Doves

[Burnadell]

I am totally lost, if it is illegal to do this then why do peoeple always hunt ove sunflower plants and other food sources?? I have done the same and even been near a small pond of some kind. What your saying is that "you can do it but, don't tell anyone??

You did not read it correctly. You MAY hunt over standing crops.

[atombomb]

It's just illegal to bait with a pond



j/k

[RdRdrFan]

You may hunt over standing crops but the determination of what is considered a crop is what is in question. Bullet point 3 under the section stating where you may hunt migratory game birds refers to "normal agricultural planting, harvesting or post-harvest manipulation." Is planting and manipulating a food source solely for the purpose of drawing in game considered a crop? In my opinion it IS a gray area. Get a GW that wants to call it baiting and I'll bet you get a ticket and I'll bet you lose if you fight it.

[cosmiccowboy]

You may hunt over standing crops but the determination of what is considered a crop is what is in question. Bullet point 3 under the section stating where you may hunt migratory game birds refers to "normal agricultural planting, harvesting or post-harvest manipulation." Is planting and manipulating a food source solely for the purpose of drawing in game considered a crop? In my opinion it IS a gray area. Get a GW that wants to call it baiting and I'll bet you get a ticket and I'll bet you lose if you fight it.

Suit yourself. The determining factor is if it was grown inside the fences. This was a "top down" decision from the TPWD and the Feds. It IS NOT a problem on doves. Ducks and cranes are another story.

I've guided dove hunters over "manipulated" crops on opening day every year since the ruling in the Hondo area and had dozens of game wardens (State and Fed) cruise through checking limits and they DON'T CARE about the grain that was grown on the property and never said a word about baiting.

[Artos]

I have hunted over sunflower with both state and fed GW's...there's no secret when, how or why it was planted. psst...it was for hunting

Farmers and guides all over south tx plant sunflower to hunt whitewing...most of it is never harvested. For the special ww south zone dozen's of gw's from all over the state come down and stay for the two special weekends to generate revenue via tickets and to enforce game laws to the thousands of hunters that come down to enjoy the festivities. NO tickets are ever given for hunting over these sunflower patches (via the baiting law).

However, there are always some idiots who throw out corn on an adjacent field instead of focusing on passing shots that get pinched for baiting. Morons!!


I luv hunting in tx!!

[ajavelina]

all of the dove hunts i have seen have been a 100 to 150 per person a day.

[Texasredneck]

Ok so if i go buy some property here in Tx. and it already has a food plot on it this is ok to hunt?? But I cannot plant anything on it that is not naturally there. Ok now I get it and some places I have seen go anywhere from $100 per person too $150 per person and not much else.