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GunnerJon

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I am currently in a speech class here at college and am thinking on doing a persuasive speech on how the state of Iowa should allow dove hunting. Do any of you guys out there have any good sources that could back me up in my persuasion? Any news or magazine articles or website names would really help. I have a while to complete my speech, but I thought I would start my search with all the knowledge on this board. Thanks!

-GunnerJon
 
Hey, I remember a while back, field & stream did a little article about how the DNR was thiking about making it legal to hunt doves. I don't remember what month or year it was. I know it wasn't over 3 years ago, in one of the summer issues. It's not really a problem for me to find it, because i keep all of my issues. You might have to emial the editor at field and stream, im sure they would be glad to help.
You should really look into the subject. Do we even have huntable numbers? Could the state aford keeping good numbers of birds? And do we really need to hunt them? For example Texas, doves down there flock in the thousands, and really to damage to crops. And farmer are happy to let hunters hunt. I've heard guys say it's easy to go through 500 shells a day. It doesn't seem we have hunt able numbers around here, but thats my opion. I think you should email a conservation officer, and get alittle back ground on it.
Good luck!
 
I agree with jason. I wish my english class would let me write a paper of those topics!
 
I know that they have a hunting season on pheasant and quail here in Iowa, but to be honest with you I see alot more dove than I do either one of the other birds. I lived in Arizona for ten years and hunted them down there. That is just a blast. I would love it if they opened a season here.
I see them all the time on telephone wires out in the country and in good numbers. Nothing against hunting pheasant and quail but you don't need a dog to hunt them. That would be good for us hunters that don't own bird dogs or have friends that own bird dogs.
Just my opinion.

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Some of the groups I am proud to be associated with have been working on this issue for years. My father and his friends were at the forefront in the late 70's-early 80's on this and got leveled by pc bullshit. Most of which came from a group out of Cedar Falls.

The DNR wants to sell more permits. Okay, offer more shooting opportunites! Dove is the NUMBER ONE hunted game bird in America. More shells are shot at that bird than all others combined! (Source: federal cartrigde company)

It stands to reason, Not only do doves have a short life span (2-3 years average) but by EXPANDING hunting seasons/types you sell more permits, introduce more YOUNG hunters to the shooting sports via light loads, safer shooting methods (all in a line, not moving ect) but with the increase in shell sales more Pitt/Robinson money is generated.

One example: it takes an average of 5 shells shot for every dove taken. But, that depends upon which expert you speak with.

This is not even included the small town benifits. Cafes, stores, hotels ect. Missouri LOVES the fact that Iowa doesn't have a season. The get all the benifit from it economically. Anyone that chooses to hunt the GAME bird goes south of the boarder and just waits for them to cross.

If I recall, of all the states in the Migratory zone of Doves, only two (it could be three) states, Minnesota and Iowa don't have a season.

The closest we came was I believe last year but our guttless wonder of a gov'nah Vomitsack chose to kill it via negociated legistlation. And it was the Democrates (with very few exceptions) that chose to side with him.

And I don't even care for the taste! But every year we go to Nebraska, spend piles of money in September just so I can shoot my .20 Charles Daly O/U that Grandpa gave me years ago.
 
the issue passed through all the neccesary corridors 2 years ago[maybe3] and was sitting on vilsak's desk waiting to be signed. all he had to do was sign and we had a dove season.he was bought out by p.e.t.a. and vetoed it!it was swept under the rug and has been a dead issue ever since that his office avoids but the true is he turned his back on the sportspeople of iowa!a recent article in the winetr issue of the izaak walton league of america's magazine backs up these facts. i'd be happy to e-mail it to anyone who would like to read it.[the title is "animal rights gone wrong"]in the upcoming election we hunters,trappers and fishermen need to remember that the guv is NOT on our side and support the candidate that backs our cause regardless of his party. i don't ususally get political but this really pisses me off !
there is no biological or ethical reason NOT to have a dove season. it is financially a no brainer! we might have even generated enough funding through dove hunting that we wouldn't need to have the recent license [resident and non-resident] issues that we are facing now.just my 2 cents worth,now i feel better!
 
Vilsac killed the bill exactly one year after he spoke to the Phesants Forever state convention and promised to sign it! The mount of lies and misinformation from the anti-huting camp is mind boggling. What's even more amazing is that people actually belived that garbage.

My favorite was the ignorant animal rights gal telling a CR TV station that "Doves help farmers by eating the seeds of weeds and reducing the the need for chemicals..."

What?? Of course the TV reporter was also to dumb to mention to her that birds eating weed seeds actually SPREADS weeds. But then again "journalists" have never really been ones for hunting down the truth....
 
Thanks for the info guys! All this help and thoughts are greatly appreciated. Keep it coming.....

-GunnerJon
 
I wish they would have passed that. I was looking for an excuse to by a 28 gauge
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