I've read with great interest Stan's accounts of taking dove with a .410. I thought I'd like to try the same. After taking birds with my DH, I decided to break out my new-to-me H&H that has a set of .410 barrels (to go with its original 28 bore barrels). Yesterday I tried some walk-up hunting -- our WMA dove fields were empty of hunters(!) -- and was quickly humbled, taking only a couple of birds.
I went back today with a chair and sat for an hour or so and had some slow, but steady action -- and shot better. I'm still getting used to shooting this gun, but was surprised when I walked off a clean kill at 37 steps (farther than I estimated the shot). It was fun. Thanks, Stan, for the inspiration. I'll never shoot the scores on dove that you have
, but it was a nice change and challenge.