Texas Dove Hunting
1A Hunting in Texas Guide Service
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After you read about our Texas dove hunting program,
please be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page for links to the rest
of our web site.
Definitely don't leave without looking at our current
Hunting
Specials!
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Please use table below for basic
dove hunting program info.
Use the details links to
learn more about each hunt.
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C=Cleaning of game...F=Fishing...B=Open
Bar...H=Hog hunting...V=Varmints
Ex=Exotics
Avail=Available at charge
NB=No Alcohol (Beer or Booze) before or while
hunting! AFTER hunting is fine!
| Cost Ea |
Area |
Hunters |
Days |
Food |
Lodge |
Options |
More Details |
| $60 - $75 NB |
S. Zone San Antonio |
1-100 |
1 |
No |
No |
F,H,V. |
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| $75 - $95 NB |
Waco to Hubbard |
1-100 |
1 |
Lunch |
Avail |
F,H,V |
Click Here |
| $550 NB |
La Salle |
10-18 |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
F,H,V |
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| $750 |
Frio |
9-16 |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
C,B,F, |
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| $750 |
Crystal City |
6-32 |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
C,F,B,H,V,Ex, |
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2009 Dove Hunting Reports
EARLY MIGRATORY SEASONS ARE
OFFICIAL!
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Texas dove season in the North
and Central Dove Zones will run from Tuesday, Sept. 1 through Sunday, Oct.
25 and reopen Saturday, Dec. 26 through Sunday, Jan. 9, with a 15-bird
bag and not more than two white-tipped doves.
The South Zone dove season will
run Sept. 18-Nov. 3, reopening Dec. 26-Jan. 17 with a 15-bird bag and not
more than two white-tipped doves.
Possession limit is twice the
daily bag for all migratory game birds except light geese, which currently
does not have a possession limit.
The Special South Texas White-winged
Dove Area will open to white-winged dove afternoon-only (noon to sunset)
hunting the first two full weekends in September running from Sept. 5-6
and 12-13 and reopen when the regular South Zone season begins on Friday,
Sept. 18 through Tuesday, Nov. 3 and again from Saturday, Dec. 26 through
Wednesday, Jan. 13. The Special White-winged Dove Area season takes four
of the allowable 70 days, so when the regular season opens, this area most
close four days earlier than the rest of the South Zone. The daily bag
limit is 15 birds, not more than four mourning doves during the first two
weekend splits and 2 white-tipped doves. Once the general season opens,
the aggregate bag limit will be 15.
The Service also approved a proposal
to give TPWD the option to adjust a portion of the boundary of the Special
White-winged Dove Area. This change would remove portions of Jim Hogg and
Starr counties.
Texas’ 16-day September teal
season will run Sept. 12-27.
The season for rail and gallinule
is Sept. 12-27 and Oct. 31-Dec. 23; for snipe, Oct. 31-Feb. 14; and for
woodcock, Dec. 18-Jan. 31.
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About Texas Dove Hunting
Doves are truly "migratory
birds" in every sense of the word. I have seen fields full of dove one
day, and two days later there were very few to be found. I have also seen
it the other way around, where it goes from darn few to literally 100's,
even 1000's of dove, in just a day or even less. One thing is certain though;
if you have dove food available to the birds, you will at some point in
time, have birds around to shoot. So, that is where we concentrate our
efforts; in making sure we have food available to any birds that would
like to show up for dinner. We have sunflower fields, which are a favorite
early season dove food. We also have the usual milo, corn and wheat fields,
which can be great, depending on how the farmer's manage their crop. We
even have access to some large areas of preferred native vegetation, like
Conchograss, Barnyardgrass and Kleingrass, all of which mourning dove will
fly past a lot of things to get to. We also have croton or crotonopsis
fields (better know as "doveweed"). They call this stuff doveweed for a
reason; doves love it, and in middle to late season these doveweed fields
can yield some plum awesome hunting. We also hunt a lot of whitewing flyways,
catching these flocking birds as they leave and return to the roosting
areas. These pass shoots can be barrel burners at times (usually very early
in the season, before they go to Mexico). If all else fails, we maintain
a few stock tanks where the birds regularly go for an evening drink. Many
an otherwise so-so dove hunting trip has been saved by a 15 minute flurry
of ultra-fast paced shooting at one of these water tanks. And how do we
know which of our many, many fields to take y'all to? WE SCOUT OUR BUTTS
OFF! Many a mile has been driven by our scouts, watching carefully for
bird activity on or over our places. Based on group size, weather, your
vehicle limitations and our scouting reports, we will put you where we
feel you have the best chance of shooting a limit of birds each and every
day.
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Click
HERE to Learn More About Texas Doves
Click
HERE to see What Species are Legal for Dove Hunting in Texas
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