Opening Weekend Dove Season

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Can you provide some info on where your assertion that hunting to maintain wildlife populations is limited and , I guess, small scale? I'm not trying to start anymore shit with you.....I'd be interested in seeing some statistics.

I still don't get what you have against hunting. I understand your points you made...but now your talking about justification and "actions" or hunters and hunting.

Do you not eat meat? ARe you a member of PETA or something?

I'd just like to know what you have against it and why you obviously think hunting is wrong.

The statistic I have seen is that whitetailed deer represent 2% of hunted animals and are the only really overpopulated animals out there. Either way, you yourself are discussing shooting doves which are not overpopulated correct? So what I am trying to get at is that you hunt for sport. The fact that you get to eat the animal after is icing on the cake. And the fact that hunting may be used for animal control wasn't even an issue in the case of these doves.

Listen you asked why I was against it and I explained it. I don't tell people not to eat meat or not to hunt for food, but I don't agree with hunting for sport and I explained why to you. It is you who keeps trying to justify himself by insulting everyone else that doesn't agree with you.

-Rudey

[macallan25]

They only person I somewhat insulted was you.....and I don't think I took it as far as you have in this thread. If you want to call me a rednec/Cleetus/etc. etc. etc. ....thats fine, I really don't care....but don't make me responding back to you in a negative way an isssue.

As I said before....I made the thread to ask if anyone went dove hunting over opening day weekend......I guess noone on this board hunts for some reason or another...but the thread turned into more than just shooting dove.

I honestly can't tell you if Dove are overpopulated or not in North America.....its hard to say becasue they are migratory. Last year we didn't really see any on our first hunt....this year we saw thousands. I've gone to Argentina for Dove hunts and you can shoot 1500 shells per day. On average there are around 30,000,000 Dove per year in the area that we hunted....there are so many there isn't even a season for it. So i'm really not sure what would constitute an area being "overpopulated" with dove.