I think I would eat applesauce and milkshakes until after hunting season before I would let the dentist mess up Dove season!!! You sure he's not some kind of anti gun nut!!!

Our season down here starts Sept 18. As to opening day plans....off to El Campo Texas for opening afternoon, to ambush whitewing doves, then to our place down here Saturday and Sunday for mourning doves. But the best news is I am opening the season extra early in Cordoba Argentina next week.

We open here in Tn on the 1st of Sept.I am starting a new gun this year.It is a 16ga DHE with 30" barrels choked mod/full.It has a factory vent rib,single trigger,and a Beavertail forend.I have shot it OK on clays,but can't wait to try it on the doves.We are holding a lot of birds in the area now,but that can change quickly.I hope you all have a great season.

No my dentist is actually a friend !

It's more my fault then his . When I got back stateside the end of April I should have gone on and had the work done but I drug my feet !

Missed the chance to take a good photo outside so used the old cell phone. I am continually attracted to junk just like a kid bringing home stray dogs. The gun was advertised as a 12 GA but turned out to be a 10 on a number 2 frame. Gun was tight, but most people probably would not shoot these barrels, but I have multiple times. Advertised here for some 12 GA barrels and the set I got fit right on there perfectly with the matching forend. I found a small crack in the wrist so had that repaired, the oil soaked out of the head of the stock, the checkering recut, and I rust blued the buttplate, trigger guard, triggers, lifter button, and screws. Lots of rust removed with a Dremel tool and Frontier pad. Oiled the stock every day for over a month, but left many of the warts in the wood. Will never finish either set of barrels; it is just a field gun. 10 GA I.M. and I.M. 30" and 12 GA I.C. and I.C. Lots of my time in it but that's the fun of finding and fixing junk and making it presentable. 8 lbs. 2 oz. in 12 and 8 lbs. 7 oz. in 10. 1878.

Just about all the pics I take for posting on a forum or Gunbroker are now taken with my I Phone 6 . Thing takes as good or better pics then my Nikon Cool Pix Digi Cam .

I have an invitation to hunt doves on the North Shore area in Maryland and will shoot the first two days of the season. First time on a real dove hunt for over forty years since my college days in Chester Co. Penna. No dove hunting in Vermont. I'm syched but can't settle on which of all my favorite guns to take. Most definite is the16 Trojan with 1oz. or 7/8oz as it always delivers from goose to pigeons. Then for backup still undecided on a 12 ga repro, webley Scott 16, midland 30" 16, Ithaca 4E single shot no safety............ Not really a "problem" but with 2 days I'd like to mix it up. Off to the SC course today and think about shooting basics and get a feel for which gun goes to the dance.

Eric;
Where will you be shooting doves? I'll be on the eastern shore. Maryland has some good dove shooting and the birds look plentiful. Good luck and take some pics.

I can't believe you're not going to break out that beautiful 410 on opening day. Best of luck John.
Buddy

You guys have a great opening day, here in Michigan we can only look at the doves as they fly south to you guys:cuss: I've never been dove hunting but it is one of the things that I would love to do, sometime. You guys enjoy......