John,
Welcome to SCH....IV is your best bet with Imperial Wildlife Area both Wister and Finney Ramer Units having lots of birds (steel shot required here)….There's also the DFW Heritage fields that are located near Wister (lead OK)….There a lot of birds here, but the trade off will be the crowds.....Invest in a dove spinner and hunt the edges.
Even though Plaster City is an inside joke, there are doves near by in places like Seely,....Calexico, Brawley, Niland, Calipatria, Westmoreland are all towns that can have doves on the outer edges....You will have to scout some, because fields change within days....On the east side of the valley, the Highline Canal can have birds anywhere along it....Again, it will depend on wheat or seed fields near by.
The general rule in the IV is...if it's not posted, you can hunt it....Two rules that can be enforced is the 50 yd rule from a named county road and the 150 yd rule from any occupied bldg., out bldg., or barn.
Hope this helps some and thank you for your service.
.
Welcome to SCH....IV is your best bet with Imperial Wildlife Area both Wister and Finney Ramer Units having lots of birds (steel shot required here)….There's also the DFW Heritage fields that are located near Wister (lead OK)….There a lot of birds here, but the trade off will be the crowds.....Invest in a dove spinner and hunt the edges.
Even though Plaster City is an inside joke, there are doves near by in places like Seely,....Calexico, Brawley, Niland, Calipatria, Westmoreland are all towns that can have doves on the outer edges....You will have to scout some, because fields change within days....On the east side of the valley, the Highline Canal can have birds anywhere along it....Again, it will depend on wheat or seed fields near by.
The general rule in the IV is...if it's not posted, you can hunt it....Two rules that can be enforced is the 50 yd rule from a named county road and the 150 yd rule from any occupied bldg., out bldg., or barn.
Hope this helps some and thank you for your service.
.
