2023 Doves

[quigley257]

September 1st brought yet another great dove opener here in western South Dakota. Limits came quickly with birds moving well in spite of how hot it has been. I shot my 15th bird of the day at 8:42 am. Could have limited out earlier but we were being especially careful about not shooting birds over the tall, thick cover. There's plenty of that with all the rain we got this summer. I'm absolutely loving my new shotgun. I picked up a Tristar Viper G2 Pro model in 28 gauge earlier this year as well as a MEC 600 jr for reloading. It is a Benelli clone with an inertia drive system and scaled to gauge, weighing a trim 5.9#. I'm running 3/4 oz of #8 shot at 1325 fps and it patterns well and fits me well. I managed, for the second time in two years, to get two birds with one shot. I did it last year shooting a 12 gauge with 1-1/16oz of 7-1/2 shot. I'm looking forward to many more fun filled days on the Dakota prairies in the weeks to come. Not much better than fresh grilled bacon wrapped dove breasts when you're camping in the Black Hills!!

 

[Bob Wright]

We just went in Casa Grande Arizona. Day 2 was was way better. 8:30 am and 8 limits in the bag. Lots of white wings.
I used my dad's old 1100 just for nostalgia since that was his only hunting he did. Still functions well for an old dog that looks very nice.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

We had great hunts on sunflowers here as well, opening weekend for us. White wings, Ringnecks and regular ol Mourning doves.
Had a fine dinner of them as well.
very fun and rewarding

 

[Roughrice]

Dove were plentiful here as well on opening morning.
22 guns got limits.
Most good wing shooters were done in 35-40 minutes.
We are going in again this morning for another round.

 

[cohunt]

Nice-- you gotta put a jalapeño slice under the bacon though, spice things up a little.

People poo-poo the Tristar guns, but I bought a v2 for my daughter and it has never faltered once. I'd buy another if I was looking.

 

[g7777777]

Makes me want to go out

 

[Chas1]

Thanks for the great pics, looks like a really good time.

 

[trodgers]

It ''twas a great day! Old GEHA Mauser did the job, not as soft as others, but Mauser were never meant to be.

 

[HRM Johnny]

Thank you for posting this. Thanks for the great pictures.

 

[shooter53]

Nice shooting you guys, i cant believe you have limits on doves, do you have limits on pigeons as well, On a good day we can shoot 100s of them coming in on barley wheat and oat crops from dawn to dusk and it would be the same the next day, i guess we are lucky here, but we get severe limits on guns we own, Guess we cant have it all

 

[Tulsa Reiner]

September 1st brought yet another great dove opener here in western South Dakota. Limits came quickly with birds moving well in spite of how hot it has been. I shot my 15th bird of the day at 8:42 am. Could have limited out earlier but we were being especially careful about not shooting birds over the tall, thick cover. There's plenty of that with all the rain we got this summer. I'm absolutely loving my new shotgun. I picked up a Tristar Viper G2 Pro model in 28 gauge earlier this year as well as a MEC 600 jr for reloading. It is a Benelli clone with an inertia drive system and scaled to gauge, weighing a trim 5.9#. I'm running 3/4 oz of #8 shot at 1325 fps and it patterns well and fits me well. I managed, for the second time in two years, to get two birds with one shot. I did it last year shooting a 12 gauge with 1-1/16oz of 7-1/2 shot. I'm looking forward to many more fun filled days on the Dakota prairies in the weeks to come. Not much better than fresh grilled bacon wrapped dove breasts when you're camping in the Black Hills!!

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Great photos. What choke do you like for dove hunting?

 

[Lee7588]

Nice shooting you guys, i cant believe you have limits on doves, do you have limits on pigeons as well, On a good day we can shoot 100s of them coming in on barley wheat and oat crops from dawn to dusk and it would be the same the next day, i guess we are lucky here, but we get severe limits on guns we own, Guess we cant have it all

Hopefully (I know it isn't) it is a least one gun of each caliber for your gun limits

 

[Earlybugle]

We hunted the first two days on family ground (NE Indiana) that has been spectacular in prior years. This year we barely saw any birds. Heard almost zero shooting .

Last year I shot limits but this year only fired a dozen shots in two days!

Wondering what happened. Hard to imagine that the colder weather a couple weeks ago moved them south.

 

[GunHawk]

Nice shooting you guys, i cant believe you have limits on doves, do you have limits on pigeons as well, On a good day we can shoot 100s of them coming in on barley wheat and oat crops from dawn to dusk and it would be the same the next day, i guess we are lucky here, but we get severe limits on guns we own, Guess we cant have it all

Where is that?