Where to hunt doves?

[Charles Shelton]

Where they are of course, in my back yard!

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Every morning and evening, 50 - 100 gather to feed on the seed berries of the prickly ash trees along our driveway. They are mostly European banded doves with a few mourning doves.

But no, shooting them in the yard is off limits, so I will drive 4 hours west to hunt with a dozen DWWC buddies where we can shoot all we want and drink whisky and smoke cigars to boot. Actually , that is not so bad. :)

I am taking two Parker 20s and will start September 1 with the one that I grew up shooting - a Damascus barreled 20 on a 28 gauge frame. After 86er brought it back to life a few years ago, it has not been shot much until I bought some RST 2.5 inch low pressure shells. In two trips to the range, it has turned clays to powder out to 40 yards when I do my part, so wish me luck.

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[charlie cleveland]

nice gun i have a twenty that looks pretty close to yours..good luck on the hunt..charlie

[Charles Shelton]

Thanks Charlie.
I am taking my Parker repro 20 gauge as backup just in case. :)

[Charles Shelton]

A conundrum :
1900 Parker 20 brought back 11 doves day 1 - made a few great shots
Parker repro 20 brought back 13 doves day 2 - made several great shots

Pretty even performance, but the old one received most of the attention from the other shooters! :)

[charlie cleveland]

looke like you and the guns had 2 good days for sure...charlie

[Charles Shelton]

We did have a good outing. It had been 50 years since I hunted doves with the Parker and it felt GOOD! :)
I hope to shoot some quail with it this winter and maybe a rabbit or two just to remember what it was like as a teenager. You cannot turn back the clock, but you can reminisce.