2022 Docheno Dove Club - Late Season Hunt

Don, John and Paul after the dove hunt

The unusually mild weather temps that brought in the New Year turned sharply colder in January. Yet the hunting for migratory ducks and doves did not improve as dramatically, and hunters were experiencing a lack of shooting opportunities from the field. The Docheno dove club in Green Pond experienced improved conditions on the ground, since it was not as wet late in the season, allowing the dove field crops to be manipulated. Some doves were almost always seen, but the late dove hunt did not yield many feathers as they tended to fly high and wide once the shooting began. 

Docheno dove club 

The end of season dove hunt is more than once last trip to the field, it is a chance to recap the year, and to game plan for the all important Labor Day dove hunt, that kicks off the next dove season. So year two is in the books at the Docheno dove club, but the story is not over, and the preparation for Chapter Three has already begun. The January 28 afternoon hunt took place in cloudy weather with 40-degree temps and a good breeze. After the hunt, a roaring fire warmed the hunters and the fellowship continued with a game dinner of quail birds and rice served up for members.

 

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Allen Bell with my dove by the fire

Dove field in Winter