Sunflowers

Love those pics. Keep them coming

Being raised in Northern New England and having thousands of acres of open land to hunt in three states, I am amazed at how difficult is seems to be to gain access to hunting elsewhere.

I agree, although there is a fair amount of State land for hunting in Texas, All of the good stuff is private, and generally you need to own it, or pay to lease it, in order to access the better opportunities.

I'm envious of you guys that are able to prepare a field for doves. While we have an ample supply of doves here in PA, finding a place where they are congregated enough for good shooting is difficult. Our beloved Game Commission does not permit us to manipulate a field for the purpose of attracting doves, considering it baiting. They site Federal law as the reason. We have tried planting sunflowers but cannot seem to get them past the deer in the seedling stage. They eat them like candy.

Went out and checked the fields today.They are growing like weeds.Good rain last week(2") and things took off.Lots of doves around now.We start last week of Sept. down so still got some waiting.That growth is in the last week if you look at previous pictures on Hunting in July post.
Mike you can come down anytime and do a dove hunt.

Oh yeah lots of quail seems like they are coming from all over the county.
This little guy was in one field with his siblings

Here is a low-res photo (having difficulty posting large files), of me and Ruby (RIP 2009), on one of her last hunts. This is a typical south Texas waterhole dove hunt.

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nothing better than the first day of dove hunting.....charlie