S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics38,934
Posts550,879
Members14,460
|
Most Online1,344 Apr 29th, 2024
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,578 Likes: 32
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,578 Likes: 32 |
Opening day in Virginia found me hunting over a waterhole. Planned on taking my 16 gauge CH, but the farmer had placed cows in the field and padlocked it. Given the shooting can be fast and furious I put the Parker away and dug out a Fox SW 16 gauge ejector gun with 30" barrels choked full/full, two boxes of RST's and we walked in the half mile. Found out quickly I was old, but my dog was older. With the heat and humidity it was all we could do to lug all the stuff to the waterhole. Shooting started out very slow, but picked up towards the evening (typical for the waterhole shoots I've been on). With a bit of luck I managed to take some home. Too late to take a photo last night, so I put them on ice and cleaned them this morning. My 12.5 year old Golden did well. Found at least 6 birds we would have lost in brush/tall grass. Anyway, a few photos: And of course the young dog had to grab one up and she's damn pretty so I snapped a picture of her as well:
foxes rule
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 13,386 Likes: 1324
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 13,386 Likes: 1324 |
Nice pics, tut. I see you have learned what I also have, that ejectors are a very nice piece of hardware when the dove shootin' is fast paced. A man could do a lot worse than a 30", 16 ga. Sterly ejector for doves.
Good shootin'.
SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,966 Likes: 96
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,966 Likes: 96 |
Chuck, did you shoot them in Mexico? I didn't think you were going to be able to take your guns with you.
John McCain is my war hero.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 2,814 Likes: 2
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 2,814 Likes: 2 |
No, Joe, we are still in Kansas, leaving tommorrow for a hunt with Daryl in Saskatchewan. We'll be relocating about the middle of December...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 13,880 Likes: 16
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 13,880 Likes: 16 |
Chuck, Sounds like you're having fun. I'm wishin I was retired already.
I did get down to Yuma for the one day. We got permission for our group to hunt some private property over a section or two of cantalope which had been harvested/with many which had been just turned over and left to rot. We shot limits of whitewings in an hour or two. Then back to town for breakfast. Afterward we went out to find some Eurasian dove. We found a spot under a patch of trees that had them exclusively. I burned thru nearly a flat of 3" shells at the passing shots of the singles and small groups. Many were very high. Later that evening, we had grilled dove tacos that had been butterflied and marinated in several concoctions. A great dinner. The Repro with the CSM barrels did very well.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,373 Likes: 6
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,373 Likes: 6 |
You guys are driving me nuts - I am sitting here in the People's Republic of MA watching our "protected songbirds" flit around and coo in the pine trees behind my house. I still jump every time I hear that "we-we-we-we" as they fly by.
I gotta move . . . .
Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 2,814 Likes: 2
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 2,814 Likes: 2 |
Dove tacos? Now theres a thought...Might give that a try when we get back..Still seeing good numbers of Pheasants, lots of failed standing corn still up..most of it about belt buckle high, so should be huntable...Hang in there Doverham, your turn is coming..
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,715 Likes: 114
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,715 Likes: 114 |
A group of 20 or more of us have been gathering for a "dove weekend" at the "Camp" belonging to one of our more affluent friends for many years. Most participants are the sons or grandsons of the original guys (going back for 50 years or so). I've been attending for over 20 years.
We shoot all three days of the Labor Day weekend opener. Usually we attend private or pay shoots in the middle GA area and we'll often split up into several shoots on the different days.
This weekend was another resounding success with great food, great friends and great shooting. Having enjoyed the good luck of dodging hurricane Isaac our fields were all in perfect shape. The places I shot, all private shoots, were all three purpose planted (sunflower, corn, and milo)and manipulated just for the dove shoots. We bagged a mixture of mourning doves and eurasian ringnecked doves.
My gun of the year was a 1900 Remington 16ga ejector gun with 30" open choked barrels. Perfect!...Geo
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,119 Likes: 524
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,119 Likes: 524 |
Geo: You win. Gil
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 582
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 582 |
We had "two" new hunters with us, one in his forties and the other just six. I think both are hooked for life. Saturday's evening shoot was nothing short of spectacular, with wave after wave from nearly every point on the compass. Here is the six year old with her dad and the bird he dropped just outside camp between morning and evening shoots:
Tolerance: the abolition of absolutes
Consistency is the currency of credibility
|
|
|
|
|