Dove hunting is actually a really exciting sport. You can gather together a couple of hunters in a single field that happens to be an active ground for feeding and you are likely to have a really eventful hunt with lots of good results. In some states, you should recognize that it is illegal for you to go hunting for mourning doves and so it is important for you to find out what the local laws are before you go out shooting at any animals.
There are a number of counties and states that actually only allow for hunting of mourning doves or other varieties doves during specific hours of the day, such as during the afternoon hours for example. Planning a trip for hunting during such a time period is not difficult by any means but it does require some work and some planning.
The best way that you are going to be able to ensure that you have a successful hunt is to go to a popular source of food and water. Sometimes they are closely placed together and sometimes they are not. You should be watching fields in your local area in search of activity from doves. They tend to feed during the morning hours and then during the middle to the late afternoon is when they generally go to roost. You should be looking for flocks that are gathering on power lines over fields or in the fields themselves. Fields that have just recently been harvested also generally make for a good source for doves. Doves tend to flock to fields such as these if the hunting has been restricted in the area. In the days that are leading up to the hunt you are going to want to check to make sure that there is actually activity there.
Once a field that is busy has actually been identified, you are going to want to make contact with the owner of the land to make sure that you have permission to be there before you start hunting there. Once you have secured the necessary permissions, you should call other hunters who can get in on the action with you. A hunter may certainly hunt alone if he or she chooses, but the chance of shooting birds will increase when there are more hunters firing at them. A field with a number of hunters in it is going to scatter the birds, meaning that everyone is going to get a shot and a chance at nabbing a mourning dove.
In areas where hunting in the morning is permitted, the doves will begin to fly in just before the sunrise. Make sure that you are in position by this point and you should already be ready to shoot in order to get the best possible results.
Photo Credits: dracobotanicus
Originally posted 2009-11-24 03:36:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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