El Centro/Brawley/Imperial Valley Dove - field advice for this week?

[Bachmanmw]

I took a few days off this week and I’m thinking of getting an early morning start at some doves. I had decent luck a few weeks back on the Howell Road field (marked 412), but I’m really trying to get the scoop on anywhere to try in that area. I’ll be departing Ramona, CA early enough to be there gun in hand before sunrise. Any advise is greatly appreciated!

 

[TRICER]

Welcome to the site
1st word of advise is don’t post names or locations of hunting spots on here.
2nd it will be a little slower right now in the second season try and get near any of the granaries or dairies, also look for large trees in the middle of nowhere they always produce dove in the valley.
3rd get a waterfowl stamp and a federal stamp and jump shoot some of the canals for ducks. You would be surprised him many ducKs are in even the small canals right along the fielsss. Look for cattails and walk alon the canal. You can use the same duck loads to shoot pheasant if you get luckey enough to jump one.
4th if you can get near a alfalfa field early in the morning there should be rabbits make sure you use steel the duck loads will work just get #4s

 

[ilovesprig]

Welcome to the site
1st word of advise is don’t post names or locations of hunting spots on here.
2nd it will be a little slower right now in the second season try and get near any of the granaries or dairies, also look for large trees in the middle of nowhere they always produce dove in the valley.
3rd get a waterfowl stamp and a federal stamp and jump shoot some of the canals for ducks. You would be surprised him many ducKs are in even the small canals right along the fielsss. Look for cattails and walk alon the canal. You can use the same duck loads to shoot pheasant if you get luckey enough to jump one.
4th if you can get near a alfalfa field early in the morning there should be rabbits make sure you use steel the duck loads will work just get #4s

X2.....Especially #1

 

[longbowhunter2]

X3, add go near water, some of the canals

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Welcome to the site
1st word of advise is don’t post names or locations of hunting spots on here.
2nd it will be a little slower right now in the second season try and get near any of the granaries or dairies, also look for large trees in the middle of nowhere they always produce dove in the valley.
3rd get a waterfowl stamp and a federal stamp and jump shoot some of the canals for ducks. You would be surprised him many ducKs are in even the small canals right along the fielsss. Look for cattails and walk alon the canal. You can use the same duck loads to shoot pheasant if you get luckey enough to jump one.
4th if you can get near a alfalfa field early in the morning there should be rabbits make sure you use steel the duck loads will work just get #4s

All spot on advice.. only thing I'd add is if you can't hunt right around a feedlot, look for some wildland nearby (especially with trees) that the birds may use as a mid-morning roost or at least fly over.

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[Deleted member 27310]

Great advice Truduct.
I like #3, jump shooting ducks works very well and I mix in pheasant hunting at the same time. One never knows what species of duck you will find, check it out my buddy got this guy near Brawley last week and my cousin harvested 2 honkers from an alfalfa field just yesterday.

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Great advice Truduct.
I like #3, jump shooting ducks works very well and I mix in pheasant hunting at the same time. One never knows what species of duck you will find, check it out my buddy got this guy near Brawley last week and my cousin harvested 2 honkers from an alfalfa field just yesterday.View attachment 37084

Very cool. Had one do a low fly by of our blind a couple years ago but I was texting and missed the chance haha.

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[Deleted member 27310]

Very cool. Had one do a low fly by of our blind a couple years ago but I was texting and missed the chance haha.

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lol, that phone thing has gotten the best of me also. I do like the airplane mode option.
The first time I ever had a duck "buzz" me was crazy, I wasn't sure what I had just witnessed. Do all duck do that supersonic flying or is it just certain ones?

 

[ilovesprig]

Rich,

Any duck can do it, but it's the smaller species (like jets) that seem to get by fastest.....Teal & woodys are low flying.....Most divers can scream by as well.

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

I love that WHOOOOOSH sound overhead right before shoot time.. gets me fired up.

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[issue_1]

Welcome to the site
1st word of advise is don’t post names or locations of hunting spots on here.
2nd it will be a little slower right now in the second season try and get near any of the granaries or dairies, also look for large trees in the middle of nowhere they always produce dove in the valley.
3rd get a waterfowl stamp and a federal stamp and jump shoot some of the canals for ducks. You would be surprised him many ducKs are in even the small canals right along the fielsss. Look for cattails and walk alon the canal. You can use the same duck loads to shoot pheasant if you get luckey enough to jump one.
4th if you can get near a alfalfa field early in the morning there should be rabbits make sure you use steel the duck loads will work just get #4s

Thanks for the great advice - New to hunting. I've beed down to Brawley twice for dove now I can look for some bigger birds at the same time.

 

[Deleted member 27310]

passed by my home town and saw these guys flying everywhere

 

[ilovesprig]

And you can't touch them...…...lol

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Crazy pic. I know exactly where that is.. bummer

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[Deleted member 27310]

And you can't touch them...…...lol

If you know the right people it happens.

 

[Deleted member 27310]

Crazy pic. I know exactly where that is.. bummer

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if I did a 360 they were all around... 40 years of seeing this place loaded like that is crazy.

 

[ilovesprig]

if I did a 360 they were all around... 40 years of seeing this place loaded like that is crazy.

40 years?.....Euros have only been in Imperial for about 20.....Maybe it used to be mourners.....

 

[Deleted member 27310]

40 years?.....Euros have only been in Imperial for about 20.....Maybe it used to be mourners.....

I was talking about "doves" in general... of course with time it has changed from mourning to euors. And my grandma had euros and pigeons as pets/food way longer that 20 years ago, in Heber. So maybe it was her fault that the euros are everywhere now. Happy Hunting guys!!

 

[ilovesprig]

Geeze Richard.....Pissed?.....About what?.....It was a cool picture and all I stated is we can't touch (shoot) them since El Toro shut down hunting in Heber.

ps......LOL.....Means Laugh out loud and NOT serious.

 

[WaterDawg]

passed by my home town and saw these guys flying everywhereView attachment 37315

Is it legal to drive through there with a telescoping fish net up though the sunroof?