We were rained out of the opening day, but day 2 dawned foggy and with little competition at the local WMA dove fields. Elaine goes on the opening day, so I always quit by 8:30 am so as not to "wear out my welcome" with her. We managed 9 birds by then. Had I shot better, I'd have certainly had a limit, but I wanted to use the old PH...and it has a 3 1/8 inch drop (that's my excuse, and I'm stickin' to it!).
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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