Originally Posted by YellaLineHunter
Poor country preacher did. I think there’s a thread about it.

I planted about an acre one year, and also an acre of the Dove Magnet mix beside it. Then I top sowed wheat beside that. The doves preferred the sesame over anything else, but the problem was that I just didn't have many in the area. We killed a few, but it wasn't worth the trouble.

If I were in an area with a lot of doves I would plant sesame every year. I didn't have a problem with it not maturing before the season, but I planted early and hit strips with gly, then would bush hog the strips the next week. It put a tremendous amount of seed on the ground and the doves used the field for weeks.

I have planted sunflowers several times over the years, usually in a mix like the Dove Magnet, but I have never seen a single plant bloom and produce seed. The deer eat it as soon as it comes up. Good luck to all trying to grow a dove field; I sure wish that I could.

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.