Almost no other hunt in North America triggers such an extreme reaction as does the annual September dove hunt. No animal I have hunted, and I’ve hunted swans and cranes and bunny rabbits, has elicited such a violently emotional response as has the dove.
I went on my first dove hunt this year, in Ontario, and have already dealt with some of the rhetoric you wrote about. I was quite surprised by it, since no one had bothered questioning me about any of my other hunts (other than an attempt at bear hunting) in the last few years. It all makes a bit more sense (while remaining nonsensical) after reading this piece!
I am one of those feeder people, although when I at them for the first time at your place, I LOVED them! Still, inexplicably, no interest in hunting them. Maybe that’ll change.
True when talking about doves I always get an appalled reaction. People don’t realize that their neighborhood outdoor cats
are far more damaging to dove (and really
All their favorite feeder bird, populations) than hunting. One semi related quick question though; in what region do you classify PA if not the northeast? As dove hunting is legal here.. it’s always fun to see what people
I went on my first dove hunt this year, in Ontario, and have already dealt with some of the rhetoric you wrote about. I was quite surprised by it, since no one had bothered questioning me about any of my other hunts (other than an attempt at bear hunting) in the last few years. It all makes a bit more sense (while remaining nonsensical) after reading this piece!
I am one of those feeder people, although when I at them for the first time at your place, I LOVED them! Still, inexplicably, no interest in hunting them. Maybe that’ll change.
Great and interesting read. And definitely
True when talking about doves I always get an appalled reaction. People don’t realize that their neighborhood outdoor cats
are far more damaging to dove (and really
All their favorite feeder bird, populations) than hunting. One semi related quick question though; in what region do you classify PA if not the northeast? As dove hunting is legal here.. it’s always fun to see what people
Consider us… the Midwest, or the northeast..