Dove Hunting this Year.

[Doco Overboard]

I always evening dove hunted too. Well if anyone with a hayfield in western Howard wants a shooter I know a guy

My spots in MoCo and Upper Marlboro still have crops.

Shooting starts at 12 in the early season.

 

[StantonCree]

Shooting starts at 12 in the early season.

Hmmm well someone’s gettin it in early and I’m not mad at them lol.

I forgot about that but you’re right. I always ran to my spots after work so kinda didn’t pay attention to that.

 

[Doco Overboard]

Maybe they're just getting some warm up in before the big show.

 

[Engine4]

One was sitting on my deck railing early this morning, taunting me.

 

[John from MD]

The guys at my club went out yesterday and said the birds weren't flying. They have some good dogs but were only able to shoot 3 and 4 birds.

 

[Doco Overboard]

Evidently up there to Henderson there was a shit show at one of Schraders places.
Anybody go up there today?

 

[fabsroman]

A solution looking for a problem.
That costs more than a two boxes of shells these days.
Initially it was used as a participatory harvest survey for improved management that turned into a mandatory measure.

Correct, it was initially a participation thing. Then, it turned into a mandatory thing and you needed to have a free stamp on your license to show that you participated in the survey. Cost a buddy of mine $255 because the guy at Walmart forgot to give him the free stamp to show that he took the survey. Now, Harvest Information Program ("HIP") is part of the online process to get the Maryland Migratory Bird Stamp cannot hunt doves in Maryland without the migratory bird stamp. Maryland finally figured out that it can get more money from hunters a la the federal waterfowl stamp, but whoever dreamed it up was really smart and made it migratory birds instead of just waterfowl so that all dove hunters would have to pay for it too.

My dad went on opening day. Shot at two birds, knocked one down, and could not find it in the soybeans. I'm going to try to get out there with him one Friday afternoon when the kids do not have soccer practice. My buddy invited me, my dad, and my kids to hunt on 200 acres of sunflowers at his place any Saturday this month after opening Saturday, but there are Saturday soccer games as far as the eyes can see.

The sacrifices we make for our children. lol

 

[fabsroman]

Yeah! I’m hearing folks shooting this morning on their farms in western HoCo. Most of the fields still have something in them but the hay fields! If rock digging was fruitful she would be a useful dog lol.

Post up some pics how did you all do?

Cannot dove hunt in the morning for the first segment of the dove season. September 1 to middle of October sometime.

Maybe you were hearing people hunting resident geese. Haven't even seen many resident geese in the air around here though. A couple groups here and there in Mount Airy, but not much.

 

[Archeryrob]

We have had that problem goose hunting before. Guys hear us shooting and call the wardens and they check us and tell us they were told we were dove hunting. I can tell the difference. Dove hunting is one guy shooting 1 to 3 times. Goose hunting is 3 to 5 guys unloading all guns at ones. Sounds quite a bit different.

 

[platoonDaddy]

DON’T FORGET YOUR HIP NUMBERS!

sorry for the late PSA! Just got mine! Buried on the web site! But found eventually

good luck folks

I took the survery using the online Compass portal. My printed licenses has Migratory Game Bird & HIP along with the L#. Is that the HIP #?

 

[Doco Overboard]

Correct, it was initially a participation thing. Then, it turned into a mandatory thing and you needed to have a free stamp on your license to show that you participated in the survey. Cost a buddy of mine $255 because the guy at Walmart forgot to give him the free stamp to show that he took the survey. Now, Harvest Information Program ("HIP") is part of the online process to get the Maryland Migratory Bird Stamp cannot hunt doves in Maryland without the migratory bird stamp. Maryland finally figured out that it can get more money from hunters a la the federal waterfowl stamp, but whoever dreamed it up was really smart and made it migratory birds instead of just waterfowl so that all dove hunters would have to pay for it too.

My dad went on opening day. Shot at two birds, knocked one down, and could not find it in the soybeans. I'm going to try to get out there with him one Friday afternoon when the kids do not have soccer practice. My buddy invited me, my dad, and my kids to hunt on 200 acres of sunflowers at his place any Saturday this month after opening Saturday, but there are Saturday soccer games as far as the eyes can see.

The sacrifices we make for our children. lol

255$ Holy cow! They should have gave him a warning if you ask me.
Make sure to check your license thats for damn sure.
I dont know what it would be from a federal agent. Theirs a few around here that are absolutely rapid.
But, I know their is a lot of common violations surrounding, not having stamps, plugs, wrong ammo unsigned etc.
Plenty of things they can get you for if they really wanted to.
Hell around here, (Dorchester)they'll just Erpo you for goodness sakes. The criminalistic commissioners will sign anything it appears to me.

 

[StantonCree]

Well I’ll be out there today. Hopefully I get a few to bacon wrap on the smoker.

 

[platoonDaddy]

Evidently up there to Henderson there was a shit show at one of Schraders places.
Anybody go up there today?

What was the chaos or controversy at Schraders?

 

[fabsroman]

We have had that problem goose hunting before. Guys hear us shooting and call the wardens and they check us and tell us they were told we were dove hunting. I can tell the difference. Dove hunting is one guy shooting 1 to 3 times. Goose hunting is 3 to 5 guys unloading all guns at ones. Sounds quite a bit different.

You and I know what the difference between goose hunting and dove hunting sounds like. To a non-hunter moved to the country from the city, they don't have a clue. They report gun shots to 911 and then.......... Sometimes it is the police department checking us out, sometimes it is DNR checking us out.

 

[fabsroman]

255$ Holy cow! They should have gave him a warning if you ask me.
Make sure to check your license thats for damn sure.
I dont know what it would be from a federal agent. Theirs a few around here that are absolutely rapid.
But, I know their is a lot of common violations surrounding, not having stamps, plugs, wrong ammo unsigned etc.
Plenty of things they can get you for if they really wanted to.
Hell around here, (Dorchester)they'll just Erpo you for goodness sakes. The criminalistic commissioners will sign anything it appears to me.

That is what I have been saying since law school. There are so many hunting and fishing regs that game wardens can probably find something each and every time they checked.

 

[StantonCree]

That is what I have been saying since law school. There are so many hunting and fishing regs that game wardens can probably find something each and every time they checked.

I always just leave the plug in lol. It never comes out. You’re not wrong though. There’s always a DNR reg that’s unknowingly being broken.

 

[Archeryrob]

I leave the plug in also. I forgot one time and noticed on the first day of duck season I never put it back in. Never removed it again because of the possible fine potential. Plus the 4 or 5th shot goose hunting is usually marginal and wasted a lot of time and just wasting ammo most times.

 

[StantonCree]

Also this will be the first hunting trip my sons ever been on. I got his chair, ear plugs, juice, water, snacks, orange vest, anything else y’all can think of? Gotta keep this fun.

We will be on private property so no one around and he obviously won’t be shooting he’s 4.

Gonna paint his face too.

 

[fabsroman]

I always just leave the plug in lol. It never comes out. You’re not wrong though. There’s always a DNR reg that’s unknowingly being broken.

It isn't just the plug. Going dove hunting and goose hunting the same day, you can be charged for having lead shotshells in your possession.

Wanton waste for not giving the proper effort to recover game.

Shooting before legal hours.

Shooting after legal hours.

Hunting over live domestic geese or ducks on the farm. How far is far away enough to not violate this law?

Hunting over bait. At least this is not a strict liability crime anymore.

Using the wrong shot size for turkey.

Then we can get into the bag limits on ducks.

Not having the proper stamps on your hunting license.

Not tagging a deer or turkey properly. Not tagging game properly that you give to another hunter.

The list goes on and on and on.

 

[Doco Overboard]

The DNR regs aren’t that difficult to understand for hunting.
It’s pretty low hanging fruit for supposedly the most law abiding group of persons out there. Being members of the firearm ownership 2A community especially.