Late Dove in VA

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

We shoot opening day, then skip Labor Day (when the first Saturday is before Labor Day), then shoot the following Saturday again if there is adequate birds. From then on we only shoot it when there's birds aplenty to kill a few limits then leave some. And, we always pack up the guns early enough in the afternoon for the remaining birds to come in and feed unmolested.

I've been thinking about your post this morning about 50 shooters killing 50 limits. I'm not exaggerating when I say I couldn't find 50 shooters who could kill a limit, under the best conditions, no matter how hard I looked, or how long. There must be a better "grade" of dove shooter where you are, than here.

SRH

This is no exaggeration while damage control I sat in an eight foot high tower blind on this piece and in one hour I had enough birds fly by me with what I’d call puddin shots where I coulda gotten the fifteen bird limit with a 410 and a box of shells . Those birds looked larger than softballs . As to the 50 shooters this is just info that was relayed to us by the guy in charge , if I had to hesitate a guess I’d expect there was some help given by some of the shooters to those not as lucky shall we say . You also need to consider a lot of those guys use the Mojo decoys and after they were done I’m sure they let others without those decoys use their spots and as said earlier I’m sure some padding may have been going on .