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I get my share of clays, Mike, but there is no substitution for the little grey rockets we call doves. They haunt my dreams even in May. It is a sad, sad thing (to most of the world, not to me  ) to be so consumed with something, as I am with shooting doves. SRH Stan, I'm perfectly content to let the little buggers nest in my pine trees all summer then in the fall send them down south for you guys to have fun with. To me there just isn't enough meat on one to justify the cost of a 12 bore shell. 
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I get my share of clays, Mike, but there is no substitution for the little grey rockets we call doves. They haunt my dreams even in May. It is a sad, sad thing (to most of the world, not to me ) to be so consumed with something, as I am with shooting doves. I understand and then some. I sit up here in MA where they are a protected songbird  and watch them fly around knowing I will never look at one over the rib of a long-barreled 20 ga. What I would give for another warm Sept. Sat. afternoon in a picked MD corn field sitting on a stool next to a fencepost, hearing my father yell "Mark!" as the next flight swings in for dinner (theirs and mine).
Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
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I agree, Joel. I almost never use a twelve on doves. I begin the season with a .410, then move to a 20 as the doves wise up and become more wary (read, longer shots). I have a new 28 that may, or may not, get used this year on them. Then, for the late season, high flying migratory birds (those that you raise) I often go to my 32" 16 ga. Elsie, with one ounce loads. Haven't used more than one ounce in so many years I can't even remember the last time. Just for funsies, I can see this in my mind's eye, clear as a bell:   To get back on subject, it takes a really "WELL REGULATED GUN" to do service on these little boogers. With that shameless post, I will bow out of this fine thread. SRH
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Without discussing any of the actual merits of the different gauges, in my area at least if one shoots "Factory" loads (I seldom do) one simply cannot shoot cheaper than a 12ga. 12's & 20's will mostly be the same price for a similar "Type" load, .410's & 28's are ridiculous in comparison & 16's virtually non-existent.
Miller/TN
I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra
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