saw waves of whitewing coming off fresh harvested wheat at Uvalde late May
now milo is being combined and early corn also..
plus there's lotsa the large sunflowers starting to ripen around here and later there's some sesame gonna be ready (not as much as past yrs, tho)
plenty of food and time for one more hatch
W of SA
and as always, San Antonio proper has stupid amts that'll never hear a gun-blast..

we'll do our best to hold them off..
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=hon...GAR&ajf=100

52 more days

Getting exciting, time to start planning out the season.

Planning out the season?

Boy im glad I don't have to do that.
My plans,
Buy a case of shells
Buy beer
Drive to old guys house
Shoot birds, or at least shoot

47 now and things are looking good

It's looking good here in North Texas, water being scarce will concentrate them to food nearest water as well, so looks to be a good one, plenty of local birds and Eurasians right now, and storms in Midwest will send them in soon

I don't know much about NTx doves, but the last 15 or so yrs W of SA
WW doves can be flocking bigger than blackbirds..
usually by late Aug, early Sept the whitewings from Amarillo, Lubbock, Abilene and Angelo plus probably some DFW birds drop on us here..
now we have adapted to these birds showing up and made
arrangements to entice and keep them here...Yuma Az calls itself the dove capitol of USA...
I'll contest that.

43 days!

And thank you for the dove countdown sallysue. Ever since puddin stopped a couple years ago I've missed it.

Thanks

udamdan did the countdowns. "Puddin" is his outfitter (mine too). Either way...happy to have a countdown again

Yes you're right it was udamdan. I always looked forward to the countdown. yah I've seen a lot of y'alls posts over the years.

I just joined a 2,000 acre dove club with max out outfitters outside of Katy. First year they've done a dove lease on this property. I'm pretty excited.

I just love dove season.…………….

Me and my gal Miss Dee luv it too

Can we get a count down update?

40 more

Wow dove season is just around the corner

Seeing birds off 130 between exits 415 and 417 nice solid flocks of white wings. Late flyers too 745pm

38 more days

I'm already losing sleep. I am so ready.

Gonna take my boy to the range every weekend between now and Labor Day. It's ALMOST time

Does anybody have a contact for any day/season lease guys around Hondo or Uvalde that are good/reasonable and not trying to be a be a fancy type big game penned ranch hunt operator?

Thanks in advance.

Your gal looks like a democrat

all kidding aside I bet she is unique.

She's a Deutscher Wachtelhund

25 days now

Yes!!!!

white wings are boiling into and out of the flower fields
here, W of SA..
watched 100's at 1830 today..
and they're gonna come more,,
be 1000's in a couple weeks...
and the Amarillo, Lubbock, Abilene and Ft Worth birds aint made it here yet...

22 now

Birds all over at I 10 east of San Antonio b4 the schertz exit.

15 more now

shertz exit on I-10?
1604?

Yes right in that area. I see them daily right there and off 130 over by 35 around Georgetown exits. I see large groups of white wings from 35 and 130 to like exit 421 if I remember correctly. Then again coming into San Antonio around the schertz exit off i10

It's beginning to look a lot like....

Only 9 days now WOW

Just read an encouraging report of plenty of white wings in Hutto, and off of toll 130 area near Georgetown.

I must be looking in the wrong areas because I'm still not really seeing anything to get excited about.

Not seeing that many at the farm different year

seen couple thousand when I scouted my spot 2 days ago. They were clumped up good though. Heavy on the power lines and pecan orchards. Mostly mournings from what I could tell.

Numbers seem way down for us....

I watched an entire flock burst into flames this afternoon...

I'd normally call BS, but I am literary waiting on the sun to go down to go mow the front yard.

Backyard gonna have to wait with this dang heat.

Let your wife do it

She was to busy going to Camp Gladiator in the 105 heat yesterday afternoon. The woman is nuts.

My wife was doing Camp Gladiator yesterday as well. Came home looking like casper the ghost. Then over dinner told me I was stupid to go sit in a field all day to kill birds in the heat, haha

almost time folks

Just 1 more week of work to go. Picking up license and a case of shells today. Now I'm starting to get excited.

Next week is the longest week of the year with the 31st being the longest day of the year.

I'm so ready. Not seeing a lot of birds on our place just north of Katy, but as is often the case, they mysteriously show up on opening day.

They have noticeably picked up in my front yard...........under my bird feeder.

One more week

Hunting license arrived in the mail

Scouted for dove and teal, bought hunting licenses, cleaned and oiled 3 shotguns, washed and organized teal decoys, broke out the dove mojos and verified they work, cleaned cooler…think I am just about ready.

Duckseason started in Belgium on Aug 15
With my 4 uncles we shot 159 mallards in the morning and evening.
There are no limits
It was epic

Less than 48 hours!

And Me and Miss Dee will be ready

Less than 24 hours

Did you already buy your 2018-2019 dove chair, or is today the day of that annual purchase?

Happy Dove Opener Eve!!!

Tic...tic...tic..aw heck, I'm not gonna be able to sleep anyway. Might as well head up to Walmart and watch the last minute panic.

It's here....

2 1/2 hours and tweety bird gets it

Another dove eve and [censored] sleep. Bring on the coffee and feathers. Have fun and Good shootin everyone!

I’m ready

Yahtzee!

Day 1 is gone, post em up

Well it must of been good