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Dove numbers
#7196475
06/13/18 01:35 PM
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rickym
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How’s it looking around the state? Decent numbers here north and west of Houston, just hope we don’t get a big hurricane again.
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7196512
06/13/18 02:21 PM
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sig226fan (Rguns.com)
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Still a month or two too early to put much faith in local numbers. Hearing good things, but I don't get excited until seeing good numbers Aug 1 and after.
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7196687
06/13/18 05:51 PM
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rickym
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Most of the resident birds here aren’t goin anywhere. We aren’t dependent on migrating mourners, but I fully understand what you are saying.
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7196861
06/13/18 09:22 PM
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PoppinPiggies
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I've been seeing a lot more birds then last year, but like others said its still to early to get excited. I'm ready to shoot at something besides snakes with my shotgun though!!
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Re: Dove numbers
[Re: rickym]
#7197059
06/14/18 12:20 AM
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sig226fan (Rguns.com)
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Most of the resident birds here aren’t goin anywhere. We aren’t dependent on migrating mourners, but I fully understand what you are saying. If you AREN'T dependent on migratory birds after noon on opening day, I'd love to know the zip code you hunt. I am primarily a dove hunter, before anything else, spend many a day dove hunting each year, and everywhere I've been are depending on migratory birds after the first 5 hours.
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Re: Dove numbers
[Re: sig226fan (Rguns.com)]
#7197099
06/14/18 01:12 AM
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scalebuster
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Most of the resident birds here aren’t goin anywhere. We aren’t dependent on migrating mourners, but I fully understand what you are saying. If you AREN'T dependent on migratory birds after noon on opening day, I'd love to know the zip code you hunt. I am primarily a dove hunter, before anything else, spend many a day dove hunting each year, and everywhere I've been are depending on migratory birds after the first 5 hours. 79546
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7197312
06/14/18 10:50 AM
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sallysue
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Seeing a lot at my place and sunflowers are looking great
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7197575
06/14/18 04:31 PM
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8pointdrop
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Most of the resident birds here aren’t goin anywhere. We aren’t dependent on migrating mourners, but I fully understand what you are saying. If you AREN'T dependent on migratory birds after noon on opening day, I'd love to know the zip code you hunt. I am primarily a dove hunter, before anything else, spend many a day dove hunting each year, and everywhere I've been are depending on migratory birds after the first 5 hours. 79546 We will be killing local mourning the first few weeks. Can kill local ring necks all season long.
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7198213
06/15/18 05:46 AM
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kweber
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about aug 10 white-wings explode here and are usually good till first front...Harvey spoiled that last yr... migrant Mdoves don't show till oct fronts play a lot, tho… a mid-sept front will push out our local birds... winter season has usually been poor this far north, but last 2-3yrs have been good... this yr at the cen/so border we will have an old full sept/oct like seasons 40 yrs ago... 60 days of prime early fall hunting... tea-weed is usually ready about oct10ish... and temps are better... really we could have a 5mo season and not affect #'s much... after Labor day the hunter #'s fall off a lot...
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Re: Dove numbers
[Re: sig226fan (Rguns.com)]
#7198469
06/15/18 03:30 PM
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BDB
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Most of the resident birds here aren’t goin anywhere. We aren’t dependent on migrating mourners, but I fully understand what you are saying. If you AREN'T dependent on migratory birds after noon on opening day, I'd love to know the zip code you hunt. I am primarily a dove hunter, before anything else, spend many a day dove hunting each year, and everywhere I've been are depending on migratory birds after the first 5 hours. We shoot locals into late September. You can clearly tell the difference in a local and a migrator. I do think our fields are so good we pull other 'locals" off areas around us but the first good fronts don't push true northern birds into our area until late September
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7200467
06/17/18 10:52 PM
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dogcatcher
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Our sunflowers are looking good to the west and south of us. As long as we have a good sunflower crop to mow, we should be in good shape.
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7207668
06/25/18 07:01 AM
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Billy02
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time is near, waiting for the moment.
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7207781
06/25/18 12:52 PM
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snake oil
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Most of the resident birds here aren’t goin anywhere. We aren’t dependent on migrating mourners, but I fully understand what you are saying. If you AREN'T dependent on migratory birds after noon on opening day, I'd love to know the zip code you hunt. I am primarily a dove hunter, before anything else, spend many a day dove hunting each year, and everywhere I've been are depending on migratory birds after the first 5 hours. We shoot locals into late September. You can clearly tell the difference in a local and a migrator. I do think our fields are so good we pull other 'locals" off areas around us but the first good fronts don't push true northern birds into our area until late September Exactly...…..
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7212382
06/30/18 02:58 PM
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H2O Seeker
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Most of the resident birds here aren’t goin anywhere. We aren’t dependent on migrating mourners, but I fully understand what you are saying. If you AREN'T dependent on migratory birds after noon on opening day, I'd love to know the zip code you hunt. I am primarily a dove hunter, before anything else, spend many a day dove hunting each year, and everywhere I've been are depending on migratory birds after the first 5 hours. We shoot locals into late September. You can clearly tell the difference in a local and a migrator. I do think our fields are so good we pull other 'locals" off areas around us but the first good fronts don't push true northern birds into our area until late September Exactly...….. ^^This...and pray for early frontal activity.
Grateful for every sunrise and sunset I get to witness. - Jason
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Re: Dove numbers
[Re: rickym]
#7220418
07/10/18 01:41 PM
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sprigsss
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We shoot almost exclusively local birds in Fisher County. Of course we don't have a great food source.
With each passing mild front, we see fewer and fewer birds. If a strong front blows in, we shoot nothing.
We typically don't see numbers of migrators until the early season is just about over.
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Re: Dove numbers
[Re: sig226fan (Rguns.com)]
#7220479
07/10/18 02:32 PM
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BradyBuck
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Most of the resident birds here aren’t goin anywhere. We aren’t dependent on migrating mourners, but I fully understand what you are saying. If you AREN'T dependent on migratory birds after noon on opening day, I'd love to know the zip code you hunt. I am primarily a dove hunter, before anything else, spend many a day dove hunting each year, and everywhere I've been are depending on migratory birds after the first 5 hours. We shot 4-5 limits 2-3 times a week off one field a few years back of almost completely residential white wings. It started to slow down about 2 week in...just about the time it switched to mourning dove and it kept on producing like that into October. Best dove season ever! On top of that we would also typically get 4-5 ringers in there.
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Re: Dove numbers
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#7221507
07/11/18 02:00 PM
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nocknload
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Awesome tailgate picture right there Brady Buck...
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Re: Dove numbers
[Re: rickym]
#7226387
07/16/18 10:40 PM
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reeltexan
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Spotty at best around here.
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