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Owen is now 11 and hunted doves for the first time with his new shotgun we got from John Barsness, a Weatherby 20ga SA-08 Upland. I like it so well I ordered one for me. Owen got his NV limit of 10 birds by 10:00 a.m. He went 10 for a box and a half, about the local average. He went 6 for 9 on the last birds and got the hang of the new shotgun and leading enough. I scratched out my 10th bird as his 10th was falling to the ground. I was shooting a nice vintage Winchester Mdl 59 Winlite I purchased from John about 5 years ago. It's been an excellent chuckar and grouse gun with its light weight and neutral balance. We wore poor 14 Y/O Sadie out. She's ready to go again and can't understand why we're not. (She "pooped" out )
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I guess everybody has a weatherby SA08 in 20 ga with a wood stock but me. I want one. Good pics and good hunt.
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Good Job!
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You did better than we did !
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I think my brother shot three boxes of shells and killed two lol!
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That's a great day! Really like the pictures of Owen and your friend Sadie. Congrats all around.
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Very nice. We got rained out.
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I think my brother shot three boxes of shells and killed two lol!
Snap! Me too 'Cept I got three..... A phenomenal opening day NW of Austin, sounded like distant popcorn poppers from all points of the compass at first light. My lightweight "youth model" (24" barrels, 13 1/2" LOP) Yildiz O/U shoots great. Me, not so much. No worries, besides lots of doves, over the next four hours passed a steady stream of upland sandpipers, hummers, orioles, warblers, swallows and gnatcatchers all going south. Fall migration is officially on Birdwatcher
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It's get'm while we can. They are bunched up into large flights right now. That means they'll feed up and head south in a day or so.
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That's bad azz! What a cool picture!
Congrats to ya Owen!
BTW- I was knocking doves stiff today with that Fortunate SxS. It's become my favorite for any and all wing shooting.
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I hope you gave Owen a hand cleaning the mud off his boots, otherwise you both might end up in the doghouse. Lol!!! ...... In all seriousness though, those look like great memories
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Very cool! Congrats to you and Owen. BTW it is 39�F here this morning
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