Durlocke, Caly. Sept. 29 and 30, 1978 Ed Channing invited me down for the last two days of dove season. Friday PM he went to a ranch about 10 mi. SW of Town, within a mile or so of the San Joaquin River, where birds have been coming to a millet field. Saw 40 or more on telephone wire near the field, so we deployed and waited for them to come in for the coming feed. At 4 PM the flights started fast and heavy. I had a limit in about 45 minutes (11 birds down with 14 shells, 1 lost from a ditch). Betty had lots of action but wasn't hitting very well - she ended up with 5. Ed didn't hunt much but still got 7 or so. Crops of most were empty (just coming in to clear down) but some had millet. The field had been disced and dragged but the birds still found plenty of seeds on the dusty surface. Next morning I feared the area might have been burned out and abandoned, but the flights was heavier than ever! I limited in half hour, before the sun came over the Sierra. Ed, his dad, & A George at Neal - ? from Santa Rosa all got limits, even with a lot of poor shooting. It was an concentrated and determined dove flight as I had ever seen. Betty wasn't up to the early PM hunt and slight in. My shooting today wasn't so good - 10 birds with 17 shells. She retrieved all my birds both days - be lower down. No broken skins either.