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August 24, 2023

D.I.Y Dove

Public & Private Options for Do-It-Yourself Dove Hunting Feature Story by MATT WILLIAMS LISTEN: (10 minutes, 52 seconds)   EXCITEMENT AMONG TEXAS DOVE HUNTERS always spikes as August fades to September, because they know good times […]
August 30, 2022

Dove Season Condition Report

Texans are used to scorching summers, but this year’s record highs across much of the state have left many dove hunters wondering about the upcoming dove season opener. “Unless conditions change drastically over the next few […]
August 15, 2020

Shotguns, Shells and 30 Million Doves

Hunting season is about to kick off in Texas. And dove are the first major opportunity for hunters. Beginning Sept. 1, some 400,000 Texas hunters will take to the field and bag somewhere in the neighborhood […]
August 29, 2019

Conditions Ripe for Texas Dove Opener

While most Texans are sweltering under a brutal August heat wave, savvy dove hunters will gladly suffer along providing conditions don’t change before the Sept. 1 dove opener. A hot, dry landscape heading into the season […]
August 13, 2019

Prepare Now For Dove, Duck Seasons

Even though it is hotter than a two dollar pistol outside, dove and teal season will be here in a month.  If you are like me, you may be famous for last minute preparations.  Do yourself […]
September 1, 2016

Opening Day: Dove Forecast Big in 2016 (video)

More validation that everything’s bigger and better in Texas, dove populations are soaring and the hunting season, which gets underway Sept. 1, is the longest in 80 years. A new 90-day season this fall means hunters […]
August 22, 2016

Texas Dove Hunting Prospects Bright: Longer Season, Lots of Birds

More validation that everything’s bigger and better in Texas, dove populations are soaring and the hunting season, which gets underway Sept. 1, is the longest in 80 years. A new 90-day season this fall means hunters […]