| Hunting Report
- October 6 to October 12, 2006 |
There was quite a
bit of rain in North Texas this week which wasn't good for dove
flight but continued to fill the newer lakes. With the recent rains
the millet and smartweed is really taking off, the millet is 4
feet tall around some of the levees, where we will be able to use
lay down blinds. The ducks will be landing 10 feet away. It looks
like we got 2000 pounds of seed down at the right time. We
also shredded about 20 acres of dove weed to try and catch some
of the doves migrating.
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Dove hunting has been
fair at best for most of the North Texas Region. That should change
with the first significant cold front expected this week. Thursday's
(October 12th) high temperature is predicted to be 62°F, with
a low of 39°F. The rest of the week high temperatures should
be around 71-73°F with lows in the 40s at night.
A new crop of northern birds should make it into Texas along with the most significant
cold front of this season to date. North Zone Dove season runs through Oct. 30.
Prospects are good.
Duck Season will open at Pintail Farms with a youth hunt on October 28th. Blue
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| Pintail Farms Co-Hosts
Wildlife Seminar and Tour |
In cooperation
with the; Texas
Parks & Wildlife Department, Texas
Cooperative Extension and the
Fannin
Soil & Water Conservation
District we co-hosted a Wildlife Seminar and Tour on the 6th.
Pintail Farms was selected because of our participation in and commitment
to the Texas
Wetlands Reserve Program. The turnout was very good and everyone
enjoyed themselves.
Topics Included:
Wetland Development
Planning a Wetland
Wetland Vegetation and Good Soils for Wetlands
East Texas Wetland Program
Wetland Reserve Program
Partners for Wildlife Program
Presentations were made by:
Bobby Eichler, TPWD
Wes Littrell, TPWD
Jay Whiteside, TPWD
Chris Schraeder, Texas Cooperative Extension
Keith McKnight, Ducks Unlimited
Randy Moore, USDA-NRCS; A.W.
Mike Jolley, Pintail Farms - co-owner.
The event was sponsored by:
Fannin Soil & Water Conservation District
Turner Seed Company
Texas Cooperative Extension
Texas Parks & Wildlife & USDA-NRCS
Pintail Farms thanks the many planners and participants
for a very successful and enjoyable wildlife educational
presentation.
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| This Week's Featured Hunter |
| Mike Jolley , co-owner
of Pintail Farms , as many of you know is an avid hunter himself.
Below you
will find a few photo's including a prize
trophy white deer he took in Montague County and a feral hog
he took at Pintail Farms. |
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