Adventures

When the sun comes up, the socializing begins. This consists mostly of hanging out in the corn on the back of a four wheeler sipping a soda, and staring blurry eyed in front of you...Stragglers come in from the fields little by little, trying to hold out for just one more... someone insists they bought bad…

Soon there's some action. And the earplugs come in handy as shots fire across the field...The doves start to descend en route to breakfast...And Buddy is thrilled to finally get some action...Where's the dove?... Sniff, sniff, circle, circle...I just saw it here... where did it go?...I've been waiting all morning for this moment!AHA!Yihaw!Yippi! The sweet payoff of a dove…

Dove hunting starts a little later than most hunts. 5:30 am to be exact.It's a social affair... a cooler full of beverages, talking, laughing, dogs running around in circles. And some good ear plugs.It takes place in the fields not the woods. The doves come down at sunrise to feed on the corn, sunflower seeds…

It's time for the big dove hunt in Lake Village, Arkansas! I plan to eat a lot of roasted dove this weekend. And tamales. But I will only be hunting for dove, not tamales. Those will come from Rhoda who ties them up in perfect little corn husks. Yes, she and I will be eating roasted…