This afternoon, sunflower field, .70" rain yesterday, cool and windy today, AE Fox 16 with 30" barrels, 1 oz. loads of no. 8s, limit of 15 doves with 20 shells. First real shoot with this gun on a dove field. It's a hammer, but learned quickly I have to shoot it differently from my bigger guns. When this one hits the shoulder and the cheek, I trigger it. No long, smooth swings. "See the bird, mount the gun, kill the bird." Worked today, anyway.

She's a sweet little long-legged thing.

SRH

P.S. Notice the difference in the coloration of the two left doves in the "front" row. Both are big, grown, mature doves, but the left one is shaded a buff brown color on the back, while the one beside it has a distinctly bluer head and tail. I've never had this explained to me, but I revel in the spectrum of beautiful colors of the birds as I retrieve them. Regardless the colors, all can do aerobatics that will screw the gunner into the ground at times.

Last edited by Stan; 10/27/18 08:15 PM.
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