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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
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09/03/22 02:01 PM
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Garwoodie
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Hunted North of Uvalde - Limited out both days in the morning - primarily mourning doves - got 2 Whitewing on first day and 3 on second day Birds were flying to a sunflower field - we intercepted them before they got to the field Great start to the season
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8680204
09/03/22 03:42 PM
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TxDiver
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Hunted outside Cibolo this morning. All the right conditions but few birds.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8680724
09/04/22 03:33 PM
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Judd
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This thread is strong on the internet game wardens…good job keeping everyone safe boys
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: KillinSwede]
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09/05/22 02:22 PM
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steve_twice
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hunted 35 miles SE of Haskell opening morning with Ranger Creek. We needed a special field that had a private road through it to access after 4 plus inches the day before. We had folks limiting by 8am. This morning we went 18 miles or so NE of Haskell (fields much dryer) and anyone that could shoot a lick was limited by 8am. Both mornings the birds were super thick and were still flying when we left. Those Ranger Creek boys will put you on 'em.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8682098
09/06/22 03:56 PM
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LarryCopper
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Hunted in Baylor Co and Knox Co Thu to Sat. From the outfitters I know around there, the game wardens are saying it's real spotty. They aren't spread out, it's either feast or famine.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8685706
09/11/22 06:00 PM
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Shooter9118
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Hunted several of the fields since 9/1 in Collin and Hunt Counties. Opening day there was plenty of dove and pigeons, but that has fallen off dramatically. This morning was a perfect example of that. Sat in #2268 and never even lifted my gun. Heard, maybe 2-3 people shoot. I wasn't even hearing gun fire from fields close to this one like I normally do. Not sure what grounded them this morning, but it was dead.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: reeltexan]
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09/11/22 10:11 PM
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novasbc
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South of Waco. Good hunt. Lots of birds. Perfect weather. Both men and dogs had a great time.
All the birds must have gone your way. I too live just south of Waco (near Robinson), and am used to being able to limit or on the opening day. When it hasn't been raining we've seen very very very little amounts of flight. Yesterday afternoon we saw 3 birds only at evening hunt. The days that looked promising ended up storming right as the birds traditionally would start flying! It's a real shame too, as I finally got some .410 reloaded for my 8 year old boy (we were given the family .410 earlier this year). He's not had but 4 shootable birds since opener. Next weekend I'll have to bring the skeet thrower out so that we can actually have something to shoot. Guess it's getting about time to see what we can do to better draw them into the property. In the past this was a great flyway. Literally not a single dove brought down by anybody this year!
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8695948
09/26/22 01:30 PM
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MW1962
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Anybody seeing any better numbers closer to October?
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
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09/26/22 01:32 PM
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Huntmaster
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I haven’t seen any northern birds; yet.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8695992
09/26/22 02:21 PM
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hook_n_line
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My buddy just sent this picture. 2 weeks ago, not a bird in sight. Robertson County this morning.
Last edited by hook_n_line; 09/26/22 02:44 PM.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
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09/26/22 02:41 PM
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Guy
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Haskell county and over all driving there from DFW via 380 this weekend, saw a lot less birds vs the opener.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
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09/26/22 02:42 PM
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rickym
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Had hundreds the last couple weeks, this past Saturday very few seen.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
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10/04/22 11:19 PM
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TCM3
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One sitting and one flying.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: TCM3]
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10/05/22 02:49 PM
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Guy
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One sitting and one flying. Makes a good appetizer with your steak.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
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10/06/22 04:31 AM
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Medic68W
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Absolutely nothing here in North Texas. Been out every couple of days around Royse City and Greenville and have seen maybe 10-15 total over the past two weeks. Hopefully they start flying soon
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
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10/06/22 12:46 PM
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TCM3
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One sitting and one flying. Makes a good appetizer with your steak. barely. so far i've killed 1/3 of a daily limit.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: TCM3]
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10/06/22 07:58 PM
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Guy
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so far i've killed 1/3 of a daily limit.
Well you still got about a month left to get your limit.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8703088
10/06/22 09:33 PM
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DUKFVR
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Pretty much dead around my place in western young county.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
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10/06/22 10:13 PM
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jnd59
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so far i've killed 1/3 of a daily limit.
Well you still got about a month left to get your limit. If I added up the birds I've shot in the last three years I would still be short of a limit. Haven't hunted dove much but it's been pretty sparse around here. But I also didn't get to hunt the late season last couple of years. Hoping that changes things.
No matter how high a duck flies a hammer still breaks a window.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8703730
10/07/22 06:31 PM
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browning66
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Has anyone hunted in the Temple Waco lately that has had any luck?
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8703962
10/08/22 12:01 AM
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Bluesea112
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No birds near Waco. No birds around Sherman. This is the worse season I have ever seen in my 40+ years of hunting. I have always hunted 4 afternoons every week of dove season and shoot 8 - 10 birds every hunt. This year I have killed one bird, and it is the only shot I have fired. I even tried hunting mornings. Not a bird in the sky. Biden probably killed them all with his thousands of wind generators on the wind farms he is funding. Either that, or his thousands of acres of solar panels burned them up as they flew over. He has wrecked everything else.
Last edited by Bluesea112; 10/08/22 12:11 AM.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8703969
10/08/22 12:12 AM
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Michael W.
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I saw one dove in the yard today at the feeder, but then about 150 Grackles moved in and the dove left.
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: browning66]
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10/08/22 12:32 AM
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sallysue
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Has anyone hunted in the Temple Waco lately that has had any luck? Its been super slow
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Re: Dove reports…
[Re: Guy]
#8705008
10/09/22 06:26 PM
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cleatas
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We hunted just south of breckenridge this weekend and yea it was slow but I seen A LOT of birds Saturday evening. Big groups of 10+ came in low into the field but we didn’t have near enough people to cover it all. Seemed like the front may have pushed these birds down, they were large birds.
''Tis better to be silent and be THOUGHT a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." -Abraham Lincoln
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