Using A Fishing Rod To Decoy Doves | Dove Hunting 2022
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- Dove season is just a few days away in most of the country and this was my most action packed day of dove hunting from last season. A big cold front had just rolled into Virginia and along with it came hundreds of migrating doves that were feeding in a recently cut corn field that I had permission on. After seeing huge flocks of doves out here while scouting, I grabbed the shotgun and setup for an afternoon hunt. I also brought along my fishing pole, which had a dove decoy attached, in the hopes that I could get more doves to decoy using a tip I had learned from my dad. Safe to say it worked.. Hope you enjoy!
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We have a dedicated dove field at one property, we set telephone poles and ran a cable to each one. The farmer is able to harvest his crop just fine and it works great
Sounds like a sweet setup! Did you run them all at the same height or varying?
Season opens here in Ohio tomorrow. Can't wait to get out!
That fishing pole trick is awesome! Should say that if the wire has insulators at the pole, it's a power wire and DON'T use this trick! 💥💥💥
Good luck up there tomorrow! I would think it would just melt through the monofilament line instead of conducting it down to the fishing pole but I don't plan on testing that myself
Bro we got a power line that runs across the dam that we fish up here, the f****** thing is a Christmas tree of fishing lures and no one has EVER been shocked. trust me that electricity is not going to run up that monofilament, not going to happen.
Bro that is not a telephone line. That’s a single-phase primary with a neutral. Be careful.
I appreciate the heads up, I’d always heard that the bottom line is telephone. I’ve seen people use that fishing pole trick for years on lots of different lines with no issues though
@@HokeOutdoors the bottom is neutral, that top line is at least 7200 volts, and your fishing line is conductive.. as well as your graphite rod.. you asking for trouble.
@@HokeOutdoors I’ve seen a lot of loose play around power lines and nothing bad happen, I’ve also seen workers who were aware and safe end up dead. Your decoy trick isn’t worth it.
Ik a guy that has a whole flock of dove dekes w fishing line and a stake on each of em. He throws them over the line pulls them tight and stakes em in the ground. He hunts rain or shine and almost every day of the season 🤣
Monofilament and fluorocarbon are not conductive.
Good job picking up your shells!
Can't leave trash out in the field if you want to keep the farmer happy
Was a pleasure meeting you at the oshkosh expo! The new call is ready to kill some honkers
Heck yeah that's what I like to hear, go tear them up with it in a couple days! It was a pleasure meeting you too!
That is a lot of fun but they can be challenging enjoyed it Thomas
Thanks Chuck! They are lots of fun for sure
Keep up the great and hardwork man good to finally meet you at the wisconsin waterfowl hunters expo! Safe travels and hope to keep in contact best shooting come seasons!
Thanks brother! It was a pleasure meeting you as well!
Great video! Just recently moved to VA and will be going on my first dove hunts soon! 2 questions: what choke are you using, and is lead allowed for dove hunting in VA? I know it's not allowed for waterfowl, but couldn't find anything about doves.
Thank you very much.. I enjoy your hunting
Hey man love the videos inspired me to try and get my first teal with a buddy of mine. Good luck this season!
Thanks Max! Good luck on the pursuit of a teal and the season as a whole!
Need to get you a pick stick from Mojo for picking up those empties...makes it a lot faster and don't have to bend over as much. They have a pocket one that folds up that fits in a blind bag or large pocket.
Nice hunt!
Thanks Aaron! I actually have a good one from motion ducks but just forgot to bring it on this hunt
we can hunt till Saturday in southern Maryland.. i cant wait for hunting season to start
Glad you had a fun hunt, but I wouldnt mess with power lines again..
Well done bro big fan of urr hunting skills .
I love ur brutlets.. love from pakistan
Thanks for watching!
loving the comments on this one! good video to watch!
Thanks buddy! They’re funny for sure
Some good shooting bud, we don't see large numbers of doves in southern Illinois anymore, kinda sad, but I did enjoy watching you bag some, good video🇺🇸👍
Thanks Steve! Do you have any idea why the doves aren't around that area anymore or did they just stop showing up?
Awesome hunt Thomas.
Trust me …..this works great!
Learned this trick from the old timers I grew up dove hunting with!
That’s a cool trick may try it. And great video
Thanks Brayden! Let me know how it works for you if you try it
@@HokeOutdoors will do
Dude I've been a lineman for 31 years trust me that ain't a good idea!!! Be careful
oh by the way nice shoot'en though!👍
Nice job, love the ShotKam. Where did you attach the fishing line to the decoy to pull it up and it sit upright?
Thank you! The decoy I was using had an eyelet on the back that I tied the fishing line to
Nice shooting!!
Thanks Dustin!
Very nice video. Thank you.
Thank Nasser!
That would’ve been funny if you shot the line and the decoy fell 😂. Awesome video man!
Thanks brother!
Ahhh that makes sense to why a lot of people loose internet and tv during this time of year 😂
Nice video! I'm a new dove hunter this year and I enjoy your video. You should do some videos on how shoot doves. I miss all of mine. Ty 👍
Follow Thru. Keep swinging, after the boom. You will figure out the lead, just dont stop swinging. Whether you are Start with 'Proper' lead and maintain it, or Swing Through and shoot..when 'proper' lead is achieved. Its all about the Swing. Also, one more thing, maybe 2 lol STARE them down, I mean concentrate on the bird..nothing else, forget the Bead on your shotgun. If your face is on the Stock correctly, the BEAD is there, in its proper place. You arent aiming, as BEAD is nowhere close to ON the bird. If you get what I mean? Pick a spot to focus on, a messed up feather, whatever its sort of 'Aim Small Miss Small' You might find out like I did, if you ever see them blink or turn their heads towards you= DEAD BIRD When they do that at me, I tend to put out their eyes? BOTH EYES OPEN..your eyes You arent target shooting. Moving targets need the Depth Perception 2 eyes open will give you. You can do it with one eye,sure, but 2 eyes is better. good luck..Be SAFE...and HAVE FUN
Just a comment to keep some of the kids out there from doing this. DO NOT THROW A FISHING LINE AT A POWER LINE! It’s all conducive. This is 7200/14400 volts that are up there please use your head and DON’T TRY you can get hurt
One day he’ll be found dead in the field. Never mess with power lines! I’ve been doing this with my crow decoys for years in trees. Heavy sinker over a limb and then tie the decoy on and reel it up. Works great
fishing line is non conductor
What model is your shotcam? I'm not familiar with shotcams, but I've been wanting to get one.
It's a ShotKam, there's only one model of them
@@HokeOutdoors With a K. Got it. No wonder I couldn't find them lol.
nice shooting
Thanks Gil!
I like the decoy trick and the two camera views! When does dove season start for you? September 1st here in Nebraska.
Thanks Ryan! Season opens on Saturday here, good luck out there on Thursday if you’re going!
@@HokeOutdoors thanks man!
What choke do you use on doves
Late response here but I hope this helps someone. You want an improved or modified, I would shoot a sheet of butcher paper or a big cardboard box and see how your gun shoots with both at 20-30 yards and get to know your gun and see what load/choke it likes better. Probably want a 6-8 shot for dove.
That is a single phase distribution line. I would not do that. Not safe.
How are you bringing down every bird with 1 shot? Usually I have to hit them 3 times before they come down.. early season at that
*2022 title* “hear in early October” man is a time traveler
Haha well it’s posted in August so you know it’s either from last year, Argentina, or I’m shooting collared doves
What is your decoy a dead or stuffed bird ?
My spinners repelled them this year. It was horrible in NW Mo this year. But game farm pheasants are open now too.
It's just a plastic decoy, never had any issues with them flaring off it
02:11 I had a highschool football coach in Lynchburg who used to say that..
What gun and choke also what shells they seem to do really good for you good video I am from Washington and we don't have that good of dove hunting but good video and God bless
Thanks Tom! In this video I’m shooting a Franchi Affinity 3 with a Carlsons light modified choke and some sort of 2 3/4 inch #7.5 shot I believe
Thanks Tomas
Compared to the GoPro, does the Shotcam footage look better in low light? For me, "shootin' time" bearly registers on my GoPro it's all shadows and punctuated with a bright muzzle flash lol
I would say it’s slightly better, neither of them performs very well in low light though
How do you get the decoy off the line? I'd think it would wrap around the telephone line and tie itself in a knot.
YES! I have more than a few experiences like that. UHMM I now use 2lb test line...and several of my decoys rattle if you shake them. YEP shoot em down, havent lost one yet 😜😜
What choke are you using?
Damn good shooting! Bring on September 1st
It can’t get here soon enough!
@@HokeOutdoors going to get a case of shells today!
Been doing this for better part of a decade. Haven’t told hardly anyone about it… till nowZ
It’s a much more common thing than most people who think. Most guys I’ve dove hunted with either use it or know about but just rely on spinners
Muy chebres sus cazerias amigos
The most heart-warming thing about hunting doves and other game with a gun is having a well-trained, loyal and loving K9 companion afield. The hunting dog is important for the conservation of game and the dog can even let you know if birds are coming in case you did not see them of hear them yourself. I am troubled by all these dove hunting videos I see this day and age without the employment or retrieving dogs afield.
About 33% of shot doves are never recovered. Humans do not have a dog's keen senses to find birds in cover. There is a serious waste problem. Dogs solve this problem for the most part.
I like the notion of hunting with dogs for just old-fashioned charm. No, I don't want to spend time and energy combing through a sunflower or corn field for one or more dropped birds. There might be snakes hiding out there. The only "boy" I might have is a male Lab or golden. A retriever, K9 type, can also swim. Doves popped on the wing can and do fall into watering holes.
Poison ivy....another good reason for a K9 in the dove field!
do you eat em - or just like to kill em ?- are they harmful in any way to crops or what?-just askin - mean no disrespect !
Eat em! Doves of some of the most delicious wild game out there!
Good thing you weren't using metal braided fishing line
That would be suicidal
Where was this I’m in VA too😅
Just a little private farm in the southern part of the state that my buddy has permission to hunt on!
Are you using a 20 guage or a 12 for the doves?
12 on this hunt but I really want to get a 20 or 28 for this dove season
Have you guys ever tried swan hunting in Virginia
I drew a tag last year and tried for them a couple times but didn’t have any luck
What shotgun are you using?
Franchi Affinity 3
Hey man what choke do you use ?
Carlsons light modified
Have you tried doing dove hunting in every state?
Nope, only dove hunted in Virginia
What GoPro do you wear?
Hero 10
Did you ever get your decoy down being it flipped twice around the telephone line haha
Lol yeah, it just fell off the line once I opened the bail and I was able to untie the decoy and then reel up the slack
What kind of call do you use ?
For doves?
How long is your barrel
It's a 26 inch barrel
What choke you using
Light Modified
How do you kill them if the shot doesn’t do it
Wring their neck
What that thing under your barrel
Shotkam
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the first shot on that last bird was dangerously close to the line. i see you edited it out of the shotkam footage.
Nope the shotkam just didn't turn on in time because I didn't have time to tap it before I shot. The reason I missed that bird is that I shot behind it to avoid hitting the powerline
Unsporting to shoot them as they fly off the wire.
Yeah wouldnt wanna mess with a wire if i aint an elecrtriction
like fishing but mom call to hunt doves 😅
This is incredibly dangerous, you need to take this video down now. The bottom wire there is a neutral and the top is a hot powerline, neither is for telephone. Both can kill you in the right situation. The risk you are taking is not worth a few doves. Don't you remember being told not to fly kites by power lines? Same concept here.
For all the people saying he should becarefull with the electrical line, you are all wrong. The fishing line is an insulator and it could never short out the lines.
Hopefully you won't get sued after someone does this and UnAlives themselves by roping that 7200 Volt Primary Line....
Unalives them sleves! Holy smokes that got me rolling
This is a very very bad idea at bare minimum that’s seventy two hundred volts!!! Don’t do this it could kill you☠️☠️☠️☠️
I honestly don’t think the decoy helped at all from the video
They weren't landing right beside it but I definitely felt like it pulled them to the part of the line the I was sitting under
What is the stupid whistling about?
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Raise a dog that helps you hunt golden retriever
I will soon!