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 Royse City Dove Lands
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09/13/18 01:04 AM
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shea.mcphail
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Anybody been by the Royse City public lands for dove hunting? Planning to go Saturday morning, but wanted to see if anybody else has been.
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: shea.mcphail]
#7287507
09/15/18 05:21 PM
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CB327
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I visited these fields a couple of years ago after opening weekend. Saw lots of birds but they were out of range. Spoke with one gentleman who had 4 mojos working after evening hunt and he had close to a limit. He said patience and scouting paid off for him. He also said evenings were better. FYI, I have bought some mojos. They seem to draw the birds closer to take a look. But hunter movement still makes them turn before in shooting range. Did you visit and how did you do? 
Last edited by CB327; 09/15/18 05:23 PM.
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: shea.mcphail]
#7287540
09/15/18 06:26 PM
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shea.mcphail
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Had to take my daughter to Rockwall this morning, so I’m going tomorrow morning instead. I have a mojo that I’m planning on setting out. I might try to sneak out this afternoon when my wife takes the baby to a birthday party. From what I hear these are corn fields?
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: shea.mcphail]
#7287609
09/15/18 08:29 PM
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CB327
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A couple of years ago there was corn and wheat fields. They were harvested and plowed. Good luck it looks like a couple of storms this evening around royse city.
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: shea.mcphail]
#7287826
09/16/18 01:04 AM
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shea.mcphail
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Anybody know the rules on bringing your dog to public hunting lands? Mine won’t retrieve, but she’ll provide me with some company.
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: shea.mcphail]
#7287854
09/16/18 01:42 AM
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scalebuster
THF Trophy Hunter
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Anybody know the rules on bringing your dog to public hunting lands? Mine won’t retrieve, but she’ll provide me with some company. I had a wife and a dog like that. I got rid of both of them.
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: scalebuster]
#7287988
09/16/18 10:49 AM
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swampthang
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Anybody know the rules on bringing your dog to public hunting lands? Mine won’t retrieve, but she’ll provide me with some company. I had a wife and a dog like that. I got rid of both of them. "..you aint never caught a rabbit and you aint no friend of mine". 
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: scalebuster]
#7288412
09/16/18 09:31 PM
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shea.mcphail
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Anybody know the rules on bringing your dog to public hunting lands? Mine won’t retrieve, but she’ll provide me with some company. I had a wife and a dog like that. I got rid of both of them. Well played, sir. 
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: shea.mcphail]
#7297174
09/25/18 05:25 PM
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Joined: Jan 2016
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BANDIT_DOC
Light Foot
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Man, I was out around there recently. Looked all over and didnt see too much. Laid a good decoy spread, 2 mojo spinners, 4 mojo flickers, 8 little hard body clip ons and a lucky duck dove flapper. Only saw one single bird. I listed my decoy spread because I wanted yall to know I threw the gauntlet down. Only one bird. Im pretty frustrated with my dove hunting situation so far this year. Ive put the miles on tires and have walked them too. Literally. Im going west and north towards the panhandle. If all else fails maybe I'll get a bunch of eurasians up there. If not. Im going to quit.
...who am I kidding... I'll probably just buy some other thing to throw in my decoy bucket.
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: BANDIT_DOC]
#7297708
09/26/18 02:53 AM
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shea.mcphail
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Man, I was out around there recently. Looked all over and didnt see too much. Laid a good decoy spread, 2 mojo spinners, 4 mojo flickers, 8 little hard body clip ons and a lucky duck dove flapper. Only saw one single bird. I listed my decoy spread because I wanted yall to know I threw the gauntlet down. Only one bird. Im pretty frustrated with my dove hunting situation so far this year. Ive put the miles on tires and have walked them too. Literally. Im going west and north towards the panhandle. If all else fails maybe I'll get a bunch of eurasians up there. If not. Im going to quit.
...who am I kidding... I'll probably just buy some other thing to throw in my decoy bucket. I was thinking about going out for an evening hunt. I’ll take my one mojo spinner with me. Doubt it helps, but we will see. Hard to find good dove hunting on public land around these parts.
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: shea.mcphail]
#7298450
09/26/18 09:06 PM
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BANDIT_DOC
Light Foot
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Light Foot
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Ive had more luck west of the metroplex around decatur and alvord on some of those public spaces.
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: BANDIT_DOC]
#7299103
09/27/18 04:10 PM
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shea.mcphail
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Ive had more luck west of the metroplex around decatur and alvord on some of those public spaces. PM sent
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Re: Royse City Dove Lands
[Re: shea.mcphail]
#7303587
10/02/18 09:21 PM
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RockDocJoe
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I agree, I’ve never had good luck out there. The most I’ve seen is ~10, usually it’s 3 or 4 that are out of range.
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