Hunt dove from your back porch

[John]

I could limit out everyday in my yard; sometimes i swear the doves are mocking me. Come the 20th though...

[seamusTX]

One person held up a piece of shot that looked more like 00 Buck, not 7 1/2 or 8 bird shot.

If someone was shooting buckshot into the air within 300 yards or so of dwellings, he's an irresponsible idiot.

Buckshot also doesn't work too well for dove. If you happen to hit one, it would probably explode.

You can't find #8 or 9 shot in grass or sand. I've tried. It's just too small.

There's always the possibility that the guy was prevaricating.

- Jim

[Stupid]

Just shoot them with paintballs.

[seamusTX]

Have you ever shot at small, fast-moving targets? It ain't easy even with a 12-gauge.

- Jim

[Greybeard]

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From what I understand (this is from a Lewisville SWAT member) it is legal to shoot BB/pellet guns on your OWN property as long as the projectiles do not leave the property. Hence, dove season just opened up at my mothers house.

BB and pellet guns aren't firearms, so they have different rules.
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Yep, some cities around here (including Flower Mound last time I checked) have ordinances that do allow air guns (and arrows) so long as the projectile remains on one's own property.

But ... (hunter ed. instructor hat on now ) Texas' Outdoor Annual says "game animals" can not be taken with an air gun. And, in reading a litlle more of the fine print, the Feds sez that migratory birds can only be taken with a shotgun ... Dove definitely a game bird and migratroy, so probably a pretty nasty experience if caught sniping dove with the Red Rider - or even one of the hyper-velocity pellet guns. Along that line, some folks might need to be informed that squirrels (a.k.a. to some of us as "tree rats") are also a "game animal".

[Liberty]

Quotes:

From what I understand (this is from a Lewisville SWAT member) it is legal to shoot BB/pellet guns on your OWN property as long as the projectiles do not leave the property. Hence, dove season just opened up at my mothers house.

BB and pellet guns aren't firearms, so they have different rules.
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Yep, some cities around here (including Flower Mound last time I checked) have ordinances that do allow air guns (and arrows) so long as the projectile remains on one's own property.

But ... (hunter ed. instructor hat on now ) Texas' Outdoor Annual says "game animals" can not be taken with an air gun. And, in reading a litlle more of the fine print, the Feds sez that migratory birds can only be taken with a shotgun ... Dove definitely a game bird and migratroy, so probably a pretty nasty experience if caught sniping dove with the Red Rider - or even one of the hyper-velocity pellet guns. Along that line, some folks might need to be informed that squirrels (a.k.a. to some ovof us as "tree rats") are also a "game animal".

I gave up hunting a long time ago, but it surprises me that Doves are concidered Govt migratory birds. I always thought that was just ducks and geese. The Doves around here seem to be around all year long.

[KBCraig]

I gave up hunting a long time ago, but it surprises me that Doves are concidered Govt migratory birds. I always thought that was just ducks and geese. The Doves around here seem to be around all year long.

An aquaintance in Louisiana told me about the time he and a friend were shooting clay pigeons on the friend's land. They'd been at it for a good hour and were almost done, when a couple of barn swallows flitted by. The friend popped them both, not thinking anything about it.

A USF&GS warden was parked on a nearby hill, watching them with binoculars. When he saw the birds get shot, he swooped in and made the arrest for taking "migratory non-game species". For a pair of barn swallows!

It cost him $5,000 per bird in federal court, plus his shotgun.