Foxtail

[Johnch]

Doves LOVE Foxtail seeds

OK This year we don't have a sunflower field to hunt
So we scouted all the areas we have permission to hunt
For natural food areas that the doves would target

Tuesday morning 3 of us and 3 labs got a prime area about a hour before sunrise
Not huge , only about 100 yards long and tapered from 0 to 30 feet wide and back to 0 feet wide

This area is next to a harvested wheat field
This area is not farmed as it is the start of a limestone out cropping
Also this area had a lot of small limestone rocks , so the doves also get grit for their crops if they want it

We set up 4 rotary wing dove decoys and 2 dove trees with 4 decoys each
I was on the left side
A little before sunrise a few doves started showing up
At sunrise all 3 of our phones alarms went off and we stood up
We each picked a easy shot and then targeted doves taking off from the foxtail

In less than a hour we were done
45 doves
Not sure who killed how many doves
As all 3 of our labs just fetched to their owner regardless of who had shot that dove
I took a count and told the others I had 14 doves , 14 and 15 the others counts
3 more shots and we in total had 45 doves

Federal Top Gun hulls
Claybuster wad for 1 1/8 oz Federal straight wall hulls
Green Dot powder and CCI 209 primer
1 1/8 oz of #7 1/2 & #8 shot homemade shot from range lead
About 1200 FPS load
Loaded on my MEC 9000G

My Lady and I are having bacon wrapped dove breast for lunch

John

[versa-06]

We used to shoot them over a brown top millet field. Fields were loaded with birds. -06

[wmitty]

Congratulations on a hunt where everyone got their limit! Sounds like a fun time was had by both men and dogs!