re: Sunflowers for doves

A lot depends on the size of your field.

We have better luck w Maximillian and black oil varieties. Smaller heads by nature.

We don’t disc or roundup. Plants are mostly dead by August around here anyway.


Small field, shred the center and leave the edges.
Big field, cut lanes and patches, 1/4 acre or so to hunt in.
Cut it close to the ground.

Doves like large open areas. They don’t like heavy overgrown plots, my guess is because they can’t see potential predation threats and can see each other. They are flocking animals by nature and that is their safety mechanism.

Also, if you don’t mow, you will have problems finding downed birds. Not to mention wading through stalks, bugs and other crap is just not good.



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