Mimosa Farms Public Dove Hunting #2378 Review
Located about 60 miles south of San Antonio in Dilley, TX, Mimosa Farms public land is one of the best public dove leases I’ve been on. The property is about 1450 acres and was well maintained. The land consisted of about 900-950 acres of croton that had been shred into rows about 40 feet wide. The rest of the fields were plowed up and were mostly dirt. There was also 100 acres or so of goat weed that had been cut into rows. The property is surrounded by mesquite trees and brush.
We arrived late morning on the 19th. After seeing ten or fifteen dove fly ,we stopped and hunted for about an hour on the north end of the property. My dad and I shot four pretty quick and then loaded up and drove around to find our afternoon spot and then went in to town to eat and meet my brother.
About 1:30 we drove back in the lease, which was surprising already filling up with hunters. Most of the spots on the north end were already taken, so we headed around to the south end and hunted.
The dove were flying as soon as we unloaded. The pace was steady for a couple of hours and then there was a lull about 3:00 or so. Only about a fifteen minute one though, after that the pace kicked up and all three of us had our limit of 15 by 4:30. Mourning dove and the smaller Mexican dove were all that was on the property, I’m thinking the white-wings haven’t made it there, yet
The dove were seasoned from a lot of pressure and would take evasive maneuvers on the slightest movement. If the property lacks anything thing, it would be cover. Most of the trees were off the property and made for a hot afternoon, but 45 dove in a little over three hours made it tolerable.
There were plenty of hunters but it was by no means overcrowded.
All in all, I give #2378 an A+, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good public dove hunt.
Incidentally, at the hotel I was talking to some hunters that had a private lease in Dilley, they had a miserably slow day in the field. Looks like this in one of those times when it didn’t pay off to spend the big bucks.
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Well written, I spoke to some hunters in the field on 9/18/09 and they said when the landowner plants Milo the white wing are everywhere. Maybe next year!
Comment by peter sheeran — September 22, 2009 @ 2:25 pm
Thanks for all your info this year. Since I started this website traffic has been steadily increasing, but I feel that it is missing something, do you have any suggestions as to what other dove hunters are looking for in a website?
Comment by admin — September 23, 2009 @ 8:27 am
very good, in your country there are separate facilities for hunters and the shooting hobby, if I am in west Timor Indonesia should go into the woods and shoot wild pigeons, but I think this is more fun
Comment by pigeon hunter — October 10, 2009 @ 9:57 pm
I hunted here 2nd week of season and it reminded me of Argentina dove videos, Dove were rolling in and across the field just Southwest of the OSR station. There were no White wings in sight but the Mourners and Mexican dove were probably in the thousands. If we were better shots and knew where to set up we would have limited in minutes. I hunted in Mimosa every other weekend from that point on thru September and into October. 10-10-09 being the last time in the field. Even though we fought the weather almost every weekend the Dove were still there. Birds weren’t in the volume seen on my first day on the Mimosa Unit but were steadily streaming in and out. Near the SW corner of the unit we also shot 3 Collared dove, dang things wont go down you need #6 OR EVEN #5 to bring’em down. Had a chance to speak with the land owner on the first weekend, hes a great guy and said his land was ranked #1 for TPWL public dove for the past 3 years running. It is easy to see why. We proved that to be on the money, even when the weather was bad the hunting was well above average… Two thumbs up for Mimosa, cant wait to get out there with some good weather!
Comment by Dove Slayer — October 16, 2009 @ 5:25 pm
I’ve never been to Argentina, but it sounds like we hunted the same weekend and it was a blast. Without a doubt, the best dove lease public or private I’ve ever seen. Thanks for the comment@Dove Slayer
Comment by admin — October 17, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
I’ve been hunting at Mimosa Farms for 4 years now and have never been disappointed. Limited out just about every time. Low volume of hunters too. I usually go once or twice a year and have only seen a handful of hunters. I’m going to hunt this Sat. afternoon and Sunday morn.
Comment by Steve — October 29, 2009 @ 12:33 pm
I’m hooked, it’s a great lease, GOOD LUCK. Let me know how the hunting was this late in the season/@Steve
Comment by admin — November 1, 2009 @ 7:35 am
Got there at 3pm Sat. All of the grain had been harvested and plowed under. There were good numbers of birds for being so late in the season. I hunted the big field on the south side of the county road.(There’s a private entrance with a cattle guard right next to it) I hunted on top of the hill and along the fence line. I shot 10 birds, but could have possibly limited out. Sunday morning was OK. Shot 8. The good thing about this place is that you can get ‘em going into the field and heading back out. I usually go in early to mid October when the grain is still standing, or at least some of it. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Not as many birds but enough considering the cold snaps and some hunting pressure.
Comment by Steve — November 2, 2009 @ 11:22 am
18 birds at the end of October is a pretty good testament to how good of a lease it is, believe me, I’ve been on hunts where 18 birds weren’t in the county. Thanks fo the update.@Steve
Comment by admin — November 2, 2009 @ 10:27 pm
Me too, but I’ve also been on the other end of the spectrum. We used to go whitewing hunting around Lake Guerrero, Mexico. When I first started going the limit was 75 per day. By the late 80s it dropped to 25 per day. Haven’t been back since, but it definately spoiled me.
Comment by Steve — November 3, 2009 @ 12:47 pm