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Post by ukwil on Aug 1, 2015 6:54:18 GMT -5
  Here's my dove plot. After we are finished we are gonna sow winter wheat and some other goodies for the deer. |
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Post by duff on Aug 1, 2015 8:26:34 GMT -5
Looks great
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Post by featherduster on Aug 1, 2015 8:36:20 GMT -5
I once planted about 3 acres of sunflowers and the only thing I ended up feeding was Yellow Finches by the hundreds.
When you mow the flowers if you can disk an area several time around or next to the flowers,doves like bare ground.
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Dove plot
Aug 1, 2015 9:04:30 GMT -5
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Post by ukwil on Aug 1, 2015 9:04:30 GMT -5
This is between 1/2 & 3/4 of an acre. We don't have a disk, so I'm gonna use the tiller attachment to turn it over. Last year I didn't have one sunflower mature because of the deer and turkey. Really looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 1, 2015 10:52:22 GMT -5
I would mow down 1/2 of the flowers about 1 week before season then don't shoot it till you get doves using it regular then hit them for a few hours each day but don't hunt them all the way to legal sunset.
Let the birds get in each day and feed that way they will keep returning.
If you continue to do this every year one thing to keep in mind is that doves like a nice size dead tree to stage in before hitting the flowers.
This tree doesn't need to be next to the field but in or near their flight path, throw a nylon line over a high branch and then pull a spinning wing dove up into the tree it will draw doves like crazy.
It might take a year or two to get it down right but tell me something that tastes better then dove wrapped in bacon and smothered with BBQ sauce lightly grilled.
Using a two wire electric fence with some peanut butter smeared on it will keep the deer out.
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Post by esshup on Aug 1, 2015 19:15:03 GMT -5
Try marinating the doves in soy sauce for 15 minutes. Adjust the soak time to your taste. Still do the bacon wrap.
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Post by ukwil on Aug 1, 2015 22:42:23 GMT -5
We like them w a slice of jalapeño or pinapple and wrapped w bacon and cooked on the grill. My 7 year old could eat her weight in them.
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Post by duff on Aug 2, 2015 6:58:32 GMT -5
If you take pitty on a guy with two bum hips and a back this year...I will give the address where you can send a package of dove breasts :-)
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Dove plot
Aug 2, 2015 10:12:28 GMT -5
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 2, 2015 10:12:28 GMT -5
Friend of mine swears by dove hearts said he like to eat dove heart sandwiches and they are the best (of course he isn't the one stuck cooking them)
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Post by duff on Aug 2, 2015 10:30:19 GMT -5
Lots of doves to make 1 sammich....
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Dove plot
Aug 2, 2015 10:41:40 GMT -5
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 2, 2015 10:41:40 GMT -5
Lots of doves to make 1 sammich.... Yeah that's no joke! |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Aug 13, 2015 9:54:55 GMT -5
If you take pitty on a guy with two bum hips and a back this year...I will give the address where you can send a package of dove breasts :-) These guys are tough! They haven't fallen for my pity pitch yet, yet, yet...LOL |
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Post by featherduster on Aug 13, 2015 10:54:14 GMT -5
These guys are tough! They haven't fallen for my pity pitch yet, yet, yet...LOL
I must say it gets a little old after awhile.
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Post by ukwil on Aug 13, 2015 13:00:19 GMT -5
More than likely I'm gonna be the only one hunting over this. The way dad works he's not gonna he home much. I'll be mowing part of it down probably in the next 7 to 10 days.
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Post by featherduster on Sept 6, 2015 6:16:52 GMT -5
Well was all the work worth it?
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Post by ukwil on Sept 6, 2015 7:27:21 GMT -5
Yeah it's getting hammered. Only killed a couple yesterday, but seen a ton. Took my 5 year old with me and he lost interest pretty fast, so we only hunted a little over an hour. Probably had 40 feeding when we pulled up on the ranger yesterday morning. Gonna hit it a couple evenings this week. I hunted some public ground over here in Ohio this week.
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Post by featherduster on Sept 6, 2015 8:53:53 GMT -5
Good for you,next year you can work on improving the area.
FYI dove hunting can be a lot of waiting or you can figure out their best flight times and there by minimizing your wait time.
GOOD LUCK and enjoy.
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