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NE Oklahoma has a ton of dove this year. Me and 3 other hunters limited out yesterday evening. I managed to shoot my 15 bird limit in 30 minutes then enjoyed watching my wife fill her limit while I worked my lab on blind retrieves. Only down side was it was nearly 100 degrees, but a nearby pond helped the dog stay in the game and cold beer after the hunt help revive the hunters.
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Drove the back roads covering about 200 miles Wednesday, saw 14 doves, all singles. Looks like another poor season here.
luv2safari- I wonder if John might have done some "weight reduction" on that mdl 59. I grew up shooting mdl 50s and have handled several mdl 59s. They all seemed butt heavy to me.
By the way, congrats to you and the boy. With 2 in the magazine they are absolutely neutral, plus I need butt heavy with this torn rotator cuff. I can't hold up a muzzle heavy gun with my left arm. ...and thanks. We had a great time kidding each other about the missed "easy" shots.
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Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Had a good day in upstate of SC today. Not quite as many flying as first weekend last year but a good day. Took a while to get used to my new Weatherby Orion 20 ga o/u so didn't limit out but still got 11.
But it was H-O-T this afternoon.
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Opening day haul with my brother. Nine Mourning and three Ringnecks (2 not pictured). They were flying in pretty good after the downpour we had.
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I went Saturday for opening day here in Alabama; not a good day. Miserably hot and still, only sporadic bird movement, then at 5:30 a thunderstorm moved in. Only fired 8 rounds mostly at birds past 40 yards and killed 2 which the fire ants found. It's supposed to be cooler next weekend so I might get to try again.
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[/URL][/img] The photo was taken Sunday by my brother and shows my stepdad, me, my uncle Mike (a Vienam LRRP veteran) and a Jonathan Tran, a Vietnamese foreign exchange student who is living with us. There is 5 man limit of 75 in that pile. It was Jonathan's 3rd dove hunt and he was shooting my house shotgun since he didn't like the 20 gauge I had provided him on previous hunts. It took him 2 hours but he got his limit with a bit more than 2 boxes of shells. The boy is hooked and wants to go every evening. My uncle said it was the first time he had been around an armed Vietnamese when he wasn't trying to kill them. Perry
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