Christmas Doves

[Reggie B]

I plan on making another trip to the fields tomorrow. The weather here is supposed to get very cold on Monday, even though its been a cold week here. I am hoping the approaching cold will put them in feeding mode! You have a had some good days lately! Thanks for posting.

[J. A. EARLY]

The drought ruined the corn crop here. So nothing was cut in September and October, and the ears are 1/3 the normal size. The machine missed so much corn there are bushels on the ground or they may have bushhogged some of it, thus every dove for miles has found it. But it is hard to get up leaving a warm bed and be there at daybreak freezing to death with a North wind in your face. But once I start shooting I forget I am cold.

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

But once I start shooting I forget I am cold.

Funny how that works is'nt it Jerry?

[J. A. EARLY]

First day in 20s at daybreak but was the coldest of all with a 20 mph wind. But I did not miss a shot! Took a rescued 28" VH 12 gauge M/F that was one of my first saves of junk. Now it is nice junk. Was someone's saltwater waterfowl gun in New England due to outside pitted barrels and frame, cracked stock, no buttplate, but perfect bores. Look out NC, SC, GA, and AL; my doves are on the way to you. They are now all gone (almost all males this late in the season). Did not see a half dozen where there were hundreds last week.