Anyone else shooting doves today?

[txtrout75218]

Myself, @Doug3006 and our friend John, hunting near Seymour Texas. Going back out in a few hours.

I used to hunt in Red Springs and Olney east of Seymour!

 

[Jeff505]

I used to hunt in Red Springs and Olney east of Seymour!

We were hunting between Vera and Red Springs.

 

[NDWoods]

Tough weekend with all of the rain W Tex has received but we did good.

I am hoping to get in some good October migrator shoots assuming I score early on deer for bow season.

 

[CoElkHunter]

@CoElkHunter , that interesting about the white wings, I started seeing them in coastal Alabama around 1996, I would kill a few every year but the big concentrations are in town about 5 miles away. Them and the Eurasian collard doves have almost displaced the pigeons in town.
I still kill a few every year and some years are better than others for the white wings.

Yes, the Eurasians are an aggressive species. We have quite a few of them in town here. There’s a pair of them that showed up in a neighbor’s front tree about a week ago. I watched them chase two magpies relentlessly out of the tree a couple of days ago. They’re not nesting this time of year so it was very odd to see that. I’ve never seen a mourning dove chase anything.

 

[SafariCurious]

The doves are still out there in Nevada, got these 6 in a couple hours this morning.

 

[Hunt anything]

We’re shooting this afternoon, cookout at 1:45 head to the stands around 3:00.
South zone in Alabama opener.

 

[CoElkHunter]

We’re shooting this afternoon, cookout at 1:45 head to the stands around 3:00.
South zone in Alabama opener.

Good skill! Just curious though as to why the opening day is this late in September, especially down south? I’ve hunted doves in Californicate, Arizona and Colorado, and they all start on September 1st per the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

 

[Beck]

no, but my neighbor went, and I was jealous!

 

[Hunt anything]

Good skill! Just curious though as to why the opening day is this late in September, especially down south? I’ve hunted doves in Californicate, Arizona and Colorado, and they all start on September 1st per the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Our south zone is a week later than the north zone. It’s only 4 or 5 counties. We still have birds on the nest in late August and they don’t want to orphan a bunch of young. 10 or so years ago our south zone didnt open until the first Saturday in October.
The MBTA stipulates season’s cant open before September 1 and must close no later than January 31. If I remember correctly. That’s why the spring snow goose and early Canada goose seasons are under special conservation rules.

We got on stands at around 3:15 and was back in the camp with a limit and watching football at 4:00, still a few hundred birds coming in!

 

[jeanes]

The Texas South Zone ( south of I-10 ) starts tomorrow. North and Central Zones started 1 Sept.

 

[BGGMKLR]

Another good opener in Nor Cal.
2 1/2 hr shoot.
Spike

 

[Jeff505]

Plucked, you have my admiration.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Our south zone is a week later than the north zone. It’s only 4 or 5 counties. We still have birds on the nest in late August and they don’t want to orphan a bunch of young. 10 or so years ago our south zone didnt open until the first Saturday in October.
The MBTA stipulates season’s cant open before September 1 and must close no later than January 31. If I remember correctly. That’s why the spring snow goose and early Canada goose seasons are under special conservation rules.

We got on stands at around 3:15 and was back in the camp with a limit and watching football at 4:00, still a few hundred birds coming in!

Thanks for clarifying the reasoning behind a later opening date. Makes sense. Congrats on your hunt!