Dove Hunting Public Land?

Anyone know of any half decent spots for dove hunting on public land in either south or central. Preferably something 4 hours or less from Houston. My buddy wants to go to Chaparral but I am not convinced that is worth it.

It really depends if TPWD has food crops planted that attract dove...find the food source and the dove will be there...No food = No dove.

That WMA is a long way from Houston, but on the positive side, it could have a good bird population...best tip is to call the WMA manager to see what he can tell you about their management efforts.

Yeah I called and they said Chaparral was doing a 5 dove per person average. I have made that drive before to deer hunt there and it was worth it. But I don’t see it being worth the drive for some dove hunting that I won’t limit out on.

Find you a good dove outfitter in the area, most are $100 a day/gun and will normally put you on a limit of birds if you can shoot.

Where I live in Eddy Tx. there is a public dove hunting area about 260 acres. Its a youth/adult place meaning you have to have a kid with you to hunt it. I hardly ever see anyone out there. If I didn't have a place to hunt I would be all over this.

I been looking at a few places near Cameron. I have not been in that area lately but on satellite it shows a lot of farm land around the spots I have been looking at. Anyone have a idea what they grow in that area or is it just hay growing

I was down there last week and that field was just covered in corn that had been recently harvested. Stalks were rolled. Saw zero birds.

20 years ago I would frequently shoot a limit of doves on Chaparral and now I'm lucky if I get five. I don't know what's going on but it's not good.

Well, then it’s time to check out the Chronicle classified and start calling local bird outfitters…last time I checked, there were a bunch on the east and west side of town…you can spend the money that you will save on gas and hunt local.

Good luck finding a Texas public dove hunting spot you can limit out, especially on a hunting forum.

Good luck finding a parking spot at a public dove hunting area,
much less a place to park your chair and be able to safely point
your shotgun. Don't forget to bring a rake to clean yourself a
spot amongst the spent shells and empty drink containers
and candy wrappers and butts

Has anybody been to this corn field lately? wondered if it was plowed under.

Doves are now feeding on crushed pecans in the roads in my area.