To Shoot Or Not To Shoot .......

[Jonjon79 13,360]

There were 6 of these on my permission today. They would have presented a very east target - I was able to walk within 6ft of them.

 

But, I wasn't 100% sure if they were legal quarry so, I let them be.

 

I'd say they're white doves. Perhaps just a collard dove with a different pigment.

 

They didn't have any rings on their legs.

 

Any advice/opinions appreciated

[treecreeper 1,136]

Look like white ferals but cant zoom on my phone for some reason.

[lurchers 3,001]

They will be garden fantails probably owned by the farmer or followed ferals in.if they aren't the farmers trap them and sell them to somebody who will put them in a dovecote in there garden.atb

[Jonjon79 13,360]

I was close enough for a good look and, I couldn't see any other markings at all, not even a faint yellow collar - they were pure white, shaped like a feral.

 

Ah well, I'll leave them. There's plenty more quarry to go for down there.

Anyway, taking something that easy would just be target practice - it wouldn't feel very sporting.

[j j m 6,630]

id leave alone problaby belong to some one local

[tillylamp 1,966]

I was close enough for a good look and, I couldn't see any other markings at all, not even a faint yellow collar - they were pure white, shaped like a feral.

 

Ah well, I'll leave them. There's plenty more quarry to go for down there.

Anyway, taking something that easy would just be target practice - it wouldn't feel very sporting.

like you say....it wouldn't be that sporting to shoot them at that range, like others have said, leave them be, they probably belong to someones dovecote,

[bigmac 97kt 13,842]

Bad luck to shoot a white dove

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[ArchieHood 3,692]

Bad luck to shoot a white dove

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

Specially for the dove