If You’re Planning to Hunt One of Georgia’s Public Land Dove Fields, Here’s What to Expect for 2024

The Georgia DNR recently released their public dove fields forecast for the 2024 dove season. The forecast includes all managed dove fields on the state’s WMAs and VPAs, including what’s planted, total acres, and the current conditions of the field (as of August 18, 2023).

For up-to-date information, it’s best to call the DNR regional office.

The dove fields are broken down by DNR regions, and there is a map included below identifying all six.

Keep in mind that hunting many of these fields is limited to specific dates scattered throughout the statewide dove season, and some of the hunts may be by quota only, so you will need to consult the current hunting regulations booklet to see when a particular field is available to hunt.

Region 1

WMAs

Area	Crops	Acres Planted	Forecast
Berry College	Sunflowers, proso millet, wheat	35	Good
Coosawattee	Millet, sunflowers	9	Good
Crockford-Pigeon Mtn.	Corn, sunflowers	64	Good
J.L. Lester	Sunflowers, proso millet, wheat	22	Fair-Good
Joe Kurz	Sunflowers, corn, proso millet, jap millet, buckwheat, wheat	206	Fair
McGraw Ford	Millet, sunflowers	21	Good
West Point	Wheat, brown top millet	21	Fair

VPAs

Area	Crops	Acres Planted	Forecast
McEntire Road	Millet, sunflowers, wheat	42	Fair

Region 2

WMAs

Area	Crops	Acres Planted	Forecast
Buck Shoals	Browntop Millet, Sorghum, Sunflowers	20	Excellent
Dawson Forest	Proso Millet, Browntop Millet, Wheat, Egyptian Wheat	28	Excellent
Hart County	Browntop Millet, Wheat, Sorghum	19	Fair
Redlands Adult/Child	Proso, Pearl, and Browntop Millet, Sunflowers	60	Good
Wilson Shoals	Browntop millet	10	Excellent

VPAs

Area	Crops	Acres Planted	Forecast
London Farms	Corn, Sunflowers	107	Excellent

Region 3

WMAs/PFAs

Area	Crops	Acres Planted	Forecast
Alexander	Wheat, browntop millet, and pearl millet strips	54	Good
B.F. Grant	Wheat, browntop millet, buckwheat	21	Poor
Cedar Creek	Corn, wheat, browntop millet	47	Good
Clarks Hill-East & Clarks Hill-West	Wheat, pearl millet strips	39	Good
Clybel	Wheat, browntop millet, corn	134	Good
Di-Lane	Browntop millet, sorghum, wheat, some sunflowers	137	Good
Flat Creek PFA	Wheat	33	Fair
Lower Broad River	Wheat, browntop millet, proso millet, sorghum	29	Good
McDuffie PFA	Browntop millet, proso millet	5	Excellent
Oconee	Browntop millet, wheat, pearl millet strips	21	Fair
Perry Dove Field	Corn, wheat	74	Fair
Rum Creek	Wheat, corn	33	Good
Walton	Sunflowers, wheat, browntop millet	48	Good
Yuchi	Wheat, browntop millet, pearl millet, cow peas	28	Good

Region 4

WMAs/PFAs

Area	Crops	Acres Planted	Forecast
Alapaha River	Wheat, sunflowers	42	Excellent
Beaverdam	Browntop millet	14	Fair
Canoochee Sandhills	Millet	16	Fair
Hiltonia	Wheat, millet	36	Poor
Ocmulgee: Gum Swamp Creek	Dove proso, browntop millet	29	Fair
River Bend	Wheat, Sunflower, Browntop Millet, Proso	28	Good
Rogers State Prison Dove Fields	Corn	366	Fair

VPAs

Area	Crops	Acres Planted	Forecast
Appling Co. Dove Field	Sunflower, corn	112	Excellent

Region 5

WMAs

Area	Crops	Acres Planted	Forecast
Albany Nursery	Browntop millet	19	Excellent
Big Lazer Creek	Wheat, Brown Top Millet, Egyptian wheat	20	Fair
Blanton Creek	Wheat, proso millet	31	Good
Chattahoochee Fall Line: Ft. Perry	Wheat, browntop millet	57	Fair
Chattahoochee Fall Line: Hilliard Plantation	Sunflowers, browtop millet, proso millet, wheat	213	Good
Chickasawhatchee	Browntop millet	25	Excellent
Elmodel	Browntop millet	176	Fair
Flint River	Wheat, browntop millet	24	Good
Hannahatchee Creek	Browntop millet	42	Good
Mayhaw	Proso millet	15	Poor
River Creek, The Rolf and Alexandra Kauka	Sunflowers	14	Fair
Silver Lake	Browntop millet	65	Fair

Region 6

WMAs/PFAs

Area	Crops	Acres Planted	Forecast
Altamaha	Corn	16	Excellent
Dixon Memorial	Millet	42	Fair
Paradise PFA	Peanuts, corn, sunflower	47	Good
Paulk’s Pasture	Millet	9	Poor
Penholoway Swamp	Browntop millet	24	Fair
Richmond Hill	No field planted	26	N/A
Townsend	No field planted	57	N/A

Final Thoughts

It’s hard to beat the excitement and camaraderie of a good southern dove hunt, and Georgia hunters are fortunate to have plenty of opportunities to participate in such a hunt.

Our hope is that by using this guide and other dove hunting information we have available, that you’ll be able to participate in a safe and successful dove hunt this fall.

If you do, we’d love to see some successful field photos to share across our social media. You can send those to me at this email address!