[Rhodes22-list] Morning Doves

Thu Sep 16 22:58:47 EDT 2004

Hey Bill,

I forgive you, hell even W can't tell the difference.

"On a dove hunt, Bush mistakenly shot a killdeer.
Recognizing he bagged the wrong bird, Bush admitted
his mistake to the game warden and announced his
desire to pay the fine."

Photo attached.

Brad Haslett
"CoraShen"

--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> Grayson,
> 
> Around here we call them "morning doves" "pigeons"
> and "squab".  Maybe you are talking about some
> different kind of bird.  I said nothing about being
> a nimrod, and took no stand on the hunting issue. 
> Your verbal firearm seems to have a hair trigger. 
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Grayson/Ena Lynn 
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Morning Doves
> 
> 
> Well couldn't you just guess that our little
> resident band of wind-driven nimrods knows nothing
> about the beautiful mourning dove except how to kill
> it.  Can't even get the name right.
> 
> The mourning dove (NOT  "morning", please) is one of
> only four known species of the genus Zenaida. 
> Another is the white-winged dove of the southwest. 
> A third, the Zenaida dove, has been pretty much
> driven out of its Florida habitat, but may
> occasionally be found on various Caribbean islands. 
> The fourth species, the Socorro dove (Zenaida
> graysoni, as it happens), has been driven to
> extinction by humans within the past 30 years.  All
> are gone.  Can't kill any more.  Oh darn.
> 
> Mourning doves are plentiful and quite tame;  with
> the right food and a little patience you can shoot
> them right out of the bird feeder at mealtimes.
> 
> The common domestic pigeon, or Rock dove, is an
> entirely different bird, of the genus Columba.  I'll
> leave it to you and Google to sort out the rest.
> 
> <G>
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:45 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Morning Doves
> 
> 
> Slim,
> 
> Here on the streets of New York we call them
> "Pigeons".
> 
> In the fancy restaurants we call them "Squab".
> 
> A few years ago, one of the largest purveyors of
> "Wild Squab" was discovered under the Manhattan
> Bridge netting pigeons by the hundreds.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Steve Alm 
> To: Rhodes 
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:33 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Hunting, was Forecast for
> Thursday
> 
> 
> Steve and Brad  (and welcome back, Brad!)
> 
> Here in Minnesota, they've just instated a season on
> morning doves. [Gasp!]
> You can't believe the flap this little bird is
> causing--pun intended.  It's
> come down to a fierce argument over whether it is
> technically a song bird or
> not.  These bleeding heart Minnesotans are too much!
>  And of course they
> think the hunters are shooting them with...what
> else?  Assault rifles!  8-)
> 
> If huntin' is a redneck thing then Shit-damn, y'all!
>  Where's that no-good
> hound o' mine?  If God didn't want us to eat
> critters, He wouldn't have made
> 'em out of meat.  Morning doves...yuummmmm!  Tastes
> like chicken!
> 
> Good luck this season, Steve
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 9/15/04 10:07 PM, "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > :-)good one, Brad
> > I like a good hunting story.  We lease 3100 arce,
> > about an hour south of Litle Rock.  I enjoy the
> > camping also.  We keep the club capped at 35
> member (
> > I think we are currently around 31), so there is
> never
> > over crouding or to many hunters.  I enjoy the
> peace &
> > quite.  
> > Steve
> > 
> > --- brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Steve,
> >> 
> >> When I had my farm outside of Nashville,
> (Tennessee
> >> is
> >> a written permission state) I always had lots of
> >> friends during deer season since I don't hunt. 
> They
> >> were more that welcome to come take a shot at the
> >> "rats with antlers".  My neighbor had a much
> simpler
> >> system that yours.  He would get up before
> sunrise,
> >> put on a pot of coffee, and read in his
> underwear.
> >> When the deer would show up to nibble on his
> fruit
> >> trees he'd take the biggest one by shooting out
> the
> >> kitchen window.  This also served as a wake-up
> call
> >> for his wife to help him load it for the check-in
> >> station.  He got the largest buck two years
> running.
> >> 
> >> Brad Haslett
> >> "CoraShen"
> >> 
> >> --- Steve <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Well then, you are going to love this.  I also
> >> have
> >>> automatic corn feeders that go off at dawn and 1
> >>> hour
> >>> before dark.  They have photocells on them so
> the
> >>> time
> >>> is automaticly adjusted.  Much more advanced
> than
> >>> the
> >>> old timer method:-)
> >>> 
> >>> Also, I brought me a cell phone with a zoom
> camera
> >>> in
> >>> it.  That way, I can take the buck picture;
> before
> >> I
> >>> kill it:-)
> >>> Steve
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> --- Grayson/Ena Lynn <agl2001 at earthlink.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Now let's see if I understand this:
> >>>> 
> >>>> You actually go out and deliberately plant bait
> >> to
> >>>> bring the deer closer so
> >>>> that you can shoot them more conveniently from
> >>>> ambush at your several
> >>>> blinds?  And you call that hunting?
> >>>> 
> >>>> What idiot ever sold you a boat?
> >>>> 
> >>>> <G>
> >>>> 
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> >>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> >>>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:42 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Forecast for
> >> Thursday
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Rummy
> >>>>> I wish we would get some rain.  I planted a
> >> food
> >>>> plot
> >>>>> for deer hunting 4 weeks ago.  Not one good
> >> rain
> >>>> storm
> >>>>> to make the plants grow.  Two week ago, I went
> >>>> down
> 
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