Bust out the shotguns - it's Mourning Dove hunting time!

Thanks to my Dad who provided the spark for this little blog post... Keeping up to tabs with what the OFAH is up to:


http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ofah-whc-remind-hunters-of-waterfowl-opportunities-1818216.htm



Sayyyy whaaaaaa???

"With events such as Waterfowl Heritage Days, it's a wonderful opportunity to introduce youngsters to the outdoors and hunting. Recent regulatory changes for migratory game birds will allow for increased possession limits and hunting for new species such as mourning doves, which are strongly supported by the OFAH."

Mourning Doves?! We can hunt MODO's in Ontario now??

"awkward......"

A quick check of some gov sites say it's true! Yum! Direct link to the whole lot of information: http://www.ec.gc.ca/rcom-mbhr/?lang=en&n=99FDEC59-1

Sept. 3 to Nov. 11, 2013 in the southern and central districts...Bag limits of 15/day and 45 total. You can shoot 15 doves A DAY!

I feel like this is the type of hunting that will probably be "popular" as something new in the early goings... Then fizzle out when people realize that it isn't as much fun as they thought.. But who am I to judge? I know I'd be willing to see how they taste...

I also see a bunch of people getting upset, but I'm a rather firm believer that birders/naturalists should be teaming up with the OFAH and other hunting groups to protect habitat - instead of working against each other.... I'm sure there would be times where there would be major disagreements (who the $#@& introduced Turkeys to Pelee Island?) but overall it would be a stronger partnership than being against each other...

And besides, if you read it all - you'll find some wording that seems a bit more troublesome than hunting MODO's

"Barrow’s Goldeneye is listed in the Species at Risk Act as a species of special concern and the bag and possession limit of 1 remains in place."

Say wha?

Flee little dove, flee!!!