Dove Hunting

[HOOKUP]

I am not laughing at you all but with you. Dove hunting is nothing like chucker,pheasant,or grouse. The best way to hunt dove is to fine ana area where you have seen birds flying. In the morning and evening they will come to water. Fine a nice pond and sit under a tree. When you see them comeing jump up and start blazing. It is more like duck hunting than upland game hunting. You can walk tree lines and such but I found the pond method to be the easiest and most fun.
Now that I told you my favorite way to do it can someone tell me where to do it? I am new to Minnesota and love to dove hunt but I have no idea where to go. Thanks!

[fishface5]

Hookup, get one of those Red Minn. atlas map books. They have a lot of the public hunting areas shown. That's what I do. Then the scouting begins. Good luck this year.

[89Bronco]

I'm not going to hunt doves this year, but I was surfing around the web looking for more information on bear hunting and I came across a page called Jesse's hunting, or Jesse's hunting page---something like that. Go to the hunting part, then Doves, and it seemed to have a ton of info on doves, hunting them, what they eat, where they like to be, etc. Don't know anything about this Jesse person or company, just thought most of us here in MN are looking to learn about the "new" gamebird, and this may be some good info.

[This message has been edited by Rick (edited 09-08-2004).]

[HavocTec]

Just a reminder that you have to have a plug in your gun to hunt the doves.I've had very good luck in gravel pits. If there is water in them all the better.A person can get his limit in the evenings with about an hour of walking the pits.Hope this helps.

[panolo]

I will second the gravel pit area. I saw a ton of doves by the pit when I was bow hunting this weekend.