Dove Dangers
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Check out these statistics:
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/huntered/stats/2006.pdf
In 2006, there were 18 reported hunting accidents in California. Seven of them was during dove hunting. In fact, it is the species with the most accidents. Does it make sense to anyone?
Yes it sure makes a lot sense here in Missouri. I can remember when dove hunting meant you had to go scout a place to find the birds and then get permission to hunt, that's not the case around here anymore.
The Missouri Conservation Department ( all in the name of making a buck) has started the practice of planting and culivating killing fields to draw in the birds and the hunters. There's no hunting to it, park your vechicle along the side of the road, grab your gun & shells, plop your butt down on a five gallon buckett in the killing fields and commence to killing the birds as they come in to feed.
I've seen vechicles parked bumper to bumper over a half mile in length on both sides of the road and all the idiots in these vechicles were going in to a killing field no larger then 8 acres.
What really burns my butt is the fact that the Missouri Conservation Department has laws against baiting wildlife but they turn around and do that exact thing when planting and culivating the killing fields.
Before anyone takes this out of context I have nothing against hunting,I'm all for hunting, I still hunt, but I will not take part in the killing fields.
It's a practice that should be stopped before someone gets seriously hurt.
Regards
Bob Hunter
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