The Dove Hunt

[Bobby Southworth]

I'm currently re-watching this classic episode for the 900th or so time. Love the fight scene where JR takes his watch off as the fight begins. However, he does manage to bash the guy in the head with the beer mug at the end. Classic. Anyway, as this episode was shot during the episodes in the season where they were still shooting on location in Texas, am I right in assuming Landown(sp?) and the camping scenes were shot somewhere near Dallas, or did they film all of this in California. Does anyone know?

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

I'm currently re-watching this classic episode for the 900th or so time. Love the fight scene where JR takes his watch off as the fight begins. However, he does manage to bash the guy in the head with the beer mug at the end. Classic. Anyway, as this episode was shot during the episodes in the season where they were still shooting on location in Texas, am I right in assuming Landown(sp?) and the camping scenes were shot somewhere near Dallas, or did they film all of this in California. Does anyone know?

I'm pretty sure it was around Dallas (though not as far east as Texarkana) because this was during the part of the season filmed on location and because it feels quite unlike a southern California locale.

 

[Garry]

That was all shot on location in Texas. Jim Davis suffered heat stroke during filming and became confused. The cast had yet to find out about his cancer diagnosis.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

That was all shot on location in Texas. Jim Davis suffered heat stroke during filming and became confused. The cast had yet to find out about his cancer diagnosis.

Jim was a lovely actor it was a sad day for everyone when he passed away. I still miss him even today even though it's been over forty years since he left us.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

I’ve heard that Dove Hunt was originally the episode where Ray would be revealed as the fourth son. There’s a hint of that as they’re getting ready to get in the helicopter. JR’s complaining that Jock is taking Ray along like he’s part of the family, and Bobby kind of jokingly says something like “maybe he *is* part of the family!”

We still got a surprise reveal, but it was first wife Amanda, not Ray. Apparently they decided it was too early to introduce the Ray storyline at that point.

Might have been just a rumor, but I’m pretty sure I read that as part of an interview or article.

 

[LMLDallas78]

Larry refers to filming this scene in his book. He writes that it was really hot and Jim was taken poorly. Jim had difficulty remembering his lines and his memory left him, he didn't know where they were or what they were doing.
After it happened again, they told Jim they were filming a tv series in Texas. They asked Jim some questions and filming was stopped and they were sent back as they thought he had heat stroke, but soon Jim broke the news that doctors had found cancer.