 “HOW
TO DECOY AND CALL DOVES”
Dove Hunting After Opening Day
EDITOR'S NOTE: Decoying and calling doves makes dove
hunting an exciting, fun-filled sport. It also allows
the land-bound hunter to experience the thrills of waterfowl-type
hunting, calling and decoying, while actually hunting
doves. It makes the sport of  doveing
on the same level as good waterfowling without the inclement
weather. Dove season will open soon all across the U.S.
This week we’ll give you tips and information
to help you enjoy better dove hunting this fall.
After opening day of dove season, the sportsman must
ask himself ...
* where do the doves roost,
* where and when do the doves feed,
* where and when do the doves gravel and
* where do the doves water? To learn the answers to
these questions, ride the roads, and watch the doves
along the sides of the roads. If you can determine the
birds' routines, then you can begin to answer these
questions. To learn about the doves on the land you
plan to hunt, talk to the landowner. Usually a landowner
 can
tell you where and at about what time he usually sees
doves. From this information, you can work out a hunt
plan.
To take the most doves, you must position yourself
along the routes the doves fly to food, water, gravel
and the roost. Often, just taking a position along the
doves' normal flight pattern will provide some good
shooting. But many times the doves won't come in close
enough to allow the shooter a close-range target. Often
too, doves will loaf that don't want to go to water,
gravel or the roost in the hunter's gun range.
TOMORROW: DOVE DECOYING
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