Dove hunting - What gun are you taking?

[charlie cleveland]

our hunt yesterday was a good one..i got up at 4.00 am and was on the field by 5.30 first bird came in and i got him with the old lifter 10 ga...i shot a box of shells and got 3 birds for my morning hunt...one fellas lab tried to retrieve ever bird shot down it was funny he had his limit in about 5 minutes...we quit shooting at 9.30 and headed for the spring our cooking campsite...we had bolonia french fries 120 doves on the grill fresh killed rabbit chiken baked beans and poodle sop gravey wow....i ate to much for sure.we went back to the field at3.30 boy was it hot only 2 of us crazy enough to set in the sun i got in the shade of a light pole...there was a gentle breeze that helped...i took the 20 ga v grade gun with factory 27 inch barrels i got 5 birds with it..i had really good shooters around me and i did not get many shots......it was really good hunt i was tired but contented and slept like a baby....tommorrow we are going to a new field at a friends house i m takeing the v grade 20 and i m takeing a d grade damascus 20 ga that once belonged to robert wood johnson the founder of johnson and johnson products.....gun has clyinder and full chokes the way it was ordered in 1901....charlie