1. Doves in Hungary are:
- Türkentaube ( means Turkey-dove/ lat. Streptopelia decaocto)
Came/moved post-1930's from Turkey northwest, is now
all over Europe. According Wikipedia also
in 22 of the US-states.
No big flocks, irregular flight, could be difficult
shooting (no flat-shots across sunflowers possible/
sometimes very high and fast )
- Turteltaube
Migratory bird, occasionaly in the bag
2. Pigeons
- The ubiquitous Town/Sreet pigeon of Europe.
The agents call those "Felsentaube"(rock-pigeon).
("Flying rat", never considered it an edible bird)
This bird lives in the sheds of the big
Hungarian cattle-farms (in commie-time called Kolchose).
Could be difficult shooting once the are circling.
...
For a couple of years I attended a shoot with these
pigeoons which flew from the Slovak metropole
of Bratislava to feed on the Austrian fields.
It all started there with the complain of the pea-farmers
to the hunters to protect their fields.
Could be sometimes a world class shoot.
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I have been to Cordoba in Argentina on doves in the
1990's.
If I kept the figure correct there are about
80 mio birds.
Why / The successful dove-formula is:
- Safe roosting/breeding places in dense forests
- Lot of nearby crop
- Nearby water
On one return to the house I stayed about
150-200 m before the Americana-street
a flock of a size of Pharaonic-plague
dimension.
After 3 days of Cordoba doves you can not
see them anymore. A perpetual stream of
birds,always same direction, you can just
modify heigth by changing your peg.
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Recommend you to try Cordoba once,
the doves are there, not so necessarily
in Hungary
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Felix Neuberger