Dove hunting with Mid-America Hunting Association has been well received, especially the last several seasons being above average years and September being the peak dove hunting month. One of the most remarked advantages we bring to the hunting world is the ability to provide the experienced hunter the only advantage he requires, that is, the opportunity to hunt good ground without competition. Then we add to that by allowing the hunter to hunt as desired in terms of both time and hunting style, not only for dove, but also deer, turkey, upland and waterfowl. For the dove hunter this means more open ground crop fields near open water in an area of the country well known for its dove population.
Opening on the first of September dove are readily found on most milo fields as the summer wheat harvest has long been picked over. From the first of September until the first cold snap the northern dove hunting in Kansas and Missouri is worth the hunter's early morning wake up.
Dove do not winter over in large numbers and are largely migratory within this region. The last two Septembers have seen a cold snap severe enough to start the southward migration during the third week of the month. From September first through the third week the northern areas of both Kansas and Missouri have good dove hunting to the point of hunters making repetitive reservations for a second, third and fourth hunts. After the traditional late September cold snap where a decline in northern property dove numbers competed with the early teal, muzzleloader and archery deer seasons most hunters began to shift interest away from hunting dove on the northern properties. Dove hunting continues during and after the late September cold snap on the Association's southern properties where small residential and migrating flocks concentrated on the lesser abundant milo fields as these areas are predominately wheat growing areas especially so in Kansas.
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