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For you folks in the states that don't have an open season on Mourning Doves. What is the status of the invasive Eurasian Collard Doves in your states?
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Basically none that I’ve heard of in the Garden State
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Same in Mass Dave - none that I've heard of.
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Ditto in New York to best of my knowledge.
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Dave, plenty of Eurasion here in AZ, just ask members Phil Carr and Chris Dawe. We lost this "honey hole" to city expansion a couple years ago. Now we hunt across the street, until today. Game & Fish informed us the city of Mesa incorporated the empty dairy and last piece of the county island we've been shooting on. Time to seek out our next honey hole. Plenty left, just need to drive alittle further. I told my buddy/member, Dale Medders, "time to start looking, as we packed up to go home". You don't realize what you have until it's gone.
Here's a pic of Phil and Chris after one of our morning shoots a couple years ago. Chris, AZ |
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How do they eat compared to mourning doves?
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Dean, the Eurasions are yummy! Dale is the chef. He'll cook a large batch, and we're eating them cold, the next morning with our coffee while we shoot! Alot more meat, it's a win win all around! I'll snack on them all day at work.
It may be awhile before I post pics. Need to find the next "honey hole", won't be long, promise! Chris, AZ |
I am totally clueless on this topic and will have to start googling I guess. NY has no dove season even though it has broad support, we have idiots up top.
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In Mass they're classified as a songbird.
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Andy, out here in AZ, we can shoot Eurasion dove 365 days year round! Use your Google app! It's a whole different world out here!
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Ok. I’ll wait for my invite out : )
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They moved into Missouri over the past decade and are regulated along with the native mourning dove. We can shoot them in season and must count them toward our 15 dove limit. I generally have a pair nesting in my yard, and we see them in the small town we live near. I've never encountered one afield as they seem to like hanging around dwellings. I guess I could shoot my "yard birds," but I'm not sure I need the food that badly. Right now, they are kind of a trophy bird with me, but the State deems them invasive.
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Odd that the state would regulate the removal of an invasive species….?
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[QUOTE=Dean Romig;342869]Odd that the state would regulate the removal of an invasive species….?
Just another example of misguided regulations by unelected bureaucrats.:banghead: |
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Whitewing dove are also regulated, and I've never seen one north of the Missouri River (or south for that matter), but they must be here according to our conservation dept. The regulation digest always includes pictures and "tips" for identification of the species. Below is the identification page minus the pictures. If you (or maybe Stan, the dove expert) might be interested, here's a link to the digest: https://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/fil...08/2021MBW.pdf I've often contended that going from state to state is like going to another planet. This may be an example.:rotf: Dove Identification Mourning dove ◾ Grayish-brown ◾ Faster wing beat, more erratic flight path than white-winged dove ◾ 12 inches from tip of beak to end of tail ◾ Call is a soft, inflected cooAHoo followed by several coos White-winged dove ◾ Grayish-brown ◾ Slightly larger than mourning dove ◾ Call is a soft hoohoo hoohoo with the final note descending Black spots Long, pointed tail White wing patch Long, moderately rounded tail Eurasian collared-dove ◾ Gray ◾ 13 inches from tip of beak to end of tail ◾ Call is a three-part coo with similar tone to a domestic pigeon Thin black band on neck with white upper border Long, squared tail Migratory Bird and Waterfowl Hunting Digest 2021–2022 9 Note: We will have our second Elk season in the last 100 years and will have a bear season this coming Fall. The bear are "invasive" as having entered the State through our southern border. No talk of building a wall yet.:whistle: |
It’s open season (ie, no season) on Eurasian doves year round in Georgia. And there’s no problem telling them apart from a mourning dove.
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I sure wish I could click on that “thumbs up” icon about a hundred times Daryl. . |
Illinois: There is no limit on Eurasian-collared doves and ringed turtle doves, but they may be taken only during established season dates and hours and using only legal methods for mourning doves.
Limits: Illinois allows a daily limit of 15 doves and a possession limit of 45 doves at any one time. Eurasian collared-doves and ringed turtle-doves (African collared dove) do not count toward your limit but may not be hunted after you have reached your limit of mourning doves. It is my understanding that the can be found in the areas of rural towns especially around grain elevators. Though invasive, they can only be hunted during the std. season as stated above.... BS |
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