Shotguns have to be plugged to limit their capacity to only three shells. Management Options/SIP Cost-Share Opportunities. and continue until their crop is filled or dusk approaches. Scout your hunting area. Caution should be used when burning habitat with sandy soils. High quality weeks if food, roost space, and water are available. Grazing management is a necessary tool for mourning dove management. in flood plains for roosting, nesting, and loafing sites benefits doves.
are ideal, and suburban areas also meet the requirements of doves.
Known more its quail hunting, Packsaddle also can produce a good dove shoot. Native prairies Table 1 lists food plants of doves in benefit doves.
Rotation length, patch size, and keeping areas open.
Mix flour and spices in plastic bag and add dove a couple at a time to coat. used nightly outside of the nesting season if birds are in the area. has bare ground or sparse vegetation. and the mass media. Be sure to take them out before the start of the season for a little practice. Trees and shrubs along fencerows provide nesting and loafing sites. They choose to breed in more temperate regions because of favorable conditions Minimizing Impacts to Wildlife from Livestock Infrastructure, Research Summary: The Science of Scent and Implications for Northern Bobwhite, Research Summary: Evaluation of Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail in Western Oklahoma, A Practical Guide to Food Plots in the Southern Great Plains, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Good loafing sites are trees with bare limbs, To find doves, find the places they like to eat, drink and roost. The most important thing is to get out and become familiar with the hunting area and the landowners so that you can change with the conditions. and goals. Oklahoma dove hunters who think they’re just out there shooting mourning doves have a few other possibilities to consider as other dove populations expand. It has a long, pointed tail with a brownish back flecked with black spots and the breast is tan to light rose. use of prescribed fire for site preparation will reduce residual litter and set the In western Oklahoma, maintaining and protecting cottonwoods along riparian zones and The dove population has increased from last year and conditions are ripe for a good season. Local programs are developed and carried out in full recognition of national problems to take the knowledge of the university to those persons who do not or cannot participate will use almost any substrate for nesting if the area has suitable food and water. Oklahoma also is … themselves through the land-grant university system. Planting small patches of cereal grain crops or sunflowers in close proximity to suitable Doves use a number of different cover types for roosting. It is designated to the edge of the water. to five days when temperatures are near 70º-75º F, but they require water daily when
mid-August and can continue throughout September. options in meeting them. is worn down in the gizzard. meet new needs. Many of these sites
birds. grazing can also be beneficial in these areas. research information was used. powerlines, or barbed-wire fences. Oklahoma has three species of dove that can be harvested during the season. more than 99 percent of their diet is seeds. Unmated males also have what are Oklahoma State University C. passerina: Range: Florida to Texas, Arizona, and southern California. The Sutton Center sponsors a discussion list (listserv) for those interested in Oklahoma birds. Most experts agree that a .410 is an expert's shotgun — not child's play. succession habitats with abundant bare ground and seed-producing annual forbs. Grain harvest should occur just prior to or during fall migration (mid-August Extension carries out programs in the broad categories of agriculture, natural resources The major habitat requirement of mourning doves is the presence of early successional perches. Doves obtain grit almost anywhere that bare soil or sand feed close to nesting and roosting areas but at times will travel over 20 miles to The water level of post ponds Mourning doves primarily eat seeds from bare grounds. Steve Ditchkoff, Ron Masters. The Extension staff educates people through personal contacts, meetings, demonstrations