PLANTING TIME

I think what that regulation is designed to do is stop folks from hunting over grain that was dumped out specifically for drawing the birds in. Planting a crop of sunflowers or other grains and leaving them stand is a common practice in area's where dove hunting is common. The prison units do it all the time so the officers and guests have good hunting. It's not a problem. I've also seen it done in the national forrests with certain areas planted in food plots that include grains to draw doves in. In fact, many of the fields in the APH hunting program have small plots of planted sunflowers and other grains to draw the birds in. I've hunted over several. As long as it is a planted and grown crop of grain it follows the law.

The thing you have to avoid, and will get ticketed for, is hunting over grain that is thrown out on the ground.