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NcongruNt wrote:

puma guy wrote:Hope everyone has a successful hunt. I have a question for any one here. What's the northern range of white wings? I haven't dove hunted in decades and we only had mourning doves in the area we hunted but I've seen them visiting The Valley. I have a deer lease west of New Braunfels that sees some mourning dove activity, but I saw something I'd never seen last month while I was up there working. We jumped a pair of white wing doves while we walked to one of the feeders. I have never ever seen them there before. I like to "bird watch" while I hunt and when I am outdoors, so it's not likely I'd have missed them in past years.

The white wings have been moving northward pretty rapidly over the past few years. 2 years ago, white wings were very rare here in the Austin area. Last year I saw a few, shot one. Now, they seem to outnumber the mourning doves. Yes, this year is different from years past. I'm hoping TPWD ups the limit on them this year.

mr surveyor wrote:not sure what you mean by "northern range", but we have white wings, mourning doves, ringnecks and rock doves crossing our lease north of Sweetwater. We also see scattered white wings mixed in with the few doves crossing Rusk County (NE TX)