Hunted some public land this morning on the Collin County side of the Collin / Rockwall County complex. Never fired a shot. Saw a couple of birds scoot down a tree line but that was the property line and couldn't shoot towards them. A few guys down the field from us took a couple of shots... Maybe it will be better this evening.

Well, evening wasn't any better. I saw 3 dove and they were too far out.

Dove on public is pretty tough, especially around the metro mess.

If I were chasing dove on public, I would try the lakes. You probably will not find their food source there, but they do drink there, and they roost in the trees, and you can pattern them and find their flyways. Set up in the flyaways and smoke'm. Probably have a lot more luck there than the crappy public fields.

Ya, honestly this hunt was just a by product of buying the annual permit. I wasn't expecting anything great, but the field is 15 minutes from my house so why not. Sitting in a field beats doing chores.

I’ve had better luck on the public places down in the Valley.

Went to the valley for the second weekend white wing only hunt. It was a paid hunt, not public but wow! We were covered up in mourning doves in sunflowers, but when the white wings started flying, it was awesome! But that is a bit of a drive from the Dallas area.