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For doves,I alternate between a Model 21 20 gauge and a VH 16. The VH has 28" barrels bored cylinder/full from the factory. The 16 was my Dad's #1 bird gun; he gave it to me saying, "You'll get your limit with this one." On my first bird (bobwhite) hunt with it, I didn't get my limit, but I did score a true double on the second covey rise. The Model 21 also has 28" barrels, but it is bored modified/full.
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08-12-2014, 12:50 PM
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My little 16 gauge is opener and open, according to my plug gauge. I'd really rather pass shoot doves that are a little higher, but where we hunt they're always buzzing the field close. This gun should work for that just fine.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV |
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08-12-2014, 12:52 PM
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We like to set up by a tank near a corn field and let them come to us to roost. They tend to fly higher that way then when we setup along the fence rows they fly along.
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08-12-2014, 02:16 PM
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Well, got a call from Classic Gunstocks today that Julia's VH 16 is fixed. It was off face and had Miller Single Trigger problems. Just in time for dove season.
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08-12-2014, 04:17 PM
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Doves, that is one tradition I would really like to try. The hunt, family and friends, the whole nine yards, something I would love to do.
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08-12-2014, 05:02 PM
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September is always so hot. All the nut cases are out there the first day and Labor Day. Last year under a power pole and a dove landed right above me. From uphill shooting down towards me 100 yards away (you can imagine the pattern size), he shot at the dove on the line. 20 gauge time.
October is better. Only true dove hunters there. Shoot at daybreak when they all have to come in. 16 gauge time. The Christmas season is the best. Everyone else is deer hunting, doves are fat migratory birds in large flocks, and you can get your limit everyday in about an hour if you scout where they are. Especially rainy days and around power lines. 12 gauge time. Last edited by Jerry Harlow; 08-12-2014 at 08:49 PM.. Reason: spelling |
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08-12-2014, 05:05 PM
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I enjoy sept and october. I am always too dang busy to hunt at christmas time. Plus, the one or two times I have tried it, I haven't seen squat.
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08-12-2014, 05:09 PM
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Several people and dogs had or almost had heat strokes at the opening day hunt a few years ago. I just don't enjoy shooting when it is hot. Unfortunately, September seems to be the only time people have birds around here.
I would gladly trade dove hunting for the ability to grouse hunt in October. |
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