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Dove Hunts
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07/07/20 04:14 PM
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ndhunter
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Not very many postings in THF lease section for dove hunts
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7894134
07/08/20 02:01 PM
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mickeyhft
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Last year's poor dove numbers/hunting in so many places for so much of the season might have folks gunshy. I know it does me, but always hopeful!
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7894529
07/08/20 06:44 PM
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ndhunter
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Yeah me too. It is a little early for the day hunt postings.
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7895179
07/09/20 12:06 PM
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Buzzsaw
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i think the migratory patterns have changed
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#7895434
07/09/20 03:52 PM
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ndhunter
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i think the migratory patterns have changed Why would you say that? Due to bad year last year?
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7895463
07/09/20 04:07 PM
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Stompy
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Past couple of years have not had a very good hatch is all, that's been the issue in early season. There's always pockets of good birds around, just have to be lucky enough to be in one. The October birds have been pretty decent the past couple of years.
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7895776
07/09/20 08:19 PM
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Joined: May 2018
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2flyfish4
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I normally already have my hunt booked for the 1st by now. Covid is keeping me from making plans. It will likely be the week before opener that I finalize where and whom hunting with. May even just hunt public since it opens on a tuesday this year.
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: 2flyfish4]
#7896611
07/10/20 06:01 PM
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Buzzsaw
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I normally already have my hunt booked for the 1st by now. Covid is keeping me from making plans. It will likely be the week before opener that I finalize where and whom hunting with. May even just hunt public since it opens on a tuesday this year. I'm doing the same thing. I haven't been in two years and miss it. Just got tired of paying $$ for a few birds and WAY too many hunters. Last year the weather scared me off, don't like hunting in a muddy rainy field. Too old for that. Definitely don't mind paying $$ for a couple limits and a decent motel !!!
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7903162
07/16/20 09:36 PM
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Superduty
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I go every year regardless. Love the away time, camping, drinking, hanging out even if it is by myself. Most likely this year I will go alone due to Tuesday it being opening day. With that being said, leave Sunday, camp hang out, cook steaks, fish at the local,lake....love it! Here was last year.
'It's Only Treason if You Lose."
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7903165
07/16/20 09:37 PM
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TCM3
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Dove season has been horrible here the last 3 years.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: Superduty]
#7909547
07/22/20 09:21 PM
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Buzzsaw
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I go every year regardless. Love the away time, camping, drinking, hanging out even if it is by myself. Most likely this year I will go alone due to Tuesday it being opening day. With that being said, leave Sunday, camp hang out, cook steaks, fish at the local,lake....love it! Here was last year. you should take your Uncle Buzz, I hear that's his kind of dove hunting
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: Superduty]
#7909874
07/23/20 01:02 AM
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Slimpickin
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"[quote=Superduty]I go every year regardless. Love the away time, camping, drinking, hanging out even if it is by myself. Most likely this year I will go alone due to Tuesday it being opening day. With that being said, leave Sunday, camp hang out, cook steaks, fish at the local,lake....love it!" WELL SAID!
Last edited by Slimpickin; 07/23/20 01:03 AM.
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: Slimpickin]
#7910354
07/23/20 03:34 PM
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ndhunter
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Yeah it is fun. Dove is what I got to look forward to right now. It's consuming me LOL
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7911806
07/24/20 06:04 PM
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ndhunter
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Hard to imagine we are only about a month away and nobody is arguing about shot size
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7911809
07/24/20 06:06 PM
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ndhunter
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Re: Dove Hunts
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#7911820
07/24/20 06:16 PM
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aerangis
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I don't about anywhere else but birds are scarce NE of Dallas. The only birds I'm seeing are some resident whitewings.
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7911825
07/24/20 06:22 PM
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hook_n_line
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i think the migratory patterns have changed Why would you say that? Due to bad year last year? My buddy that I hunt with every year lives where we hunt. He says many of the farmers in the area have quit planting and the birds just don't come in like they used to. His place still gets some birds but they usually harvest early and the birds are out by the 2nd week of September regardless of pressure. 20 miles east of him there were more birds the last 3 years. One might say they changed migration paths.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7911897
07/24/20 07:13 PM
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billyhunt
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Well this year they planted corn (last 4 years have been cotton) and seeing more birds, so far!!!
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7911970
07/24/20 08:13 PM
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jnd59
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Hard to imagine we are only about a month away and nobody is arguing about shot size True, committed dove hunters only use 9 shot in 28 gauge low brass shells and mojos with one wing missing. Everyone else is just farting in the wind. Will that do?
No matter how high a duck flies a hammer still breaks a window.
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: jnd59]
#7912068
07/24/20 09:25 PM
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Slimpickin
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Hard to imagine we are only about a month away and nobody is arguing about shot size True, committed dove hunters only use 9 shot in 28 gauge low brass shells and mojos with one wing missing. Everyone else is just farting in the wind. Will that do? Reminds me I need to find that missing wing!
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: aerangis]
#7913814
07/26/20 05:27 PM
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Buzzsaw
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I don't about anywhere else but birds are scarce NE of Dallas. The only birds I'm seeing are some resident whitewings.
what general area are you scouting?
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7914251
07/27/20 12:03 AM
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Superduty
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I cannot wait till Aug 31st....got my camping area all set......might even leave the 30th. I need a vacation/hunt/camp!111
Already am packed! Airstream has been polished, sheets washed, fridge cleaned, vacuumed And floors mopped!
Cannot wait!
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7916702
07/29/20 01:16 AM
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reeltexan
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The way we all grew up, it’s a right of passage, a Texas tradition.
Bad year or phenomenal, we go. Every year. Sometimes it’s just for the buddies, the scenery and the dogs.
I wouldn’t miss it.
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: ndhunter]
#7917577
07/29/20 09:11 PM
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whitewing maniac
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I just signed up for my 1st dove lease. They have a field about 5 miles from where I work, so guess I will see what happens.
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Re: Dove Hunts
[Re: jnd59]
#7917675
07/29/20 10:53 PM
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ndhunter
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Hard to imagine we are only about a month away and nobody is arguing about shot size True, committed dove hunters only use 9 shot in 28 gauge low brass shells and mojos with one wing missing. Everyone else is just farting in the wind. Will that do? Yes, I started to say something about the 28 ga hunters who require 15 or fewer shells for a limit
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