Jeramie Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Question.... I got permission to hunt an Amish man's place. I went to check it out last night. He has a few crops but the plots are small. He had about one acre of corn and turned it under three weeks ago. However, right next to the corn patch was a 1-acre standing sunflower field. There were already doves on the line right there but it was evening and I didnt get to see anything flying. Anyone hunted a sunflower field? There are other decent areas to hunt around there and I would hate to waste my opening morning.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhunter39 Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 thats one of the best places to hunt doves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Thats good news! Ive only hunted doves a couple of times. Im really wanting to hit it hard this year. I really hoped this was a decent place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Sunflowers are the bomb. The riper (blacker) they get, the better. If they're thick, pay real close attention to where the dove falls, because it can be a son of a gun to find them in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 They arent horrible thick. They do have a decent cover but for the most part you can walk between them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 I went to a dove hunt a few years ago with abunch of other guys and the farm we went to had alot of sunflower patches, just a couple acres here and there, with corn and soybean fields everywhere else. There was about 12 guys shooting that day and Id say atleast 9 of us limited out. The only reason everyone didnt limit out was because some of us couldnt hit em Sunflowers are awesome for dove hunting, you should have a decent spot there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Yep, that's what we hunt over. My buddy plants sunflower in June and mows them off a couple weeks before season. He gave me an update this morning. He saw about 30 to 40 on the wire at his place, which is a low number for his place. They are usually in there by the hundreds come season. Sometimes they show up a little late based on the weather. I guess I'll just have to go out there Saturday and check for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 I hope to be over the field on Friday. However, I can only take on guy with me there and I have two wanting to go Friday. I may have to go hunt some public land. we do have a cold front comming in on Friday. Its suppose to be 54 Friday morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 I counted 15 doves on the ground where I mowed last week when I got home yesterday, but I couldn't hunt them because of the kids' practice/meet schedules. Supposed to cool off this weekend here. 50 something Saturday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted September 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Yep, we have a cold front hitting here today too. Its in the 90's right now. By Morning we are looking at high 50's and even cooler on Saturday morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 i hope you get to pound some birds tomorrow! i shot a limit yesterday at a public field, trying to decide if i want to dove hunt this weekend or goose/teal hunt.. good luck let us know how you do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 i hope you get to pound some birds tomorrow! i shot a limit yesterday at a public field, trying to decide if i want to dove hunt this weekend or goose/teal hunt.. good luck let us know how you do! You go up to Delaware Dev? Heard it wasn't too good this year over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 it sucked, took me a while to limit but i did so i cant complain. i just wanna experience a good shoot for once where i can limit out in an hr but i never seem to hit it right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 it sucked, took me a while to limit but i did so i cant complain. i just wanna experience a good shoot for once where i can limit out in an hr but i never seem to hit it right Let me talk to my buddy again. Maybe he softened up this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 sounds good chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Didnt shoot a thing. We did see some doves but only a few and most were too far out to even shoot. Bad, bad morning. We still have a lot of season left though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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