Dove numbers

[Duck cutter]

Probably thanking you for an invitation to shoot that he never got

[2thDoc]

that must be it...

[Palmetto Bug]

We shot my field last Sunday. A lot fewer birds than the previous shoot but I still should have had a limit. I shot like a blind man. We're holding off this weekend to give the birds a rest. I still have a lot of standing sunflowers and the ones that blew over in Dorian are still edible. I'm going to "plant" some wheat in strips.

[dhall1693]

Shot my Wife's family's fields in Callison last Friday and Saturday. Both fields had a consistent number of birds coming in both afternoons and shot close to a limit on both. Watched several dozen fly over the cut over I was hunting yesterday in Callison as well.

[ndbrown213]

Y’all shoot at jeff’s?

Yes sir

[Gregory]

We shot today in northern Anderson county. Pretty damned slow.

[Calibogue]

Went out with a bang down here!
Still a lot of birds in this area.....hope they hold up til Thanksgiving.

[Gregory]

I'm seeing quite a few birds now. I hope they hold until 11/16.

[Palmetto Bug]

I've still got plenty of food in the field but no birds.

[Gregory]

So far our numbers seem to be holding.

[rrconductor]

I have a lot of food in the field but not many birds. They seem to be there early AM and then gone. I am thinking I need to bush hog more sunflowers and corn to put some food on the ground.

[Palmetto Bug]

I'm suddenly starting to see a few birds, not a lot but a few dozen. Maybe the migratory wave is about to show up for the second split.

[Gregory]

I have a lot of food in the field but not many birds. They seem to be there early AM and then gone. I am thinking I need to bush hog more sunflowers and corn to put some food on the ground.

We never cut. Leave it standing all three seasons.

[Woodiewacker82]

Two man limit.

[thawhacker]

We never cut. Leave it standing all three seasons.

I’ve never seen them eat corn on the stalk

[2thDoc]

its quite possible he spoke about the sunflowers.

and I wouldnt have a lick of corn in my dove field if I had my druthers...

[Highstrung]

we're cutting a little corn as we go now..

[Sportin' Woodies]

Doves like standing corn more than cracked corn. They didn't used to. They just do now.

[Palmetto Bug]

No doubt that doves love sunflowers but when it gets really cold, corn is heat food. All of the epic late season hunts that I've been on were over corn.

The wheat I "planted" isn't getting much attention because there is plenty of sunflower and corn available too.

I bought a limb chipper just for chopping up corn. It works OK but grinds it too fine into grits which doesn't weather well. The bushhog leaves more whole kernels but a lot of kernels are still stuck to the cob. I spent about an hour yesterday chopping individual ears with a machete and shelling the cobs by hand. I need a silage chopper.

[Highstrung]

we have had enough food around this year that we haven't messed with wheat.