Planting for dove season

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Originally Posted by micah

i'm gonna look into this birdeye stuff.

i'll call my wifes uncle and see if i can get the guys number and give him a call and talk to him about what it takes to plant and the best way to hunt over it.

[noodle creek]

i may be wrong but goatweed doesn't get right until later in the season. burning it works great once it gets right. brown top would be the way to go and it is relatively cheap also. maybe plant a little brown top for the september seasons and save the goatweed for the later splits

[Top Dawg]

^^^. Goat weed is always better from October on. Brown top or sunflowers for the first split. I have hunted brown top fields and not fired a shot before. I have never in my life seen a sunflower field that is not covered in birds. Just my experience. I have seen em in brown top fields also. But not always. Sargum seems to be pretty good too.

[Micah]

http://www.americanmeadows.com/birds-eyes-seeds

Is this the birds eye that yall are talking about?

http://www.hancockseed.com/seed-vari...-lb-bag-9.html

Brown top millet is pretty cheap.....$30 for 50# bag

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Reefman

I'm asked this all the time! The small group I hunt with has been together for over 40 years! Death seems to be the only way an opening comes up but is quickly filled by immediate family members. I count my blessings to be included with these guys! Like you, my favorite hunting is doves (eating too). I'll leave a duck blind with pintails coming in to shoot doves!

The key to dove fields is to keep your group small enough where you don't push too much pressure on the resident birds.

I understand totally. Some of the best times have been hunting doves in October and even on New Years. Never really heard of a dove hunting club, most people hunt opening weekend and thats it. Lucky you

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

^^^. Goat weed is always better from October on. Brown top or sunflowers for the first split. I have hunted brown top fields and not fired a shot before. I have never in my life seen a sunflower field that is not covered in birds. Just my experience. I have seen em in brown top fields also. But not always. Sargum seems to be pretty good too.

Yes, in my experience also. Goatweed starts popping in October

I like sunflowers and all, but the best hunts I have been on in September have been in harvested corn fields.

[Micah]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Yes, in my experience also. Goatweed starts popping in October

I like sunflowers and all, but the best hunts I have been on in September have been in harvested corn fields.

So I should plant some corn?

[noodle creek]

in my experience brown top would be the way to go in louisiana. if it were texas, sunflowers

[Micah]

http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/d...ld_low-res.pdf

Pretty good stuff in here.

[Micah]

Where can i get seeds around here?

[Spunt Drag]

Originally Posted by Micah

Where can i get seeds around here?

G&H in Gueydan can probably help you

[Micah]

Originally Posted by Spunt Drag

G&H in Gueydan can probably help you

Isn't there a G&H on Hwy 90?

[BArmand]

Originally Posted by Micah

http://www.americanmeadows.com/birds-eyes-seeds

Is this the birds eye that yall are talking about?

http://www.hancockseed.com/seed-vari...-lb-bag-9.html

Brown top millet is pretty cheap.....$30 for 50# bag

That is the wrong Bird's Eye. The one you need is light green and does not have a flower, it just produces thousands of brown seeds. I have never heard of it being for sale, but I would love the opportunity to buy some. In my experience Birds Eye is the best dove feed and holds birds throughout the year.

[krazykat]

Thanks for the great information. Fletchers on Country Club Road has seed.

[Gottogo49]

Originally Posted by BArmand

That is the wrong Bird's Eye. The one you need is light green and does not have a flower, it just produces thousands of brown seeds. I have never heard of it being for sale, but I would love the opportunity to buy some. In my experience Birds Eye is the best dove feed and holds birds throughout the year.

Anyone find a picture of the birds eye grass that doves love?
We had some good hunts the first split last year in a goatweed field.
Almost all whitewings and the seeds weren't even ripe yet.
They mowed and raked nice lanes through the field.
Whitewings left and mourning doves moved in but not with numbers like the whitewings.

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Micha i will find out where these guys got it from

[BArmand]

Originally Posted by Gottogo49

Anyone find a picture of the birds eye grass that doves love?
We had some good hunts the first split last year in a goatweed field.
Almost all whitewings and the seeds weren't even ripe yet.
They mowed and raked nice lanes through the field.
Whitewings left and mourning doves moved in but not with numbers like the whitewings.

Birdeye is often found in bean fields. You will notice a light green plant that is scattered throughout the beans. If you ever hunt over a harvested bean field you will notice very few beans in your birds, but you will see hundreds of perfectly round seeds (birdeye) in them.

[Micah]

Originally Posted by BArmand

That is the wrong Bird's Eye. The one you need is light green and does not have a flower, it just produces thousands of brown seeds. I have never heard of it being for sale, but I would love the opportunity to buy some. In my experience Birds Eye is the best dove feed and holds birds throughout the year.

I didn't that was it.

[Micah]

Got my back couple acres bush hogged, guess I need to buy some seed and start planting.

[Micah]

I should be disking in the next couple days and spreading some brown top millet so it will be ready come September.