Doves

I saw a few this afternoon on the way to Monroe. They looked like locals.

We had at least twice as many on the 10th as we did when we shot them for the MS opener on the 1st.

My dad turned over some fresh dirt to start getting food plots ready. Came back 4 hours later and there were 300 birds on about 3 acres of bare dirt. No seed, just dirt.

He called my nephew and he brought some buddies down the next morning. Killed 6 limits by 7:30.

This is after we struggled opening weekend the 1st.

Those things are fickle. You just never know.

Local birds are usually bigger than those migrating. We have a good stand of local birds in our area.

Yea migrators are normally much bigger.

The birds I saw driving hwy 165 from Columbia to Monroe were big, fat, lazy, and in pairs or singles. The birds I shot opening day were small, in bunches, and flying 65 mph. Now tell me which birds were local.