It may be true but it's not a reason to not kill birds on a paid hunt.

I was joking. I have no clue what doves do. I have only hunted them a handful of times

I have seen them flying in downpours and right after, soooooo

Paid 300 this weekend in west Texas, but it included 3 awesome meals a day. Been going for bout 18 years with the same guy, and it is always awesome. Reputation is everything, ask around before you go with someone you've never heard of. If worse comes to worse, you can always drink a lot of beer.

It is unbelievable that some people don't feel bad for basically stealing money like that.

Not at all Dave. It was pretty obvious this was a money maker for him. All he did was make excuses and tell us how many ranches they have.

I looked him up and he had good reviews. The area we hunted was a prime dove
location judging by all the gunshots around us. The lack of effort is what I didn't understand.

The ldwl has 4 fields this year all planted for dove at $10 per gun although I do not know how they produced , hope this can be a help and save you guys a few $ ...

They only do it for opening day

I have a hunting lease, but it is in the south zone so this was just a head start. The money was not the issue, it was the lack of preparation that stunned me. He made around $4,000 and didn't do a thing.

What you mean "head start"? It opened same day here.

I normally wait until it opens at my lease which is in the south zone. This was an early start for me.

When does your lease open?

September 21, its the south Texas zone. Teal in the morning and doves in the afternoon.

Hell yeah!!!!

We hunted Monday evening in the China Texas area. It sounds like the same setup as you had, except this was an invite from a buddy. A field full of goat weed. We showed up around 3pm, and birds were everywhere. They were lighting in the field to eat. Very fun hunt. We shot about half our birds on the wing, and walked up the other half after we saw them land. They would flush like quail. A lot of walking, but the 3 of us limited and it was a fun hunt. I wonder if the doves would hold tight if a dog pointed them like quail? Anyway, the goatweed definitely was what was drawing the birds in.

I work in Beaumont and have been seeing a ton of birds down hwy 90. Glad y'all had a good hunt. I can't wait to smash some teal in a few weeks

We hunt in ballinger and had a pretty good hunt. Attachment 39926Attachment 39927

We saw those birds on the way back. We rode down that gravel road and watched them pile in that field. That's what a dove field should look like. It took everything to convince Riki not to shoot them.

I was out there yesterday an they were still hunting them morning and afternoon. Probably had 20 or so birds in the air when I passed by. The farmer said it cost him $2,000 to get the field right. Not alot of money if you can make $4,000/day.

never heard of the drying the wings thing before, but like you said jude i've killed many of doves in the rain.