"My group" has assembled for many years at a friend's 'camp' on the banks of the Ocmulgee River in Dodge County, Ga for the dove opener. We'll usually book spots on a pay shoot in the area or just hang out and fish or arrowhead hunt on the premises.

This year the group was short due to the age and infirmaties of the crowd. Those there all had prearranged private shoots and my buddy and I were left on our own. Our opening day consisted of a great morning of bass fishing in the 150 year old spring run mill-pond on the property and an afternoon on the deserted 'dove-field' sitting in the shade swapping his .410 back and forth shootin' "at" snake-doctors. We both agreed that the shoot equaled or exceeded many of the pay shoots we'd been on during previous openers...Geo