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East Oregonian
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Dove decoys may enhance the hunting experience
MORE INFORMATION
Mourning dove season opens Sept. 1 statewide in Oregon,
and continues through Oct. 30. The daily bag limit is 15
doves, and the possession limit is 45.
BRAD
TRUMBO
UPLAND PURSUITS
M
y decoy spread,
offset slightly to
my left, lit up like
little gray beacons as the
morning sun cast its golden
glow.
A light breeze kicked up,
spurred by the sun rays pierc-
ing the cool air of early fall.
Aside from the emerald foli-
age of the occasional tree, the
Palouse was decorated in the
usual varied tones of beige,
canary and bronze.
Camo-clad, sitting along a
forgotten fencerow, I waited
for the fi rst fl ight to descend
upon the grain fi eld and gath-
ering of imposter fowl. A
robust doe whitetail with her
speckled fawn leisurely fed
from a grassy draw bottom.
Suddenly, movement to
my right revealed a few gray
birds swooping in, head-on
to the decoys. With a smooth
swing of grandpa’s old pump
gun, the morning hunt was
underway.
Pop quiz — what am
I hunting? OK, you read
the headline and know it’s
doves, but that scene could
Brad Trumbo/Contributed Photo
A brace of America’s most popular upland bird, the mourn-
ing dove.
easily play out for waterfowl
with a tweak to the decoy
setup and a little water in the
picture. No waterfowl hunter
would dream of sheltering in
a layout blind without a few
decoys out front, but decoys
for doves?
Pass-shooting doves is
an American sporting tradi-
tion, and the mourning dove
is the most widespread and
abundant game bird in North
America. Every year hunters
harvest more than 20 million
birds nationwide. A typical
hunt might be characterized
by old fi ve-gallon buckets for
seats placed in the shade of
a tree alongside or separat-
ing grain fields and water
sources.
Tucked in the shadows,
friends and family enjoy
Family:
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“They have embraced it,” Jodi
said. “It’s fun for us, and fulfi lling
knowing that they enjoy doing it
and want to do it.”
Josie is back at WSU, where
she is a member of the Kappa
Delta Sorority.
She recently received a
$10,000 scholarship from Kappa
Delta, and combined with her
other scholarships, her school bill
quiet small talk as early
autumn heat wavers up from
the parched landscape. No
fancy gear or even camo
required. Action can be fast
and furious, but also slow
when birds are sparse or
keeping their distance. That’s
where decoys enter the scene.
Doves tend to follow trees
or obvious terrain features
when moving among food
and water sources. At these
sources, doves perch on
exposed tree branches or
anything else with overhead
visibility to survey for pred-
ators before descending to
feed or drink.
Decoys can be set to
attract doves to a location
advantageous to the hunter,
infl uencing their fl ight path
and encouraging more
is taken care of for the year.
“She had a 4.0 GPA last year,”
Jodi said. “We are very proud of
her. Not only is she rodeoing, but
she worked this past year and her
grades were outstanding. That is a
confi dence booster for her.”
Mom and daughter will be
back on the rodeo trail next
week. They are up in slack
Tuesday, Aug. 24, in breakaway
roping at the Horse Heaven
Roundup in Kennewick, and
will be in the night performance
Aug. 28 in Ellensburg in break-
away roping.
birds to fl y within shooting
distance. With a few simple
considerations, your decoy
spread can do more than keep
you company on the hunt.
Identifying your shoot-
ing position is the founda-
tion of setting decoying.
Decoys should be placed 10
to 20 yards from your shoot-
ing position to ensure the
shooter remains hidden from
approaching birds. Off set the
decoys from your shooting
position at about 10 o’clock
for the right-handed shooter,
and two o’clock for the left-
handed shooter. The goal is
to encourage crossing shots
rather than lure the birds in
head-on to the shooter.
Next to location, setting
visible decoys is crucial.
Tree cover can be sparse
in the shrub-steppe and
harvested fi elds. A wire or
T-shaped bar about 10 feet
high to elevate decoys can
easily be constructed at home
with PVC, pipe or rebar. A
few decoys sitting side-by-
side mimics doves perching
on a powerline, which typi-
cally attracts others. If hunt-
ing your own land or an area
Award:
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Justin Boots created the John
Justin Standard of the West program
in the late 1980s to recognize the
hundreds of thousands of hours of
work that volunteer rodeo commit-
tee members donate to put on
rodeos. Each year, Justin Boots
recognizes 125 outstanding volun-
teers from PRCA rodeos around the
country.
PRCA rodeos vote on the indi-
where you can set up some-
thing semi-permanent, the
T-bar or wire span can be
left and used year after year.
Options with more mobility,
like telescopic T-bars for easy
packing into public land, can
be found online.
Another option is to make
an actual tree perch that
can be cut and pruned to
an ideal structure for decoy
attachment, and placed near
food, water, and even gravel
sources. Doves will also use
them naturally, which may
provide an advantage.
When placing decoys on
the ground, set them 20 to 30
feet from the elevated decoys
and pair them up with a few
feet between pairs, generally
facing into the wind.
Dove pairs often travel
together, and pairing decoys
on the ground gives the
spread a more natural appear-
ance. This does not mean
placing each pair perfectly
side-by-side, but set in rela-
tive proximity to one another
to give the decoys the look of
feeding together.
Nonmobile (static) decoys
work well on their own, but
vidual to receive the PRCA’s John
Justin Committeeman of the Year
Award, whose dedication represents
the deeds of those volunteers.
“Dennis has been with us since
the beginning, other than a year or
two,” Bothum said. “He is invalu-
able. This wouldn’t happen with-
out him. He’s one of the guys who
helped get the money for the foot-
ball fi eld, and was instrumental in
getting EOTEC built. It’s not just
the rodeo, but the community.”
Barnett said the award should go
to all the volunteers.
“We have 200 wonderful people
another option is to include
a spinning-wing decoy to
animate your spread. Doves
approach an animated, spin-
ning-wing decoy head-on
most often, which can aid
in setting up that textbook
crossing shot. Later in the
season as doves become
wary, the additional move-
ment of the spinning-wing
decoy is more convincing
to the cynical eye of our
most frequently hunted bird
species.
When you get right
down to it, mourning doves
off er one of the most versa-
tile wingshooting oppor-
tunities of all upland birds,
and decoying doves can be
done simply, with minimal
gear. If you have never used
decoys, doves off er an easy,
affordable opportunity to
get started. Static decoys are
easy to fi nd and can lure birds
even without being elevated.
Whether trying something
new or simply honing your
decoying skills this fall,
setting decoys for doves can
enhance your wingshooting
experience.
———
Brad Trumbo is a fish
and wildlife biologist and
outdoor writer in Waits-
burg, Washington. For tips
and tales of outdoor pursuits
and conservation, visit www.
bradtrumbo.com.
who take on tasks we don’t have
to worry about,” he said. “To put
on one of the top 20 rodeos in the
nation, it truly is a reflection of
everybody. That’s what it’s all
about, giving back.”
The award came with a special
pair of Justin boots that have
Committeeman of the Year on them.
“There are some snazzy boots
that will never be worn,” Barnett
said. “I have been on the rodeo board
for a long time, and you have not seen
me in cowboy garb. I am an over-
weight accountant. Cowboys boots
don’t fi t the Barnett feet very well.”
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