Dove Hunting

[GTODALEP]

Took my 14 year old son to a Youth Hunt in Maury County today. Shot clays, ate lunch, then hunted for 3.5 hours. He shot 4 boxes of shells and got 4 doves. He is better at clays. When we got home, he cleaned them(learned how watching youtube video). What a day!! (wish I could have hunted too).

[whiskey]

Took my 14 year old son to a Youth Hunt in Maury County today. Shot clays, ate lunch, then hunted for 3.5 hours. He shot 4 boxes of shells and got 4 doves. He is better at clays. When we got home, he cleaned them(learned how watching youtube video). What a day!! (wish I could have hunted too).

Sounds like fun. I wish TWRA would invest more than one weekend into leased fields around the state. They used to plant more fields, but seems that the economy has effected all areas. I would have loved to have spent this afternoon in a dove field with my daughter.

[GTODALEP]

Yea, and I wish they would do it in Sumner County. It is 70 miles one way for me to Springhill. Worth the trip, but it would be much better here. Also, there was a 50 kid limit. That is for the entire state! Most of them were locals from Maury County. Got one more year, only available for 9-15 year olds.

[DaveS]

Whiskey....let's check the dove fields at Haynes Bottoms WMA. Those fields will stand all the way through rabbit season. It's only about 15 minutes from the house, I should drive down and check them out.

[Superposed]

Hunted the first 20 days of the season in southern Oklahoma. Hunted over milo, millet, corn and sunflowers. Killed a bunch of doves (gave them to the locals and fellow hunters who didn't limit). Had more rain than usual and the remnants of a tropical storm. Had to watch out for wild hogs (a hunter on another hunt 10 miles away lost three fingers fighting off a hog attack). Also one morning before daylight while setting up a mountain lion was spotted at the back end of the 200 acre field we were hunting in. Makes dove hunting interesting (not to mention the increase in snakes you see out west).

Superposed