How close to a deer feeder can you dove hunt?

[Killer]

How far away from a deer feeder do you need to be hunting doves and be legal?
I hunt a pond that has feeder set up in the same draw. I got to thinking about when we filled it up.

[Pushbutton2]

How far away from a deer feeder do you need to be hunting doves and be legal?

I hunt a pond that has feeder set up in the same draw. I got to thinking about when we filled it up.

If memory serves, you can't. Have to remove all bait and a GW has to inspect.

[Smart]

How far away from a deer feeder do you need to be hunting doves and be legal?
I hunt a pond that has feeder set up in the same draw. I got to thinking about when we filled it up.

If the corn there is manipulating the flight patterns of the dove....ie they are eating from it, you could get stroked a hunting award. Its all up to the discretion of the individual Game Warden. Frankly I avoid hunting near feeders. Hell he could do it because you are near bait as well.

[Killer]

What is considered near? We have several feeders set up on the lease at different places. Do I need to be 100 ft away ,1000 yards or 1/2 mile? I probably could not hunt anywhere on the lease and stay farther than 1000yards.

[Smart]

What is considered near? We have several feeders set up on the lease at different places. Do I need to be 100 ft away ,1000 yards or 1/2 mile? I probably could not hunt anywhere on the lease and stay farther than 1000yards.

That is up to the discretion of the GW and whether or not he thinks its manipulating your doves. Ive heard of some hardasses and some lax GWs

[Killer]

So does nobody dove hunt on your lease if your feeding corn in fear of getting a ticket

[HeyMikey]

If you use common sense, you'll probably be good to go.
If there's any question in your mind, then don't do it. Simple as that.

[Smart]

So does nobody dove hunt on your lease if your feeding corn in fear of getting a ticket

Not on mine....I have dove leases...My landowners' kids hunt a water cistern/trough occasionally near camp. Probably 800 yards from the nearest feeder with no issues. Just use common sense. If you can see it or it's down the way just a bit, hunt at your own risk.

[Ag 89]

Unfortunately, rules do not say a distance. Just says you can't bait. Game Warden discretion which can vary widely.

[Artos]

So does nobody dove hunt on your lease if your feeding corn in fear of getting a ticket

No, because I know feeders have no impact on our lease...all our shooting is on tanks coming into water & not feeding locations. Like Smart said, a rogue GW could reach & try to say feeders have an impact, but it wouldn't stick.

It's all discretion to be determined by the GW so use common sense...if you think you are literally killing birds because of feeder locations, then so will the GW.

[Duckologist]

a rogue GW could reach & try to say feeders have an impact, but it wouldn't stick.

The judge sides with a law officer 99.99% of the time. The odds of sticking are great

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[tmurray]

My opinion, I feel safe if I can’t see a feeder, typically several hundred yards.

[3ChordTruth]

If you use common sense, you'll probably be good to go.
If there's any question in your mind, then don't do it. Simple as that.

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Mike’s advice works for deer feeders and dove hunting, and really about everything else in life too.

[JBJTX81]

I've worried abt this a little of late. I have over 100 acres of sunflowers plated on my place and a feed stations is set up on the treeline on the NE side of the sunflowers. How close is too close. Obviously I'm hunting the sunflowers and not the feed station but who knows what some hard-core GW might say if one of my dove have a few pieces of corn in thier craw.

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[AgHntr10]

Like others said its a pretty vague rule with alot left up to discretion. I think most of the GWs would use common sense and if you aren't shooting them over bait or setup in line of site of a feeder you will probably be fine.