Over the limit in Kansas

M. R. Byrd

M. R. Byrd

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There is snow on the ground and the upland seasons are over, so it is just stories for awhile. Don't want to hijack T_Man's thread with food and trivia, so for your winter reading-----

563 frozen dove in his car, earned this man his nickname, "Doves".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Aiuppa
 
Joey Dove must have gone through a couple boxes of shells to get that many doves. Nice story about a fellow conservationist, thanks for sharing Mr. Byrd.
 
Bilbo Baggins said:
Joey Dove must have gone through a couple boxes of shells to get that many doves. Nice story about a fellow conservationist, thanks for sharing Mr. Byrd.
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I understand he would trade cases of shotgun shells for dove for the local shooters.

Dove ended up at the Towne Hotel/Restaurant in Cicero, Illinois.

http://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id151.htm

You might enjoy reading about Johnny Hollywood Roselli, AKA Handsome Johnny

http://www.americanmafia.com/Feature_Articles_203.html
 
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M. R. Byrd said:
There is snow on the ground and the upland seasons are over, so it is just stories for awhile. Don't want to hijack T_Man's thread with food and trivia, so for your winter reading-----

563 frozen dove in his car, earned this man his nickname, "Doves".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Aiuppa
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He had a lot more in Palluca's freezer ! Said they were crows. By the way it was June,July and August. Chauffer and Cadillac Eldorado up and down the county roads, not something you wouldn't remember!
 
I understood there were other birds than dove being processed also.
 
They might not have been doves but I am positive they weren't crows. Interesting is that Joey served his sentence in a Kansas county jail, I don't think it was Crawford, but I can't remember where, with TV and the status of a celebrity mob underboss. Can't figure out why he didn't get a stretch in the Federal system?
 
Bilbo Baggins said:
Joey Dove must have gone through a couple boxes of shells to get that many doves. Nice story about a fellow conservationist, thanks for sharing Mr. Byrd.
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story has it(my oldest brother was a shooter)he had guys walking around from shooter to shooter handing out boxes of shells.As each guy got close to his limit,they would take birds from them,so they couldn't limit out.
I never thought that it was ethically right,but it would of been can of neat shooting birds for one of the big time mafia dons at the time.if I remember right.they paid one dollar per bird also.story also has it that there was a hell lot more birds shot then 562.My brother told me that he shot over 100
 
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