The Dove Hunt Thread

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Frank Childrey

By the way, my armament was a VH 16 (28" barrels bored cyl/full) on Saturday and a Trojan 12 (28" barrels bored imp/mod) on Monday. What works for me is 3-1-7 1/2 in twelve gauge. For some reason, the 7 1/2 shot will anchor a dove better than the 8's.

I've been a big advocate of #9 for dove and or quail . But in recent years I've been an advocate of whatever size shot I have on hand #9 , 8 1/2 , 8 or 7 1/2 . Some folks around here use #6 for the late December dove season , personally I never saw the need but it's whatever a person likes I suppose .

I pretty much now just buy #8 shot in the bag although if I can find a deal on 9 or 8 1/2 I'll grab a few bags of that as well .