Texas "National" Holiday - Opening Day of Dove Season

[Shane Jennings]

Birds around Abilene were few and far between this weekend. Numbers were pretty decent on Wednesday. They are apparently headed south though, so be looking for them soon, Greg.

[Keith Doty]

Greg, I live in the Houston area and have hunted the Katy area for many years, doves and water fowl. I think the lack of agriculture has destroyed what was an excellent hunting area. Those vast subdivisions are a poor substitute for rice and milo fields. Lots of fields I guided hunts in 35 years ago are gone to development.

[Mills]

Originally Posted by Keith Doty

Greg, I live in the Houston area and have hunted the Katy area for many years, doves and water fowl. I think the lack of agriculture has destroyed what was an excellent hunting area. Those vast subdivisions are a poor substitute for rice and milo fields. Lots of fields I guided hunts in 35 years ago are gone to development.

I totally agree. Pine monoculture has done it to a lot of formerly good places around here.

[Bruce Hering]

Originally Posted by Keith Doty

Greg, I live in the Houston area and have hunted the Katy area for many years, doves and water fowl. I think the lack of agriculture has destroyed what was an excellent hunting area. Those vast subdivisions are a poor substitute for rice and milo fields. Lots of fields I guided hunts in 35 years ago are gone to development.

Keith: Some call it progress and $$$$. I call it terrible.... I hunted "Blue Goose" years ago. What a hoot.....

[Keith Doty]

You'd be sad. Marvin's is totally gone. Altair and Marvin's Blue Goose were the center of the goose hunting prairie back in the day. I go thru there on my way to Garwood once or twice a year if coming from the west, the corner is bare, trailers gone. Somebody in East Bernard told me a gas-n go type place was going to be built there

[Mills]

I am not big on "progress" either.