Doves

[pee dee]

10-15 days before the season my two fields were loaded,however, as the season opener grew closer the birds dwindled. I attributed this to it being so dry and everyone being able to cut corn. Most corn has sprouted now and still not holding birds like normal. We had four decent hunts but nothing like normal. What y’all think?

[Duck cutter]

I think it’s just part of owning/planting a dove field.
I’ve had great shoots on shabby looking fields and poor shoots on great looking fields.

Sometimes there isn’t a rhyme or reason

[fro]

4 first season hunts on a field is pretty solid these days.

[whitty]

The corn fields by my house have more doves than I have ever seen. They looked like black birds flying in and out Saturday.

[Sportin' Woodies]

Sub par for me this year too.

[dox08]

Great first couple hunts, but now it seems like the birds are thinning out. Hard to tell these days.....covid probably.....

[Calibogue]

Sub par for me this year too.

Definitely...

[smitch320]

Hell it’s wet on one field, could not even cut until this week (somehow)

[Gregory]

Our field has slow this year. Not many doves in our area. I have never seen it like this.

[thunderchicken]

My 2 fields have been very sporadic. We have had a few good hunts on each and a few disappointing hunts. I’m seeing more doves right now than I have seen since the opener.

[Quackhead22]

We have been very lucky this year! That’s all I’m going to say


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[cooper66]

Our fields have been really good this year.

[2thDoc]

I am pretty sure people will come up with excuses and reasons they think their field is not holding birds like normal. Even when those excuses cant be proven or challenged. Those are the best excuses.

The following year, they will have birds and their excuses from the previous year dont hold water when the same thing occurs every year. Odd, huh?

Every winter, it floods. Its like people have never lived thru a winter before. When that happens, "the wood ducks go into the swamp to eat acorns."

And the wheels on the bus go round and round....

[drwilly]

4 first season hunts on a field is pretty solid these days.

agreed

[swampknob]

Been real good for us thankfully. Need to do some volunteer corn cutting though.

[raybird]

4 first season hunts on a field is pretty solid these days.

one of my fields we’ve already shot 5 times. @60 limits total. 45 minute limits or less each hunt for me. #6 this weekend. it had 750-1000birds before there season started. 7acres of sunflowers

the other one we’ve only shot 2 times. lots of food, i expect a great later season. maybe hunt this weekend if DB68 can come through for us!

[Arrowman]

4 good hunts?? I don’t see the problem.

[Carolina Counsel]

We shot opening day. It was meh. We are scheduled to have our second shoot this afternoon. My father emailed and said there are "very few birds." Doesn't help when the deer wipe out your sunflowers. But good luck next year trying to jump my 8 foot fence, deer.

[nitro5x6's]

I am pretty sure people will come up with excuses and reasons they think their field is not holding birds like normal. Even when those excuses cant be proven or challenged. Those are the best excuses.

The following year, they will have birds and their excuses from the previous year dont hold water when the same thing occurs every year. Odd, huh?

Every winter, it floods. Its like people have never lived thru a winter before. When that happens, "the wood ducks go into the swamp to eat acorns."

And the wheels on the bus go round and round....

Man, I love sitting in a deer stand watching the lines of Wood Ducks marching into an Oak flat to feed... That is a fine sight indeed.

[DUCK BUSTER 68]

Like Raybird said,weve only shot twice...2 good hunts and still had about 80-100 birds on the Thursday after the last hunt . By that Saturday,we were down to 25-30 birds and hasn't picked up since .That cool snap plus people planting there food plots probably moved em on elsewhere .