dove hunting with a bow???
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From: texaswood
29-Aug-10
I am going to try this has anyone tried this and actually hit one? Be honest
From: Cowdoc
30-Aug-10
I've done this many times. Never hit one yet but did make a couple juke and dodge. I figure I didn't do any worse than I do with a shotgun.
From: ToddT
30-Aug-10
Seeing that my average is about 2 maybe 3 per box of shotgun shells,,,, I really wouldn't want to go there. But then, like Cowdoc said, I probably couldn't do much worse.
From: coop351
30-Aug-10
all i can say is good luck
From: arctichill
31-Aug-10
I have done it successfully, but the dove was drinking at a dirt tank (65 yards away though). In the air....good luck.
I saw that crazy guy on Arrow Affliction trying to do it. I can't recall whether or not he ever connected??
From: royboy
31-Aug-10
I have shot pheasant but good luck on doves.I did see video of some guys shooting quail in the air but doves move differently.
From: Cowboy in Colorado
31-Aug-10
Todd - don't feel bad - the national average is 3 per box of shells!
I know I couldn't hit a dove with my bow, unless it was sitting on a fence...
From: wolfriver hunter
31-Aug-10
I know I would lose all my arrows before I even came close to hitting one in the air. But it would be fun to sling a few and see what happens.
From: J.E. Travis
31-Aug-10
Well, the money you save on shells will by a couple of buckets of KFC... assuming you find all your arrows.
From: Norseman
31-Aug-10
Cancelled due to game violations?
you care to expand on that? just curious.
From: pumatagger
31-Aug-10
I connected on my first arrow at a dove...46 years ago. I took the bird about 3 feet off the ground as it was landing. Twenty years later as I was practicing for a bighorn hunt I took one at my office to make a point to a coworker who thought bows were too inaccurate to hunt "trophy" big game. That dove was sitting on a branch and my judo point cut both wings off. I have taken several other doves < 10 over the years...all but the first on the ground or perched.
From: LCH
31-Aug-10
I kill a limit of doves with my bow every year just for the challenge and to get ready for big game. They are all on the ground not in the air. Larry
From: dm/wolfskin
31-Aug-10
From: hunting addict
31-Aug-10
have fun...
