04 Sep 11 with Frosting UPDATED

So I joined up with Sallysue, Don and Deckhand for an evening hunt in some serious wild winds. Took down several birds before I changed out chokes to make it easier.

Tuit performed flawlessly for her first hunt of the year. I'm so proud of that little lady. She was very busy



Love the intensity



After a perfect retrieve, little man says, "I want to play with one" so I tossed him the bird after Tuit released it to me. Next thing I hear is "Dad, this one has a tag" I'm thinking, no way!



Sure enough, we shot our first banded dove!! and here all along I thought they were just myths!

A limit with bling





A big thank you to Sallysue for giving me the opportunity to take such a fine bird

Outstanding! Love seeing the kids out in the field..

see ya in the morning for the teal scout/dove.

yes sir, you will rarely see me out without one or both of my crew. Keep em hunting or fishing, and you will never have to hunt or fish them outa trouble


Deckhand, I think I hate you


dinner tonight

HAHA you get some bling and I will make you get up early every time!

OMG, another banded dove. That is awesome!
Glad to see Tuit doing so well.

thanks gentleman, here's the closeup

Congrats again. Now you need some duck bling.

Most awesome. I am seriously hungry now.

thanks, I'm pretty stoked about it. You gotta have ducks first

Wellers goes well with dove

Urban myth confirmed. Dove bands do exist!

Been hunt many years and a banded dove was shot just a few feet from me . Way to go Tbass

Band size 7a I do believe.

That is cool

Nice! Never seen one in person.

Cool! I never check.

A lot of white wing, love those birds!

thanks folks, I' stoked about it, been doing this for 37 years and never seen one, much less thought I'd get one. I've told the kids to check for bands, but never really thought I'd get one



I find that amazing with all the birds you've taken and years hunting. Thanks again for making this possible

Dang I missed that!! Awesome!!!! Chip off the ol block that boy!!

yea, my little man is a mini me

Grandma pulled some pics of me as a little tyke, and everyone thought it was dude

Nice band congrats

sweet!

Tbass that banded bird belong to an older widow lady and that was pet. She luved that little bird and you shot it

Your Bad Rodney hehe

yea he is

Awesome!

Lmao

I took that lady some flowers yesterday . I feel so sorry for her. And I sat where Tbass shot that bird yesterday to keep it from happening again

Better leave my high fence birds alone, this could be my lucky year

Already has been!

You shot my messenger dove!!! How dare you.....

Good deal and good pics.

Don't get no luckier.

well done!

Tbass maybe a tad hard to be around for a while LOL

Things went down hill for Sallysue yesterday . The wife shot more birds than me and the only good thing was I had Dee so she had to P/U her birds

looks like them girls are showing you up!

Well, she sure can shoot!

yea she can, and alot easier on the eyes

this evening

Band Number 0914-29xxx
Species WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Age of Bird HATCHED IN 2010
Location AVE T, MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS, USA
Banded 07/18/2010

lOCAL BIRD AS SUSPECTED

But its still a banded bird any way you look at it

Ain't that the truth.