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basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« on: July 13, 2011, 01:56:36 PM »
what are the basic things you need to know about dove hunting?  i have several awesome places for dovr hunting, but i've never done it before.
would you typically take a dog dove hunting?
what are some tactics?

thanks.

also anyone els that need help dove hunting feel free to post more questions  :hello:

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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2011, 02:07:18 PM »
Back when two buddies and I bird hunted, it was tradition for us to take our dogs to a certain water hole that the doves stopped at on their way to roost, every late afternoon on September 1st.  We hunkered down with our dogs around the water (mud) hole and waited.  when the doves came in, the shooting was hot for about 15 minutes.  Finding the downed doves in the tall grass was the dog's work.
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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2011, 02:09:29 PM »
Keep both eyes open, stay focused on the bird, and swing all the way through before pulling the trigger.  Those things are FAST

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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2011, 02:36:25 PM »
Have LOTS of shells on hand.

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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2011, 04:14:35 PM »
we always drive around till we find where the're concentrated. Pass shooting is best late afternoon when they're going to roost
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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2011, 04:20:06 PM »
A lot of shells! Well if you are in a good area lol. Not much to it just set up in a area they are using. Mornings and eves are always best.
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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2011, 06:05:40 PM »
Hunted them for years as a kid, You have to find the area where they are eating and roosting. Lots of shooting on their way to and from these spots..

I know you are from tri cities, if you can't find birds head off to Prosser, Whistran area along the Yakima river. Lots of good shooting out there and farmers usually have no issues with you wanting to hunt... Just don't shoot the cows....
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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2011, 10:38:34 PM »
Morning and evening, sit on the edge of a field or in a centerpivot, and blast em! Great times!
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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2011, 12:18:48 AM »
Bring lots of shells, they are FAST! I've only gone dove hunting a few times but it was always a good time
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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2011, 01:19:17 PM »
Morning and evening, sit on the edge of a field or in a centerpivot, and blast em! Great times!

What's a centerpivot?  I'm guessing it's the hub of the irrigation system...  My location speaks volumes, I get the 'grain' and 'corn' thing...those would be the plants that I buy in a can, but as for this centerpivot I'm lost.  :dunno: :chuckle:

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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2011, 01:45:32 PM »
No problem, Ya, its the begining of the irrigation system on a circle field. You can get by the "pivot" and break up your silhouette a bit. I usually goose hunt fields next to the centerpivot as well.
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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2011, 02:43:05 PM »
Yup... listen to these guys. They're called "Morning Doves" for a reason.

Morning and evening are the best times for them.

Find a water source or a gravel source.
All birds... including Doves... must eat grit or gravel in the morning time to process and digest the food they collect during the day time.
Gravel pits, gravel roads, and such are great in the mornings.
Water sources are big in the eveneing for the same reason. Digestion. They need water to digest what they have in their craw.


Food plots, or fields are productive all day long.
Some times just posting up with really good camo on the edge of a wheat field can be very productive.

OR...  find a roost.   I.E. a big patch of trees in the middle of wheat country. All the doves have to sleep. so... get them coming FROM roost in the morning, or going TO roost in evenings.

All birds see in color... so remember to wear camo. It can increase your odds just enough to make the difference between 80 yard shots and 15 yard shots.

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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2011, 04:53:02 PM »
Yup... listen to these guys. They're called "Morning Doves" for a reason.

Actually they are mourning doves, because their call sounds as though they are in mourning for a loved one. :chuckle: 
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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2011, 05:00:40 PM »
Based on your other post, sounds like you should take your wife to the field, and pick up her birds for her.  :rolleyes:
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Re: basics for dove hunting (help needed)
« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2011, 07:03:02 PM »
Based on your other post, sounds like you should take your wife to the field, and pick up her birds for her.  :rolleyes:

Hey careful. Thats a soft spot

 


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