Bad dove hunt

[Micah]

Originally Posted by cmcnabb

The wet wings thing is true. Y'all never seen doves drying their wings? After every rain then hold their wings open like cormorant

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

[cmcnabb]

Originally Posted by Micah

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

[jchief]

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

[noodle creek]

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.

[BArmand]

Originally Posted by BayBolt23

Sounds like he was just trying to collect!
Snake he never offered to knock down the price?!?!?!

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.

[BArmand]

Originally Posted by noodle creek

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.

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.

[Skittawalk]

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 $ ...

[Micah]

Originally Posted by Skittawalk

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

[BArmand]

Originally Posted by Skittawalk

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 $ ...

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.

[Micah]

Originally Posted by BArmand

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.

[BArmand]

Originally Posted by Micah

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.

[Micah]

Originally Posted by BArmand

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?

[BArmand]

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

[Micah]

Originally Posted by BArmand

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

Hell yeah!!!!

[mr crab]

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.

[BArmand]

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

[slickfish]

We hunt in ballinger and had a pretty good hunt. uploadfromtaptalk1346895279000.jpguploadfromtaptalk1346895301770.jpg

[Armand16]

Originally Posted by BArmand

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 some teal in a few weeks

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.

[BArmand]

Originally Posted by Armand16

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.

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Originally Posted by jchief

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

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