Dove Field Consultant
 

I am looking to hire someone who is knowledgable about establishing a LEGAL dove field. I have about 75 acres which I can dedicate to this field. Can anyone make recommendations about a good candidate to hire?

Mark Atwell

U can hire me to thin em out. Keep the population down :)

You're a little late. Unless you planted back May or June

I would be willing to test it out for you.

Lots of sunflower!!!! That should do the trick.
But, yes, you are deff too late for this season.

just let the grass grow for a year and then plow it about 2 weeks before the season... we did that about 5 years ago when our land was in between switching different farmers, and it was like hunting in mexico.. I have never seen that many doves in my life. the game wardens were even out there checking it because they thought it was baited

To be legal. Whatever is planted would either need to be left completely alone or plowed under. And you would need to be plowing about now. Can't just cut it and leave it on the surface.

Not true, you can bush hog it ten days before season

Depends on what it is. Bush hogging is not a typical farm practice for a crop and leaving seed on the ground for the purpose of hunting is baiting. It all boils down to interpretation and I don't means yours, I mean the GW's. Close to the same argument we go through with buffaloing rice fields.

If I'm not mistaking isnt it different for doves and waterfowl??

You can push hog the day before if nothing is planted and it's all wild pasture weeds!

I was told that it was okay if you plant millett or sunflowers and bush hog a certain amount of days before the season it was okay, but you have to have it plowed under completely before the season starts. He also said that doves feed by sight so if they start going to a field to eat that once it's plowed under they still know the food is there and they'll keep coming.