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Annual dove baiting conversation
Posted on 8/6/26 at 7:58 am
Posted on 8/6/26 at 7:58 am
This year I've got about a 25-acre field, with about 10 acres of it in millet next to 125 acres of corn. The corn is commercial ag that's leased out for farming.
My plan is to burn the millet, disc the other 15 acres, and top-sow wheat. I also have about a 20-yard-wide grass strip running alongside the corn field next to a gravel road with power lines overhead. I'll lightly disc that strip and top-sow wheat as well.
Now, I know this isn't legal in some states... sorry, Tigers.
Serious question, though: If top-sowing wheat isn't recognized as a normal agricultural practice in Louisiana for dove hunting, how is it considered a normal agricultural practice in Arkansas and Mississippi—two states that share a border with Louisiana?
Also, the recommended wheat planting dates start around August 15 in Mississippi, while Louisiana's don't begin until around September 20. That gives us MS boys a pretty good head start on those dove birds.
Taking sugarcane out of the equation since it doesn't really compare to grain-crop management, Arkansas has about 7.9 million acres of cropland, Mississippi about 5.0 million, and Louisiana about 3.8 million acres, excluding sugarcane. It seems like Arkansas and Mississippi have a pretty good handle on what constitutes a normal agricultural practice.
You baws should be able to top-sow wheat.
My plan is to burn the millet, disc the other 15 acres, and top-sow wheat. I also have about a 20-yard-wide grass strip running alongside the corn field next to a gravel road with power lines overhead. I'll lightly disc that strip and top-sow wheat as well.
Now, I know this isn't legal in some states... sorry, Tigers.
Serious question, though: If top-sowing wheat isn't recognized as a normal agricultural practice in Louisiana for dove hunting, how is it considered a normal agricultural practice in Arkansas and Mississippi—two states that share a border with Louisiana?
Also, the recommended wheat planting dates start around August 15 in Mississippi, while Louisiana's don't begin until around September 20. That gives us MS boys a pretty good head start on those dove birds.
Taking sugarcane out of the equation since it doesn't really compare to grain-crop management, Arkansas has about 7.9 million acres of cropland, Mississippi about 5.0 million, and Louisiana about 3.8 million acres, excluding sugarcane. It seems like Arkansas and Mississippi have a pretty good handle on what constitutes a normal agricultural practice.
You baws should be able to top-sow wheat.
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 9:05 am to Insurancerebel
You having to do millet and wheat to pull the birds into your field from the corn? Sounds ideal with gravel and power lines. Or do find a way to hunt the corn as well.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 9:05 am to Insurancerebel
I saw Martin, from Duck Dynasty, showing where they grew sunflowers and said they were going to mow them in a few weeks for dove.
I thought it was illegal to grow anything with the main purpose of luring migratory game birds.
I thought it was illegal to grow anything with the main purpose of luring migratory game birds.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 9:19 am to NorCali
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You having to do millet and wheat to pull the birds into your field from the corn? Sounds ideal with gravel and power lines. Or do find a way to hunt the corn as well.
We will hunt both fields, but 120 acre field is big and they get spread out.
Millet and wheat pull more birds which is the goal, also concentrates them where we will be hunting.
Corn field tends to better after opening weekend. We get more hunts throughout the season on it. The millet and wheat seem to be good for the first two weekends and then they start germination.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 9:23 am to The Torch
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I saw Martin, from Duck Dynasty, showing where they grew sunflowers and said they were going to mow them in a few weeks for dove.
I thought it was illegal to grow anything with the main purpose of luring migratory game birds.
Doves are different than waterfowl. Federal regulations allow you to manipulate agricultural crops specifically for dove hunting in ways that would be illegal for waterfowl. For example, you can mow, shred, disc, roll, burn, or otherwise manipulate standing crops like sunflowers, millet, corn, or sorghum, and legally hunt over them, provided the crop was grown there and the manipulation itself is legal.
You could even plant rows of corn next to your sunflowers and use a silage chopper to throw chopped corn into the sunflower rows as part of manipulating that standing crop. That's one reason dove regulations are very different from waterfowl regulations. Just don't confuse crop manipulation with bringing in grain from somewhere else or scattering harvested grain as bait—that's a different issue.
If you want to see how it's done, look up Vandy Collins on Facebook or YouTube. He hunts Alabama, Georgia, and Florida and does a good job showing how he farms and manages dove fields.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 9:36 am to Insurancerebel
Do you burn anything or just cut it?
Posted on 8/6/26 at 9:45 am to wickowick
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Do you burn anything or just cut it?
usually burn the millet, it'll stay longer if you do that.
Posted on 8/6/26 at 10:21 am to Insurancerebel
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Just don't confuse crop manipulation with bringing in grain from somewhere else or scattering harvested grain as bait—that's a different issue.
And this is where things usually go sideways with greenjeans concerning dove fields.
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