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GA regulations make no mention, that I am aware of, concerning dove roosts. However, the legal shooting hours of 1/2 hour before sunrise, until sunset, effectively precludes shooting a roost. Having shot a dove roost once as a youngster, in the evening, I can testify to the fact that you will get no shooting at a dove roost before sunset. Doves go to roost here much later than that.
SRH
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Those are some great pics, Bob. Glad you had a good opener. Was that "90", next to the time on your auto dashboard, the temp? Surely not, at 4:29 a.m. !!  SRH The good news Stan is that there was only a 20 degree differential between the nightly low and the daily high. It is hot but great birds.
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Hope you east coasters are faring well. We spent the Dove opener in Yuma Arizona. Headed out Sunday morning early to Wellton, about 30 miles east of Yuma  Landscape is lunar looking to the east.    More earth like to the west, plowed field behind the vehicles was cotton.   Fast moving high fliers and ground huggers made for great shooting. Morning bag of 13, 45 shells. Good ol' Model 21 20 gauge.  Glad to see the mOdel 21 20 gauge made it through dove season bOb.
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Some of you have been kind enough to contact me and express your concern for our safety, and questions about whether or not the doves are leaving. Rest assured, as of now we are fine. We had a breezy afternoon and a beautiful sunset. No rain at all so far. This was from my back porch just awhile ago, looking over the cotton field behind my house.  We're going to be fine, I think. Remember Gil, Mills, and the others who live on the coast in your prayers, as will I. SRH
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I know that place, Stan. Beautiful.
Thumbs up.
JR
Last edited by John Roberts; 09/04/19 09:03 PM.
Be strong, be of good courage.
God bless America, long live the Republic.
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Dove Tacos:
filet breasts, cube meat. Fry onions in garlic salted butter add dove meat till brown (don't OVER COOK). Prepare taco shells, add cooked meat, sour cream and tomatoes enjoy with cold Pacifico Beer
*add cheese or salsa or??
** use quail, elk, swamp rat--its a Taco!
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67galaxie's new dove dog; I think he's pulling our leg:  ...Geo
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Scratching out limits here in unrelenting heat, 100'sF* continue unabated......Scarcity of Birds across a 3 county area here is the talk of the coffee shop/sporting goods stores.....
I think I have fewer birds than any opening week in over 30 years on this ranch....Had lots of birds in the early summer but nothing concentrated now. Conditions (feed fields) are perfect and abundant on this place but shooting is scarce. Outings have yielded limits every day since Sunday, but I have been fortunate to shoot pretty well on limited opportunities....
Hoping a cooling trend to the North will send needed migrants South....
Good luck to all, and best hopes that you Coastal residents come away from Dorian unscathed.
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Well, you know, Geo, they wiped out all the quail. Looks like doves are next. 
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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Well, we in the Ga. lowcountry dodged a bullet. After a week of watching Dorian dawdle and stalk the Ga. coast with the speed and cunning of a box turtle, we got lucky. Those poor souls in the Bahamas are in quite a bind. It's not as if supply and rescue trucks and personnel can drive 90 miles from Florida to begin the mending process. Here's hoping that Dorian pushes more easterly and avoids SC and NC. One opening weekend hunt has been canceled. The field owner's caterer couldn't get the supplies in because of the evacuation. He goes to great lengths and expense to make this quite an event. We might have something else up our sleeves for the weekend, however....
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