Successful Dove Hunting Strategies!
SCOUT THE FIELD
When preparing for the upcoming dove season it pays great rewards if you have done your homework and familiarized yourself with the specific structures in the field. This is the only reliable tactic that can tell you where 
the birds are coming from, when they start arriving, and where they concentrate their field activities. It pays to be prepared. Don’t just show up “blind” and expect to have a worthwhile outing. Have two or three good spots in mind when you arrive. It is worth get there early. It is much better to sit and wait an hour or so gazing at a bird-less sky than to arrive and find the best spots are already taken and the little feathered “rockets” are already pitching in.
USE THE SUNLIGHT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE
When picking a set-up spot on a dove field, take several factors into consideration. Let the sun and its relationship to where you are setting up be high on your list. Keep the sun to your back whenever possible. Doves are tough enough to hit under ideal circumstances. Don’t handicap yourself by having to stare into the glare of blinding morning or afternoon sunbeams.
KNOW THE TERRAIN AND STRUCTURES
The average dove hunter seldom pays enough attention to good dove hunting structure. There are always certain things, other than what they’re feeding on, that draw birds once they’ve arrived over the field. It could be a grove of trees, a power line cutting across the field, or even a contour change in the lay of the land itself. An added place to consider as a prime set-up location on many dove fields is an isolated patch of sandy ground. Like most birds, especially of the seed-eating variety, doves find a good supply of gravel or grit essential. A field often features a spot where rain runoff has caused an accumulation of exposed gritty or 
sandy soil. Coupled with an abundance of food on the ground, such locations can act as a magnet to birds that are naturally seeking both necessities in other similar locations.
Food on the ground all over the field will obviously scatter and disperse the doves. A hunter sitting near a visible patch of sandy/rocky ground will often get a concentration of birds headed for one place that offers more than one of the things they need. Following all of this information will be rewarding on your next Dove Hunting Season.