Dove hunting

[Gun Nut]

Are you crazy or something?... What a weird rant. Tell us what's on your mind elsewhere.

It's pretty obvious what is on my mind, when I'm out hunting upland game birds, and the dove is an upland game bird, i see no reason for being saddle with an obligation to use non-toxic shoot, when i'm carrying lead shot for other upland game birds, including the woodcock which is migratory game bird like the dove. The argument that there is to much lead in Ontario's environment, that we need to limit its use when it comes to shooting doves, makes about as much scene as having a screen hatch-cover on a submarine. This is the Canadian Wildlife Service, it should impose the same condition equally across the nation. It is not clear why British Columbia should be treated any different than Ontario, by a federal/national service. None the less they get to use lead shot on doves. What is good for one provinces should be good for all.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
-Gun Nut

[Waftrudnir]

once upon a time, the people who made the rules regulating hunting were either hunters or at the very least honestly consulted the hunting community.
for sure that's not the case now! and the more you look at some of our rules, the more you will ask yourself if we even missed that magic time in Ontario all together.

[skeeter1]

It's pretty obvious what is on my mind, when I'm out hunting upland game birds, and the dove is an upland game bird, i see no reason for being saddle with an obligation to use non-toxic shoot, when i'm carrying lead shot for other upland game birds, including the woodcock which is migratory game bird like the dove. The argument that there is to much lead in Ontario's environment, that we need to limit its use when it comes to shooting doves, makes about as much scene as having a screen hatch-cover on a submarine. This is the Canadian Wildlife Service, it should impose the same condition equally across the nation. It is not clear why British Columbia should be treated any different than Ontario, by a federal/national service. None the less they get to use lead shot on doves. What is good for one provinces should be good for all.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
-Gun Nut

So rather than constantly complaining because that is very easy to do. Instead become part of the solution you so badly speak of, start a petition to the CWS, write some proposals and spend your time and energy in a much more constructive way? You seem to continually post somewhat negative comments which seem pointless and counterproductive to me. Why not get involved in making change? If you already are then my apologies

[swampsinger]

Anyone going to be targeting doves on the opener? I have yet to hunt them. Think it would be a great time for the dog. Anyone going out in the Quinte area?

I don't believe you could efficiently "target" them in my area. I log a lot of miles at work in the area bordered by Hwy 29 to the 416 and the 401 to the 417. I only ever see them in ones twos and threes on the gravel shoulder or on the roadside hydro line, never seen a flock. In this area I believe they will only be an incidental harvest.

[Cass]

I don't believe you could efficiently "target" them in my area. I log a lot of miles at work in the area bordered by Hwy 29 to the 416 and the 401 to the 417. I only ever see them in ones twos and threes on the gravel shoulder or on the roadside hydro line, never seen a flock. In this area I believe they will only be an incidental harvest.

This is how I feel. They're all city dwellers or pairs on hydro lines.

[Big Gunner]

This is how I feel. They're all city dwellers or pairs on hydro lines.

Lol its funny they only become city dwellers once the season opens. They were pretty common around the farm the days leading up to the opener. Then on sat I loaded gun and dog and went for a 2 hour search and didn't see on. Not 1 flyer nothing. But on the way home they taunted
Me along hydro lines and sitting on the roof of my house. They know. They just know.

[Big Gunner]

This is how I feel. They're all city dwellers or pairs on hydro lines.

Lol its funny they only become city dwellers once the season opens. They were pretty common around the farm the days leading up to the opener. Then on sat I loaded gun and dog and went for a 2 hour search and didn't see one. Not 1 flyer nothing. But on the way home they taunted
Me along hydro lines and sitting on the roof of my house. They know. They just know.

[Sinker]

It's pretty obvious what is on my mind, when I'm out hunting upland game birds, and the dove is an upland game bird, i see no reason for being saddle with an obligation to use non-toxic shoot, when i'm carrying lead shot for other upland game birds, including the woodcock which is migratory game bird like the dove. The argument that there is to much lead in Ontario's environment, that we need to limit its use when it comes to shooting doves, makes about as much scene as having a screen hatch-cover on a submarine. This is the Canadian Wildlife Service, it should impose the same condition equally across the nation. It is not clear why British Columbia should be treated any different than Ontario, by a federal/national service. None the less they get to use lead shot on doves. What is good for one provinces should be good for all.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
-Gun Nut

The simple solution is to shoot non-toxic shot for everything. Problem solved.

S.

[Bluebulldog]

The simple solution is to shoot non-toxic shot for everything. Problem solved.

S.

You sir....are an agitator....

[duckduckgoose]

The simple solution is to shoot non-toxic shot for everything. Problem solved.

S.

I do this. Have for years now. In my mind I think it's really helped for me to eliminate switching between the different speeds of lead vs. high-speed steel shot.