The Dove Hunt Thread

[Ed Blake]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

My opening day dove hunt may be out of the question now ! I'm scheduled to get eight teeth pulled from the bottom and two I suppose you'd call them bone growths on the upper removed as well . My dentist in Chester VA is supposed to do it Tuesday and he tells me do not expect to be shooting much for a couple weeks 😟

Dang. You don't shoot with your teeth. Find a new dentist. There's a good one on this board.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Ed Blake

Dang. You don't shoot with your teeth. Find a new dentist. There's a good one on this board.

My dentist actually knows Dr. Truitt !

My dentist isn't to far from you I think . He's down off route 1 where 288 runs into it in Chesterfield !

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Daniel G Rainey

My Boykin did not consider breaking, picked up my birds and was outstanding. Great day made better by use of a great gun, a great dog. Dan

My Uncle in Law is originally from Sumter South Carolina , his pop used to raise Boykins !
Always liked those dogs but never got one . My hands were always full with a Border Terrier or two in the house , a couple setters in the kennel and most times a couple rabbit beagles in the kennel as well .

Now I'm down to a single Border Terrier . Might just give some thought to a indoor Boykin . Might just be the ticket for dove and my new found intrest in cornfield goose slaying !

I always thought it would be kinda cool to run a pair of English setters for grouse that were stanch to wing and shot . And at the same time keep a Golden Retriever at heel to go get the birds that were shot . Ran a pair of setters quite a few times but never got the Golden to try that !

[J. A. EARLY]

Must have been hit in the head today, maybe too much medication. Took a defective 16 gauge gun out today and it had a bad day. Not many doves but most survived. Don't count the shells. Three times I chose the right modified barrel and the doves tumbled only to regain their orientation and fly on to a nearby tree. Don't know why the gun did not hint to me to use the left full barrel. Must be the small barrels that made the bird look bigger and closer than it was.

[Dean Romig]

And you chose to bring a "defective" Fox instead of a Parker because........?





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[J. A. EARLY]

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;176785]And you chose to bring a "defective" Fox instead of a Parker because........?





Oxycodone for pain. I try to kill a limit with all of my guns (mark the tags with an L), but this one has proven difficult. In theory it should be the perfect dove gun, 16 gauge .020 and .039 shooting 1 ounce 2.5 inch shells with 8s. I've taken it twice and it seems that it is not to be.

[Double Lab]

Jerry;
I have a couple 16 Foxes and they seem to like 7/8oz. and 3/4oz. better than the 1oz. loads. I know my shoulder does. If you don't reload, try RST's Falcon Lite in 7/8oz. 7 1/2's. Nice looking Fox. Are they 30" tubes?

[Dean Romig]

Have you patterned it?
You're right, it should be the perfect gun for the job.





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[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Jerry;
I have a couple 16 Foxes and they seem to like 7/8oz. and 3/4oz. better than the 1oz. loads. I know my shoulder does. If you don't reload, try RST's Falcon Lite in 7/8oz. 7 1/2's. Nice looking Fox. Are they 30" tubes?

I load all of my shells for my doubles. I have patterned it and it does well with the one ounce load which I had worked up and tested for psi. I just don't shoot this gun well. They are 28" barrels. This was another rescue gun I found in a shop, in rough shape. I rust blued the barrels, trigger guard, triggers, etc. and polished off the hot blued receiver, had cracked stock repaired, recut and refinished. Lots of effort into the gun and that's why I was using it. With enough doves, one can kill their limit with any gun whether one shoots it well or not!

[J. A. EARLY]

autos. Hunting legal at daybreak today but could not get up. Only had two and a half hours to hunt when I got there so I cheated with John Browning's design that he said gave him more trouble than any other gun, leaving VH 16 in the truck. Still the best auto ever made and I love them. Took the old 12 bird limit and quit.