BHE on doves this morning

[Stan Hillis]

Great shooting, Todd, and with a very nice gun. I went 10 X 10 on a late season mourning dove shoot year before last with my 32" HE grade Fox. Then the wheels fell off.

It has been my experience that the Eurasians fly slower than our mourning doves, and with less darting and jiving. We get a few on the fields, but not many. When I'm shooting mourning doves and one shows up I have to be very careful not to over lead it and miss.

Sorry about your dog, Alley.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Todd, how many fish did CD Smith shoot with that Parker??

Great day shooting, 11/11. So sorry to hear your dog is on the way out. That's always a very hard day. Tears our heart out. Then what do we do? We get another puppy knowing it'll end the same way. Wash, rinse, repeat....

[todd allen]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

Great shooting, Todd, and with a very nice gun. I went 10 X 10 on a late season mourning dove shoot year before last with my 32" HE grade Fox. Then the wheels fell off.

It has been my experience that the Eurasians fly slower than our mourning doves, and with less darting and jiving. We get a few on the fields, but not many. When I'm shooting mourning doves and one shows up I have to be very careful not to over lead it and miss.

Sorry about your dog, Alley.

Stan, a 10 x 10 on Mourning doves is quite a feat. It's been a few years since I pulled that off on M-Doves.
The Eurasians are bigger and slower, for sure. Sometimes a miss on M-Doves can not be blamed on the shooter. You pull thru the birds flight line, apply the proper lead, and then suddenly the bird juke-jinks into an entirely different place and direction.
I'd have to say, in my opinion, doves are one of the trickiest and most humbling game birds out there.