How's your dove hunting this year?
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double bogey
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My hunting has been poor so far. hope to remedy that today, going out near Stamford. Long drive, hope it's worth it. I have gotten multiple good reports though.
Patocazador
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The season doesn't open here until next Saturday. Not many doves on my field right now.
Shanghai McCoy
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They were around till about mid-night 8/31 then they seem to have gone elsewhere.
Muzzleloader season started and there's more meat on a deer anyway. IF I get one that is...
Muzzleloader season started and there's more meat on a deer anyway. IF I get one that is...
MCgunner
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We did okay on my buddy's farms up north of Waco, but it's usually a LOT better. Opening two afternoons were good. Season opened south zone today, but I have no decent place to go around here. We have doves, but the woods are too thick to hunt 'em, 'cept maybe shooting 'em out of the trees, and that's no fun. I tried one of those Annual Public Hunt spots over in Dewitt county last year, was boring, didn't see a danged bird. No crops over there, hunted water, but apparently the doves don't drink water over there. 
So, I'll be opening up duck season.
Teal opened last weekend, lots of shooting waking me up in the mornings. I don't have a hole to hunt, though. Could pay for one. I have public land that is VERY good about 100 miles from me that I've hunted for 30 years, but don't wanna take my dog out there during teal season, too many gators. So, I'll wait for duck season Oct 31. Meanwhile, in October, bow season starts, so I'll have things to do. I'm going to set some trot lines down on the river in the mornings, too, come november and scout the river for wood duck activity. I've been told the hunting there can be decent, and heck, it's free.
So, I'll be opening up duck season. Teal opened last weekend, lots of shooting waking me up in the mornings. I don't have a hole to hunt, though. Could pay for one. I have public land that is VERY good about 100 miles from me that I've hunted for 30 years, but don't wanna take my dog out there during teal season, too many gators. So, I'll wait for duck season Oct 31.
Meanwhile, in October, bow season starts, so I'll have things to do. I'm going to set some trot lines down on the river in the mornings, too, come november and scout the river for wood duck activity. I've been told the hunting there can be decent, and heck, it's free.
We had about ten hunters on September 1st and took 83 doves. Not bad, but a far cry from last year. They quit flying around 10:00 and started up again around 4:00. Last year they flew all day and we got 235, mostly Eurasian Collareds.
There's still plenty around. about 300 or so took off from the power lines yesterday evening. I wish somebody would kill a bunch, I'm going to go broke washing my truck.
There's still plenty around. about 300 or so took off from the power lines yesterday evening. I wish somebody would kill a bunch, I'm going to go broke washing my truck.
double bogey
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Just got back in. Had a pretty good hunt. My 9 year old grandson was on his first real dove hunt and got a limit. I got a limit also even coaching and helping him. He also found a horned lizard, we took a couple of pics and let him go. I'll post a pic later. All in all a good hunt, in spite of driving for 7 hours round trip.
oneounceload
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One COULD always go to Argentina or Uruguay or Paraguay where there is no limit and shoot them by the thousands over a few days.....................
double bogey
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http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y357/acmagic/20150919_175518.jpg
Here is the horned lizard pic. I have not seen one in the wild for several years,
Here is the horned lizard pic. I have not seen one in the wild for several years,
Jason75979
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I picked off 8 yesterday while cleaning the boat up after a rough bay trip. Had been averaging about 4 an afternoon after work piddling around in the yard.
Not too bad. We put in a couple of acres of sunflowers early enough that they were ready for the opener. Chickadees and finches had a feast but still had lots of doves flying. We tried a "good old boys southern dove shoot". Nine of us, three kids. Cookout at noon, fried onion rings, fish, chicken then down to the bottoms. Our area is about six acres, oblong and we had the flowers around the outside. Mowed them down early in the week, shot on Sunday. Backed the bushhog into the brush every couple hundred yards for a place to sit.
I had a personal best with five in a row before my first miss. We averaged eight apiece. Love my late brother's Ithaca-SKB 100 20 ga with i.c. and mod. (never got to the mod barrel).
I had a personal best with five in a row before my first miss. We averaged eight apiece. Love my late brother's Ithaca-SKB 100 20 ga with i.c. and mod. (never got to the mod barrel).
scottishkat
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We had a great day on the 5th. Got 49 between 4 of us our limit is 15 2 of us got our limit. They were flying pretty much all day in central VA.
Good luck and shoot straight especially at them speedy doves.
Bob
Good luck and shoot straight especially at them speedy doves.
Bob
cat_IT_guy
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Slow here. While Im a far cry from an experienced dove hunter, the shots have been few and far between and long.
In two afternoons of hunting, I shot 6 times (all misses on longer shots). Might have killed one if I remember to take the safety off, doh! Last year, my only real reference, we hunted 2 days and shot about a dozen doves.
In two afternoons of hunting, I shot 6 times (all misses on longer shots). Might have killed one if I remember to take the safety off, doh! Last year, my only real reference, we hunted 2 days and shot about a dozen doves.
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