Recent content by JDWnColo

An oasis is a thought but I have always had the best luck such as along the river., in fact I had a spot one year at a duck slough within 100 yards of the Platte and 50 yds from an irrigation ditch running deep and fast. That was one of the b est, another was a bit of an oasis on a horse ranch...

Food , water, trees for roosting = doves on opening day on public. After that, secluded water, trees and food are the recipe. Camo isn't all you think it should be, light tan, brown and being in the shadows works well. Movement is what really scares them off. I have been out of camo and had...

Just an aside, when you find a good place for grouse, hit it only a few times a year, find other coverts in the area, there will be some. I about shot a couple out when I started after them, learned to be , ahem, conservative.

Some historic pics from Texas on dove hunting. Might find it interesting. There are a couple that if you think areas are crowded now........ http://life.time.com/culture/hunting-season-photos-from-a-texas-dove-hunt-1961/?iid=lf%7Crelated#1

I was thinking the same thing and looked up on the website about those units. Might want to read about them as I take it there is a reservation system even for dove hunting. Also being as there are the three next to the Springs, w/o a system places would probably be over run. Lost a great...

Using something to distort the vision of the dominate eye does work. The trick is to not cover the whole lens or even most of it. Mount the gun, closing the dominate eye and then have someone, if you can't do it yourself, use a finger to find the point where the dominate eye is looking out of...

To address an earlier question on dark and light meat in birds, the muscle groups that get used most will be dark meat. Birds that do a lot of fling will have dark breast meat. This is caused by the amount of blood that circulates though those areas. Birds that mostly walk, the thighs and...

I ran some tips earlier, but will admit they were general. Bear in mind that blues hang at the top of ridges overnight, and come down during the morning, then back up in the afternoon. Sooo---- here is the following idea - Find a mountain that starts in sage into quakies then aspen. Top that...

Blues are not static in elevation preferences, they start out lower elevations and move up as the season cools down, eventually as the snow flies they are at the top of the tree line, or darn close. They are the one animal that moves UP in elevation as the winter comes on. First weekends of...

Best clues - West of the divide, north of I70, 8000 to 10000 foot, steep slopes, cool days on southern slopes, warm days northern. Woods and meadow mixes. Nearby water.

Was up jusr east of Ft Collins, 2 of us for 23 birds. 14 were Eurasians.

A secret place, willing to work for it and use other hunters to push them your way... ie, be where no bird expects.

Understand about the vent. Not a fan of being pelted with spent shot myself, but it is better than the direct charge coming your way. Not really familiar with what is available down in the Springs, but I am going to guess that you went to one close to town where there will be a crowd. When you...

I suggest you go to the Colo DOW site, find the search option on the top and type in- State Wildlife Areas then State Trust Lands... take notes of the counties and properties you might be interested in and then.... buy gas, check the oil and rubber.... go for a long drive. Seriously...