September 1 kicks off dove season and it's on from there. Those cattle better take care of themselves. Nothing will get you culled faster than messing up a good hunt with some nonsense. 
About to be that time...
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Do y'all have any? I have not seen anything like this as far back as I can remember dove shoots. NOBODY has any here at all. Haven't seen any except a few resident pairs that nest and raise young here. And 200 miles south, at The Kudzu Place, no one has any there, either. We have a lot of wild pigeons, but no doves. Dunno if it is the weather, or something has moved the migration route over, or what. We quit having the fund-raising shoot and cook out 2 years ago. Last one was '23. Or might have been '22, but we still had doves on our private fields. Kinda glad we didn't have a pay shoot now. Ours opens 1st Saturday after Labor Day, the 6th. Maybe all the doves y'all don't harvest will leave Texas and head east! :) Ours here are mourning doves. What do y'all have there?
coachg
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Seeing a lot on the roads ; not much corn 
picked yet so they are scattered. We are 2 weeks from season opening.
picked yet so they are scattered. We are 2 weeks from season opening.Dave
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Archery deer and elk season in my neighborhood opens tomorrow and runs through September 28. More traffic on my road. I can't imagine shooting an elk in 90+ degree weather and getting out of the hills and cooled in a timely manner.
We aren't seeing many in sw ok either. Hopefully this cool front pushes em down.
@Warren Allison there is no limit on pigeons. Have at em. It is a kid's dream. Or kids at heart. Make more room for your native dove!
@Warren Allison there is no limit on pigeons. Have at em. It is a kid's dream. Or kids at heart. Make more room for your native dove!
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We have quite a few local birds but they aren't really what you want to hunt.
We hunt Mourning Doves and White Wings.
It's better later in the season because the front don't come early like they use to.
We hunt Mourning Doves and White Wings.
It's better later in the season because the front don't come early like they use to.
Yes, we will shoot them, and eat them too. Taste just like doves.We aren't seeing many in sw ok either. Hopefully this cool front pushes em down.
@Warren Allison there is no limit on pigeons. Have at em. It is a kid's dream. Or kids at heart. Make more room for your native dove!
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Maybe you guys don't know about the decline in birds... Three billion in the United States in the last fifty years. Meadow larks, pinion pine jays, hummingbirds, and others are all hard hit.
From google: Mourning doves, which remain one of North America's most abundant bird species, show regional population drops due to factors like habitat loss and lead poisoning from hunting. However, the European Turtle Dove is now listed as vulnerable globally, with its population plummeting by 83% between 1980 and 2022 due to intensive agriculture and pesticide use.
We still have a lot of robins, house finches, and orioles. Omnivores are doing better than insect eaters. King birds have moved out of the fields and are living more in towns.
