Dove hunting tips ??

There harder than a guy thinks!! I didn't make it out to our Sharpie place,short on time. I ran down to the river and tried our hands on Doves.We had to get a late start,9:00 and had to be home early 2:00. Were new at the dove thing and are still looking for the secret. I know there very tuff to hit and getting many just won't happen. I have shot at then enough to know that. I was wondering HOW to hunt them. We hunt public land and cant really use decoys. We don't have any sunflower Fields and trees are very scarce. A long the river there are scattered clumps of cottonwoods and Russian olives. with lots of chock cheery trees and brush. What we did is to walk the trees with one on each side of the trees and the same with the brushy Coulee. We flushed many birds but very often they would fly and we would not see them till they where 50 yards and moving fast.Most would fly to the next stand of brush or trees and hold up . Sounds like a good effort but the growth is 1/4 to 1/2 mile apart and makes for a lot of walking. We got two and lost four in the brush and couldn't find them. We also shot about 20 times ---each.Had a good time but was wondering how else we could hunt them ?? Here is some pics of the land we where hunting.

we going this morning not sure were exactly you all are hunting around here we feed till season starts and they just keep coming. we hunt in a big cow pasture. decoys work well to. we have a dove mojo and it works really good. you can buy them ecoys at walmart for5 dollars a peace they also work 

When I HAD to live in Tx.,,I learned 2 things about huntin' doves,,they were never where my shot ended up,,and if I bought a truckload of dove shells,,sold 'em for $1 over cost per box,(not case),,I would need 2 more truckloads and would not have to work the rest of the year!!!,,

D try and find a water hole away from the river, they water up in the evening before going to roost, dont feel bad theres a lot of shooters cant kill 10 dove with a box of shells.

 

rick