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Dove Field Questions

Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:43 pm
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:43 pm
Where can I buy millet (browntop and Japanese) in or around Baton Rouge? Tractor Supply?

Is it legal to plant a dove field and then hunt over it? The regulations on WLF are not very clear.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:46 pm to
should be able to buy it there
Posted by eyepooted
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:47 pm to
I believe so, you just can't intentionally knock it down i.e. bushhog it. Thus being easily assessable to the doves(baited field).
This post was edited on 6/26/12 at 12:48 pm
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

I believe so, you just can't intentionally knock it down i.e. bushhog it. Thus being easily assessable to the doves.


Agricultural crops, other feed, and natural vegetation may be manipulated to improve dove hunting. Manipulation means the alteration of natural vegetation or agricultural crops by activities such as mowing, shredding, discing, rolling, chopping, trampling, flattening, burning, or herbicide treatments. Manipulation does not include the distributing or scattering of seeds, grains, or other feed after removal from or storage on the field where grown. You should be aware that although you can hunt doves over manipulated agricultural crops, you cannot hunt waterfowl over manipulated agricultural crops except after the field has been subject to a normal harvest and removal of grain (i.e., post-harvest manipulation).

Posted by treble hook
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

you just can't intentionally knock it down i.e. bushhog it.


Yes you can. Don't confuse this with baiting for ducks.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:50 pm to
From LDWF on what is legal...

LINK
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:51 pm to
yea i usually cut a few lanes down the meedle
Posted by eyepooted
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:51 pm to
Whoops!
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87529 posts
Posted on 6/26/12 at 12:53 pm to
What are the very tiny black seeds found so often in doves?
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 1:03 pm to
Thanks. That is what I needed to know.

I think I may be a little too late for opening weekend. Any way to speed up the maturation process? I know Japanese Millet is a little quicker and they sell fast-maturing sunflowers also, but don't know where to find it.
Posted by Mung
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Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 1:12 pm to
In order to not be found to be baiting, you must plant in accordance with the LSU Extension Service guidelines. No way you could plant millet for the fall. You can plant winter wheat, but the planting dates LSU usually suggests are late Spetember/Early October, so you can't do it for the first split, but maybe the second.

eta: you could plant now. I was thinking you were planting" right before the season. Not sure how long millet takes to mature, but you really only have 60+ days until the opener, and it isn't going to rain much btw now and then.
This post was edited on 6/26/12 at 1:14 pm
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 1:14 pm to
quote:

I believe so, you just can't intentionally knock it down i.e. bushhog it. Thus being easily assessable to the doves(baited field).


This is not considered baiting and is legal.
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
28156 posts
Posted on 6/26/12 at 1:16 pm to
quote:

eta: you could plant now. I was thinking you were planting" right before the season. Not sure how long millet takes to mature, but you really only have 60+ days until the opener, and it isn't going to rain much btw now and then.



60-75 days. Japanese Millet is a little quicker. I'm thinking of planting it and waiting until the second weekend or even the second split if I need to. I disked this weekend and am planning on planting tomorrow evening if I can find seed.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
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Member since Oct 2004
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 1:17 pm to
Thanks for the link, Wick!

quote:

Reccomendations


I'm suriprised the editors missed this!
This post was edited on 6/26/12 at 1:19 pm
Posted by SaDaTayMoses
Member since Oct 2005
4566 posts
Posted on 6/26/12 at 1:42 pm to
Slick...I can give you a contact at the LSU ag dept. I used to work there as a student worker on the Ben Hur farm between Nicholson and River Road. Or go to the farm one day before noon. The big barn on the right hand of the road before the Aquafarm is where we processed all those seeds you want. They will give you loads of it if you talk and ask them.

Dr. Harrison. He works out of Sturgis Hall across from the Parker Coliseum.
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
28156 posts
Posted on 6/26/12 at 1:46 pm to
Thanks. I'll try and make it by there or send someone.
Posted by Nascar Fan
Columbia La.
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 6/26/12 at 1:57 pm to
quote:

I'm thinking of planting it and waiting until the second weekend or even the second split if I need to. I disked this weekend and am planning on planting tomorrow evening if I can find seed.

Get this done so we can have an OB dove shoot
Posted by 2indapink
Member since Mar 2012
541 posts
Posted on 6/26/12 at 6:12 pm to
You need to plant it as soon as possible. Any of the Co-Ops can mix the necessary seed/fertilizer ratio for you. Rent a seed cart and pull your ball off the receiver and go pick one up. You can't pull them very fast or far so find a Co-Op closest to your field. Figure about 20-50 lbs of Jap Millet/acre.
Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
34401 posts
Posted on 6/26/12 at 6:52 pm to
quote:

What are the very tiny black seeds found so often in doves?
Bird's eye, I'm pretty sure.

Don't know what the scientific name is.
This post was edited on 6/26/12 at 6:54 pm
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87529 posts
Posted on 6/26/12 at 6:56 pm to
quote:

Bird's eye, I'm pretty sure.

Don't know what the scientific name is
I've heard that said before. I bet there is another name. Can't find anything ... yet.
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