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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: Madd]
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09/06/18 04:38 PM
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trlrdrdave
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I really miss walking middles in cotton fields and busting them when they get up.
"In time of war, send me all the Alabamians you can get, but in time of peace, for Lord's sake, send them to somebody else." General Edward H. Plummer
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: Madd]
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09/06/18 08:31 PM
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poorcountrypreacher
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One of my favorite hunting methods is walking up doves in a clear-cut, but it's usually better in the second season. A key is often to find areas in the cutover dominated by ragweed instead of dog fennel.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: Madd]
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09/07/18 12:33 PM
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bamaeyedoc
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a watering hole like a pond in a pasture has worked for me in the past. May want a dog in case one falls in the middle.
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
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09/07/18 12:54 PM
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Stob
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One of my favorite hunting methods is walking up doves in a clear-cut, but it's usually better in the second season. A key is often to find areas in the cutover dominated by ragweed instead of dog fennel.
This. One of the best hunts I've ever had was in an old strip mine. Lots of shale, gravel, etc...and LOTS of Poke sallet berries., and water nearby. Place was THICK with Dove. Spent several weekends walking around that place. Killed more Dove than at any "Dove Shoot" ever.
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: Madd]
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09/07/18 01:04 PM
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257wbymag
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Boo Boo Head
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I like riding dirt roads and shooting them off power lines
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: Madd]
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09/07/18 01:11 PM
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Great info guys. Exactly what I wanted to hear. I figure it would be a good time to just get in the woods with the possibility of getting something. It seems everyone thinks that clearcuts are best later in the season. If I don't mind the heat and snakes, do yall still think there may be some doves in the clearcuts? Also, how fresh do the clear cuts need to be? When do you think they are too old to hold some Dove? Best opening day shoots I've ever been on were in cutovers
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: 257wbymag]
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09/07/18 01:34 PM
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I like riding dirt roads and shooting them off power lines They're a bunch that do...
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: Bull64]
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09/07/18 01:51 PM
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Find you a roost I ruined a great spot as a kid by hunting their multiple Cedar tree roost by my Dads barn nearly every single afternoon after school for about 3 weeks. My bad! Didn't know any better. Dad warned me but at 13, who cares!
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
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09/18/18 07:58 PM
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jrs89
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I like riding dirt roads and shooting them off power lines With beer!
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: Madd]
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09/20/18 08:53 PM
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If you find some Woolly Croton growing in a cleacut you can bet it will attract doves. We have it growing on the cleacut edges by our roads. They are always in that stuff. One of the best hunts I’ve been on that wasn’t over bait was in a pasture where Woolly Croton was growing around some old Hay rings in Lowndes County. It was just plain murder. I think the ants ate better than we did.
"I didnt mean to kill nobody, I just meant to shoot him once in the head and two times in the chest. Him dying was between he and the Lord." Legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: Madd]
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09/20/18 08:57 PM
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257wbymag
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Yes we call it goat weed. It's like crack rock to doves.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Alternative Method to Dove Hunting in a Field?
[Re: Madd]
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09/21/18 09:56 AM
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watering holes, power lines, clear cuts
Georgia Football..Acts like Bama but has a trophy case like South Carolina.
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