A cool and rainy spring means that despite above-average summer temperatures, Texas hunters could encounter significantly increased dove populations as the 2023 season opens Sept. 1. Spring surveys conducted by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) […]
With the dove season opener just a couple of weeks away, it’s time to turn our attention to our gear, and that means taking a look at your hunting vest or bird belt. Part of that […]
This coronavirus pandemic has made for a trying year that everyone had just as soon forget. Hopefully, Texas’ 300,000-plus dove hunters are about to find a little respite. The 2020-21 dove season gets underway on Sept. […]
Dove hunters only need $48 to get in on thousands of acres of prime dove hunting habitat. That’s the price of an Annual Public Hunting Permit (APH) which unlocks access to many dove-specific leases and hunting […]
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 […]
Ultimate Bird Vest New Product Release–-Dove Gear, LLC, a new Texas company specializing in premium dove hunting gear, has announced the availability of their first product, The Ultimate Bird Vest. The product is available for purchase […]
I have heard that the national average is 5 doves per box of shells. Which equates to 5 shots per dove. I don’t know if this is an accurate statement or just something someone made up […]
Glen was dangling his legs from his tailgate, plucking a dove pulled from his swollen game bag as I approached. Six empty Diet Dr. Pepper cans littered the bed of his truck, casualties of the sweltering […]
The opening weekend for dove season usually marks the end of summer and the beginning of the upcoming hunting season. This is normally the first weekend in September and is also the opening weekend for College […]
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 […]