dove season
 

dove season start sept.1st here in illinois, anybody shoot birds(pheasent,grouse,dove would be almost impossible. im guessing tho!) with there bow on this forum.

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I'm planning on hunting pheasant/grouse this year. Should be fun at least. I've shot at flying birds before, came pretty close. If you are a good shot you could very well be able to hit one.

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i seen a tv show on TNN years ago where a guy was pheasent hunting with traditional equipment he never hit one but they only showed him taking maybee 8 shots. He did come very close tho and this guy was a good shot.

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I've hunted doves with bow-n-arrer. Snaro point and fluflus. Forget pass shooting. They can dodge a cloud of shotgun pellets, so it's not even a challenge for them to dodge an arrow. Instead, I watch where they land and then stalk up on 'em. If you've got some cover, it's no big trick to get within 10-15 yards before they notice you and take off. They're not too fast rising up off the ground and they give you a pretty fair chance at busting them.

I've also taken quail with the same arrow setup, but they're a bit of a challenge.;)

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My brother and I threw discs in the air for years to practice shooting birds. We hunted phesant once with bows and never got one. We only saw one bird and I sent an arrow way over it. I gave up on birds, it made me really respect Bear, Hill, and Pearson. The only moving thing I have shot with my bows are rabbits.

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I took a hen and rooster spruce grouse in Canada a few years ago (there on a moose hunt). Both were shot with my longbow, but both were sitting in a tree when I shot. I've shot lots of aerial targets, but haven't tried a flying bird yet. Hope to find a spot to try for pheasants eventually (no pheasants in MS). I got one bird with a hard rubber blunt, the other with an Ace Hex-Head blunt. The Ace head is the best blunt I've ever used, including judo's.

Chad

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I'm fixin to make one of these someday for arial practice.

http://www.cdi3d.com/bow/jugshooter.mpg

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Thats pretty cool. My brother and i use to simply glue a few pieces of cardboard together to get it thick enough to throw easy. Cut it in the shape of a disk and took turns throwing it for each other.

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I've shot at several grouse with a compound before... I had one, sitting still, jump strait in the air as the arrow aproached.I missed, but it was hallarious!!!!

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Here is a short video of some guys in france shooting pheasant with a bow: http://www.huntingfootage.com/showphoto.php?photo=1825&cat=537

Pretty impressive, maybe one of these days I will get to that point, for now I am more concerned at hitting a 20" let alone a bird flying!!!!;)

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nice find millertime:D

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i would like to try shooting pheasent with me bow. but pheasent is too hard too come by in my area, due to farmers not letting people hunt the good stuff anymore. So ill stick with the sure thing and use my ruger red label.

also went dove hunting yesterday the birds were flying high and fast. it was a really tuff day but rewarding however. first year using decoys also. they seem too work well. we had twice as many birds as the guys 400 yards away. somtimes they would actually fly in and land amongst them.