Dove hunting - What gun are you taking?

[Mills]

Dove numbers were way down, but it was still a great hunt. Just not like Argentina. Probably 300 birds on a 30 acre field instead of 1500. This was our new puppy's first hunt and he enjoyed it, although he was mostly trying to figure out what it was all about.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

Dove numbers were way down, but it was still a great hunt. Just not like Argentina. Probably 300 birds on a 30 acre field instead of 1500. This was our new puppy's first hunt and he enjoyed it, although he was mostly trying to figure out what it was all about.

I saw some pretty good signs of a wonderful future in those photos! Always nice to see another generation -- both dog and "boy" -- beginning an upland life.

[Gerald McPherson]

A young fellow {9} made my weekend even though I had never met him. Gerald

[Opening Day]

Mills, both your son and that puppy are getting bigger.............!

[Mills]

Yes, Eric. The puppy has tripled in size since we got him. And feisty as ever. Basic training is going slow, but gun shyness is no problem at least

[6pt-Sika]

I didn’t go Saturday Sunday or Monday .

A friend puts on a big shoot in Madison County VA and on the first day out of thirty guys they killed a dozen birds I think .

Another friend puts on a paid shoot down in the Northern Neck of Virginia , they killed 10 or 12 birds out of I think forty guys in maybe three hours so he refunded everyone’s money .

And the place in Culpeper that’s managed exclusively for dove and my gunsmith buddy has been damage control popping the deer this year had forty hunters and they ALL limited out , that’s 600 birds .

[todd allen]

We had a nice little shoot on the side of the house.

[Gerald McPherson]

Todd thats my kind of hunting. Gerald

[Harry Collins]

Had a great opening day with my fathers 20 ga trojan. I shot 3/4oz of 8's and had my limit in an hour and a half and only shot about 30 times.
The Sunday hunt was slow and only took three birds with five shots. I let go both barrels on one bird and never cut a feather.
Monday morning I went into a field a 7AM and was finished by 8AM with two doubles under my belt and shot 35 times. This with the VH that Sherman Bell had blown the barrels off of. The replacement Damascus barrels are choked .022 and .042. !oz loads of 8's at 1180 fps.

[charlie cleveland]

looks like a very fine dinner to me...good shooting too...charlie