Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife sunflowers
09-05-2012, 10:14 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: LaPorte, IN
Posts: 1,111
I was at nearby Silver Springs yesterday and the sunflowers were absolutely worthless. The first 2 days of the season average was 1 dove per hunter! Per day! I never saw one when I was there. Total waste of time.
My god it made me remember a time not too long ago when I lived in Indiana and drew an opening day public permit. The doves were like mosquitos all over the place. Picking which one to put a bead on was the only hard part. Almost everyone limited 15 within one hour. Except me, because I don't practice with a firearm. Did get my limit in 2 hours though. Those days are a distant memory. Must have been a bumper crop year for sunflowers.
I will not waste my time on any public dove hunts balance of this year. That is for sure.
My god it made me remember a time not too long ago when I lived in Indiana and drew an opening day public permit. The doves were like mosquitos all over the place. Picking which one to put a bead on was the only hard part. Almost everyone limited 15 within one hour. Except me, because I don't practice with a firearm. Did get my limit in 2 hours though. Those days are a distant memory. Must have been a bumper crop year for sunflowers.
I will not waste my time on any public dove hunts balance of this year. That is for sure.
