August 22, 2023

Despite Intense Heat Dove Prospects Are Good

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) […]

August 9, 2021

This Might Really Be The Ultimate Dove Vest

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 […]

August 26, 2020

In-Depth Dove Season Preview

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. […]

August 25, 2020

A Dove Hunt For Only $48!

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 […]

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 15, 2019

Presenting The Ultimate Bird Vest

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 […]

September 18, 2017

How to kill more than five doves per box of ammo

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 […]

August 31, 2017

In the Calculus of Dove Hunting, Dead Trees = Dead Birds

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 […]

August 23, 2017

How do you really hunt doves? Read this

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 […]

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 […]

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