Thread: It's Dove hunting food plot planting time again

5 days until the fellowship and kick off of hunting season gets going in my neck of the woods. Opening day of Dove season is Sept 5th. We cook out before and after hunting. I enjoy the time with friends and family. We normally have a good shoot, but this year I'm not seeing as many birds. Maybe they are on the way here lol. We will have a good time even if we don't pile them up.

OPENING DAY IS HERE

12 of us hunted opening morning....foggy an a little drizzle of rain...the birds were slow to arrive but once they woke up they never stopped coming....we were out of the WET fields by 8AM...most had their limit, others ran out of shells.... a GREAT hunt......letting the birds rest and feed this afternoon then go again Wednesday ….. great times had by all !

Here is my Grandson with his first two doves. I don't know who was more proud, him, his dad ( my son) or me. Just having three generations of us out in the field was awesome. Today was the second day of our first season. We ended up with 7 birds. No one else hunting the fields made for a perfect time to let my grandson get comfortable with the rules of having a shotgun in the field and how to hunt along side other hunters. We watched several fly away as he was learning target acquisition, but he did well and and it was heart warming to see my son be patient and let him take his time and shoot. I miss the big hunts I used to go to, with the cookout afterwards and the fellowship and sportsmanship, but, a quiet day on a weekday opener, with your son and grandson is truly a hunt to be treasured.

Here in OK we had heavy t storms in the morning so I got out to the field late. I was surprised to see that the field was loaded with dove even before it quit raining. My dog kicked them up so i got set up and ended up with my limit.

Today I made it to the field early everything was perfect. The birds started coming in and I managed a double. One bird landed in the field and the other one ended up in the woods. I sent my dog after the one in field first, then after the one in the woods and when she came back she was covered in blood. Some how she cut her tongue and was slinging blood everywhere. I immediately rushed her back to the house and got the bleeding to stop long enough to see a small scratch on the end of her tongue. I was amazed how much blood came out of such a small scratch.

heart was pumping by golly , field dogs go off the deep end on the hunt

Originally Posted by tcounty

Anyone ever try milo ?


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works really well here in Texas , not to mention deer love it as well before its cut .
a fresh cut stand of it with drive doves nuts

Originally Posted by Ketchn

works really well here in Texas , not to mention deer love it as well before its cut .
a fresh cut stand of it with drive doves nuts

I plan to plant about 12 acres of milo as part of my dove hunt field this year.....probably have 2 strips of 5-6 acres each in between 3 strips of sunflowers and one smaller strip of wheat. Will mow 10 ft lanes thru unharvested milo every 20 ft a week before season opens similar to my sunflower prep.

I plan to use milo in my deer plots and duck holes on my riverbank farms also

That sounds like a great time! I haven't hunted doves or waterfowl since the early 90's and miss both. We used to have some fantastic dove hunts in SE Missouri, glad to see they are still going on.