Okay, today's report.
It got a little better today, in more than one way. My average came back up, and.............
It was a barn-burner! Grandson Jackson and I, and about twenty other guns, shot the sunflowers again. I felt all morning that we may be in for a "perfect storm" scenerio, what with the overcast weather from Lee keeping cloud cover over us all day. Rain was forecast for later in the afternoon. We went to the field about 3:00 P.M. and the birds were already there. After an initial flurry, which lasted maybe 20 minutes, things slacked up and shooting was real slow. It was still early, however. Then, when they began to come in to feed in earnest things got "hot". Then........it started raining and ran us back to the trucks.
As we sat in the trucks, Jimmy and I told Jackson what would occur if the rain stopped soon. Well, it did, and we went back to our stands, just in time to see an amazing thing. I've seen this many times, and when it happens it is awesome. It seemed that every bird within several miles decided to come in to feed "RIGHT NOW". Doves were everywhere, coming from all directions (it loosens up your neck, twisting your head all around looking 360 degrees for incomers
).
LSS, grandson Jackson ended the afternoon with 7 birds. My average came up considerably from Saturday's opener, I picked up my limit of 15 with 25 shells, 11/16 oz. of 7 1/2s. That got me back up to nearly the average I typically shoot with my 20 gauge.
Well, I may retire the .410 for the season, as far as doves go, and use it some on quail a little later on. It has shown me, if no one else, that it is fully capable of taking doves cleanly if used properly. As much as I have enjoyed it on these two shoots, I miss my 20 gauge SP II. And, the price of these 3" .410s is killing me!!
Sorry there's no more pics, there was just too many birds to stop and take "pitchers".
SRH
