa when properly done.
I love deer, right next to my peas and carrots.
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chuckie
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We have lots of Doves this year! I like to shoot them but not to clean them or eat them or eat them...SO Don't...We are kinda short of elephants
tho...
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John Harper
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I first went at 4 years old, have not missed an opening day. I'm 60. So, yes, dove hunting was part of my entire life. I also realize fewer and
fewer of us are hunters anymore. SAD. Of course, you can all play hunting video games on your phones, I guess that's the same?
I pick up every empty shell I see, have been doing so for over 30 years, well before it became PC. I am a steward of the lands I hunt, and take care
to preserve them. Not sure why it's not "fair" since the wild birds fly over and you have to have the skills to hit them, same as duck hunting.
Duck decoys are fair? Interesting, but we don't use decoys, blinds, or tree stands. Just crouch behind a creosote bush in the desert. Not sure why
that's not "fair" in some folks opinion, but it is what it is.
Oh, and dove is delicious. You need about 5 per good meal. BBQ, smoked, or in the crock pot, they are tasty. Of course, your palate needs to
realize that wild game tastes different than commercial meats. I'm sure glad they don't have to kill any animals to get you all your fried chicken
and hamburgers. At least I hunt my own meat in this case.
Thanks, DK, I was hoping Yuma might pass muster as "north Northern Baja" or at least "Old Mexico."
John
[Edited on 9-4-2018 by John Harper]
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bajaguy
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Same goes with sport fishing, or driving around tearing up the desert, but some people love it
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chuckie
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Or Pro Football.....boring
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David K
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Baja Angel was a hunter before we met. She used to do the Dove Opener in El Centro with her ex and her three kids. It was quite a big deal from the
sound of it. She can live off the land and gut and turn inside-out a dove in seconds by the stories I have heard.
About the closest I have come to that is ordering quail for dinner at the former El Presidente Hotel in Cataviña. The manager had just shot them! Of
course, I killed plenty of fish in my time growing up in Baja camps... All food doesn't come from Ralphs or Costco, you know!
I think everyone should watch a Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild TV show, at least once! 
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blackwolfmt
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Yeah DK The Nuge Rocks some got the spirit of the wild some Dont How about some dove jalapeno poppers
So understand dont waste your time always searching for those wasted years
face up and make your stand and realize that your living in the golden years
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bajabuddha
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.... if we could just get Da Nuge and BLOATUS to go dove hunting with Dick Cheney....
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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AKgringo
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I hunted doves a few times when I was younger, but didn't care to eat them, so I quit shooting at them. They were a tough target, much more
challenging than clay pigeons, and I missed a lot!
The one thing that was nice about a successful dove hunt, is that by the time I used up my ammo, consumed my water and snacks, my pack was always
lighter on the walk back to my car.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Ken Cooke
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I'm piloting a Jeep,not joy-riding someones quad on the dunes - completely different activities. The objective is reaching a planned destination, not
doing figure-8's for 3 or 4 hours while inebriated on cheap beer waving a Confederate flag.
[Edited on 9-4-2018 by Ken Cooke]
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J.P.
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I'm piloting a Jeep,not joy-riding someones quad on the dunes - completely different activities. The objective is reaching a planned destination, not
doing figure-8's for 3 or 4 hours while inebriated on cheap beer waving a Confederate flag.
[Edited on 9-4-2018 by Ken Cooke] |
AS a long time JEEP owner I enjoy JEEPS it makes no sense to me to MODIFY a perfectly engineered JEEP to the point it is no longer ROAD WORTHY
especially one that was bought on CREDIT
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BajaRun
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Hunted on Fort Mohave Indian Reservation this year up near the AVI Casino. Was a good hunt. I will give 75% of my birds to people that want them and I
will eat the rest. I BBQ them and they are worth the effort.
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J.P.
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QUAIL
| Quote: Originally posted by BajaRun | | Hunted on Fort Mohave Indian Reservation this year up near the AVI Casino. Was a good hunt. I will give 75% of my birds to people that want them and I
will eat the rest. I BBQ them and they are worth the effort. |
Nothing better than Quail Brest,Bisquet's and Gravy for breakfast
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chuckie
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I make those poppers from chicken breast chunks easier cleaner cheaper..whatever you use ends up tasting like bacon & jalapenos
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