Originally Posted by micah (Post 425346)

i'm gonna look into this birdeye stuff.

Originally Posted by Reefman (Post 425294)

I'm asked this all the time! The small group I hunt with has been together for over 40 years! Death seems to be the only way an opening comes up but is quickly filled by immediate family members. I count my blessings to be included with these guys! Like you, my favorite hunting is doves (eating too). I'll leave a duck blind with pintails coming in to shoot doves!

The key to dove fields is to keep your group small enough where you don't push too much pressure on the resident birds.

Originally Posted by Top Dawg (Post 425383)

^^^. Goat weed is always better from October on. Brown top or sunflowers for the first split. I have hunted brown top fields and not fired a shot before. I have never in my life seen a sunflower field that is not covered in birds. Just my experience. I have seen em in brown top fields also. But not always. Sargum seems to be pretty good too.

Originally Posted by Duck Butter (Post 425512)

Yes, in my experience also. Goatweed starts popping in October

I like sunflowers and all, but the best hunts I have been on in September have been in harvested corn fields.

Originally Posted by Micah (Post 425552)

Where can i get seeds around here?

Originally Posted by Spunt Drag (Post 425630)

G&H in Gueydan can probably help you

Originally Posted by Micah (Post 425435)

http://www.americanmeadows.com/birds-eyes-seeds

Is this the birds eye that yall are talking about?

http://www.hancockseed.com/seed-vari...-lb-bag-9.html

Brown top millet is pretty cheap.....$30 for 50# bag

Originally Posted by BArmand (Post 425644)

That is the wrong Bird's Eye. The one you need is light green and does not have a flower, it just produces thousands of brown seeds. I have never heard of it being for sale, but I would love the opportunity to buy some. In my experience Birds Eye is the best dove feed and holds birds throughout the year.

Originally Posted by Gottogo49 (Post 425707)

Anyone find a picture of the birds eye grass that doves love?
We had some good hunts the first split last year in a goatweed field.
Almost all whitewings and the seeds weren't even ripe yet.
They mowed and raked nice lanes through the field.
Whitewings left and mourning doves moved in but not with numbers like the whitewings.

Originally Posted by BArmand (Post 425644)

That is the wrong Bird's Eye. The one you need is light green and does not have a flower, it just produces thousands of brown seeds. I have never heard of it being for sale, but I would love the opportunity to buy some. In my experience Birds Eye is the best dove feed and holds birds throughout the year.