Public dove hunting

[Dave_]

Is ther anyone on here who will be or has hunted Dove in Brazos county off of Steele store rd and Wallin ? If you have how was the hunting ?

I used to hunt out there all the time when I lived in CS. It was hit or miss, I could always go out there and shoot a few birds. Depends what they have planted. If its cotton, its tough.. corn or milo its alot better. It's very busy the first few weekends then slows down. Get out there early to get a good spot, and dont be afraid to move if your not seeing birds.

[cy100]

I hunt dove at public land every year. Have limited out every openning morning 4-5 years in a row. Of cause, have to be the spot as early as I can. Then, after the first day, most fields are usually over burned. You won't see that many brids starting from day 2. After duck season starts, deer season is closing, most brid hunters will lose focus on doves. For a while, doves will re-gather at somewhere. If you are lucky enough to know where they are, you can get 1 or 2 more limits without crowd.

Public land hunt is always fun and challenge.

[law1piv]

I used to hunt out there all the time when I lived in CS. It was hit or miss, I could always go out there and shoot a few birds. Depends what they have planted. If its cotton, its tough.. corn or milo its alot better. It's very busy the first few weekends then slows down. Get out there early to get a good spot, and dont be afraid to move if your not seeing birds.

I am not worried about Limiting out or anything like that but, just be able to shoot some . i am was interested in if you could see some birds

Thanks Dave I appreciate it

[Dave_]

I am not worried about Limiting out or anything like that but, just be able to shoot some . i am was interested in if you could see some birds

Thanks Dave I appreciate it

No Problem. Good Luck!

[HR3]

action out in Royse City/Josephine was the best I've ever seen...GW gave the same assement

[stephens6]

hunted bardwell the last few years and had some luck. much harder to hit limit but they are out there. havent tried it this season but had a little luck at LBJ- nothing to rave about though.

[dwsmith]

I went out to bardwell the other day pretty tough, had been going to navrro mills in barry did ok

[lunatic'hunter]

YEP!

I consider it CHEAP therapy.

[psicoo]

action out in Royse City/Josephine was the best I've ever seen...GW gave the same assement

Saw three birds at a distance there in Josephine yesterday after sitting 2hrs.
Last week in Merrit/Farmersville, again hardly anything. Maybe I will try Royse City closer to I30.
I believe it may be that with dry tanks and no water around in the other areas is affecting flight a great deal.
I realize I am spoiled because we have no issues with birds flying and limiting is no problems at the lease in Quanah.
I do not believe I will buy the public hunting license next year, waste of my money. I wanted to hunt birds closer to the house here in McKinney during the week, but just not seeing any yet. There used to be good dove hunting on the Corp of Engineering land near Lake Lavon about 15 years ago.

[Limbwalker]

Enjoyed my first evening of public land dove hunting this evening. It was slow, but still great. I absolutely LOVE having this option available to me. Thank you TPWD for leasing the private lands, and thank you landowners for participating in the program!

[Hoggslayer]

I just worry about ending up like Wack N Stack did in his "Dove Hunt Gone Wrong" thread. Do yall have a lot of trouble with other hunters Peppering you?