Despite good rainfall earlier this year, recent triple digit heat and extremely dry conditions likely mean that area waterholes are probably going to be top spots for an early September dove hunt. With the 2023 season opener arriving today on Friday, Sept. 1, wingshooting experts on both sides of the Red River say that the best dove hunting waterholes will have bare ground around the water’s edge, a gentle slope, and some sort of nearby perch for doves to land on. Lynn Burkhead / For The Herald Democrat
My late dad Bill moved our family to the Texomaland area in the fall of 1979. Meaning that our first full summer in the Lone…