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MDWFP dove hunts

Postby OldMan'sBoy » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:30 pm

Is the department planning on fixing the public dove fields again this year?
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Postby CW » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:55 pm

Does anyone have any stats on last year's fields?
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Postby duckkiller » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:40 pm

you guys should check thier website out at http://www.mdwfp.com or check with wingman, he could probably give you some info
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Postby JimAire » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:26 pm

Yes, they hope to have several around the state this year.
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Postby teul2 » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:29 am

CW wrote:Does anyone have any stats on last year's fields?

Yea, the one I deer hunted by killed 4 birds!!
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Postby Wingman » Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:41 pm

Reports I got from TN line to central Delta were poor first season (could it have been 2 hurricanes in one month?)

Second season there were tons of birds around the rice and bean fields but by then, only the hardcore dove gunners are hunting and the rest of us are hunting other animals.
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Postby Grommet » Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:50 pm

The hurricanes killed the first season. I had an eight acre field near Natchez was seeing about 150 to 200 birds on it at a time up until the day before the storm. After that I killed about 20 birds total for the season. That was all the birds that I saw. Hoping that will not happen again this year. :wink:
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Postby SB » Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:58 pm

The MDWFP is currently planning on continuing its MDWFP Private Lands Dove Field Program. We are currently in the process of securing fields for the 2006 dove season. Last year there were 8 fields across the state. Hopefully, this year there will be even more. All the fields sold out last year. Turnout out was poor opening weekend due to Hurricane Katrina. People’s priorities either changed when Katrina hit, or they didn’t have the gas to drive to the fields. It appeared that fields in the northern part of MS had a better turn out than the south MS fields, probably because the gas lines at the stations were not as long.

If you know of any landowner/farmers that may be interested in enrolling in the program, please have them call Scott Baker @ (601) 432-2300 or drop him an e-mail at Mahannah1@aol.com
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Postby CW » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:47 am

Scott,

Do you have any stats on success rates, numbers of hunters, days hunted, etc?
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Postby SB » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:29 am

No stat reports at this time. That is on my "To-Do" list.
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Postby bigwater » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:22 pm

scott put more fields in place but don't make them so large..

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Postby SB » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:56 pm

What would you consider the ideal field size? I appreciate your input.

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Postby Ducks be us » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:15 pm

I dont mind the sizes, but, maybe a well placed row of trees would be cool...Im not complaining, we like to have atleast have the chance to hunt a dove field or two, and, y'all are doin' a heck of a job...Thanx 8) 8) 8)
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Postby SB » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:24 pm

You might think I'm kidding, but we do consider trees when evaluating a field, especially dead trees. Doves seem to really like the dead ones :!:
There was one dead pine on the edge of field I looked at today. It had one old buzzard in it.


Problem is, there aren't always enough dead trees to go around. Somebody needs to invent a dead tree decoy they can take to the field with them.
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Postby Denduke » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:49 pm

Some research into a field location in regard to local dove population/past history when possible might avoid providing great field but not many birds.... To help prevent lotta disappointments....$.02
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