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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ 2017-18 Hunting stuff |
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Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:31 pm
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
Posts: 9472
Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Good start to dove hunting
L.C. Smith Quality 3
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Fri Sep 01, 2017 7:39 pm
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Joined: 28 Aug 2014
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Location: Eastern Tennessee
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Glad it went well for you Mike. Here in WKY the rain and wind started around midnight and didn't end till around noon. I cancelled my vacation day and might try again Sunday or Monday. |
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Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:21 pm
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Joined: 12 Aug 2007
Posts: 1376
Location: Northern Illinois
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Mike,
Glad to hear the season opened well for you. I was helping a friend introduce his pup to the gun at Bong and we saw a few dove hunters. The dove were all around us and the dove hunting group got a few.
My friends pup is progressing and we are close to shooting a bird over her. Just in time because grouse season opens in two weeks.
Mike |
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Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:03 pm
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Joined: 16 Mar 2017
Posts: 226
Location: Valdosta GA
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Oh that beautiful gun again! Great job! |
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Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:49 am
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If that gun could talk. Nice! |
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Sat Sep 02, 2017 7:30 am
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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skeettx,
Great old L.C. Smith double gun sir, have fun in the Dove fields! Been using the 2 1/2 SpredR's in mine, they work great!
Pine Creek/Dave |
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Sat Sep 02, 2017 1:44 pm
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
Posts: 9472
Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Old 20 Gauge Flues
What fun
Mike |
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Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:05 am
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It was real slow up here in the Ozarks for the dove opener. I just shoot the morning of the opener and end up giving the birds away to help others fill their limit. The wife allows quail, chukar and pheasant in the house, but doesn't want any dove or sage grouse. 4-B's hunting preserve leases a few fields where the farmers have harvested corn, but the field I was on had only been cut two days before, so the dove weren't really using it much yet. I use the opener mainly as an opportunity to shoot my 16 ga A H Fox Special on a hunt that 1932 gun has probably done myriad times. I only took 5 birds, and ended up missing with the right barrel on the first two crossers, but bagged them with the left barrel. The final three were one shot, one bird. So the final tally was 7 shots for 5 birds and no bird shot at got away. I used some of my Herters #8 stash on them and it worked well. |
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Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:53 pm
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Joined: 04 Feb 2014
Posts: 28
Location: Atlanta, GA
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good number of birds down in wilkes county, ga. plenty of limits taken on saturday, despite poor shooting on my part. monday was a beautiful morning as well on the same field with another good shoot. Ended up killing 21 birds for the two days, most with my '67 sweet sixteen and the rest with my '67 light twelve.
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Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:46 am
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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archi23,
Looks like you guys had a great time, congrats on a fine hunt!
Pine Creek/Dave
Ripper at 15 enjoying his last days, I miss him badly.
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Posted:
Sun Sep 10, 2017 9:34 pm
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
Posts: 2127
Location: Hudson,Wy
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Today's view, plus a happy dog!
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