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Originally Posted by Stan Hillis
On one trip to Argentina for doves I figured up the fire rate after I left to come home. I averaged one shell fired per 15 seconds of shooting time, and I was holding back all I could stand. That was shooting an O/U too, not a jammamatic. No problems with headaches, but I was only shooting 7/8 oz. 20 gauge loads. I wasn't trapping the hulls, either. I was letting them hit the ground behind me.
Next trip I averaged over 1000 doves a day, in two three hour shifts each day. Knowing what the numbers of birds necessary to make a bag that size looks like I can hardly imagine how there could have been enough grouse in the countryside to accomplish that feat. Must've been an amazing sight.
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No wonder you are such a good dove shot. Practice makes perfect.
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