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 DPeacher
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Posted: 7/11/2012 5:56:47 PM
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NAK
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Posted: 7/11/2012 11:48:35 PM
You bet...I start watching the calendar as soon the January season closes. I picked up two more MoJos at the end of last season, when the were on sale.
I usually book a day hunt opening day or weekend with a guy that operates near Waco. Vacation is a given for that date. Couple of my buddies have some fair hunting over stock tanks...I help shoot their dove, they help blast hogs on my place. That's good for a couple of hunts a year. A couple of guys at work and I also usually get in one or two hunts a year, on vaguely work related boondoggles. One of those, just outside of Brownsville, was absolutely outstanding last year. I hope I get a chance to go back there this year. I've been saving for 5 years to afford going back to Argentina to SHOOT dove in September, but I'll be in a harvested corn field, somewhere in Johnson County, the day before I get on the plane for that trip.
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Posted: 7/12/2012 11:20:41 AM
I have a little place in Coleman county that I can hunt. But you will walk about a half mile for every dove you get a shot at. If you can bag more than 10 a day there you have been on your "A" game. I've got a friend with a nice place near Freer that has birds galore and I enjoy every moment I am there. I enjoy all types of hunting, but I have more fun hunting dove than hunting anything else. I need to save some $ and go to Argentina.
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Posted: 7/13/2012 1:52:04 AM
Originally Posted By NAK:
You bet...I start watching the calendar as soon the January season closes. I picked up two more MoJos at the end of last season, when the were on sale. I usually book a day hunt opening day or weekend with a guy that operates near Waco. Vacation is a given for that date. Couple of my buddies have some fair hunting over stock tanks...I help shoot their dove, they help blast hogs on my place. That's good for a couple of hunts a year. A couple of guys at work and I also usually get in one or two hunts a year, on vaguely work related boondoggles. One of those, just outside of Brownsville, was absolutely outstanding last year. I hope I get a chance to go back there this year. I've been saving for 5 years to afford going back to Argentina to SHOOT dove in September, but I'll be in a harvested corn field, somewhere in Johnson County, the day before I get on the plane for that trip.
Do you go to executive outfitters in brownsville? |
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Posted: 7/14/2012 10:04:42 AM
Yes. Absolutely 1st class operation. We went toward the end of the season, but they put us on plenty of dove.
Limited out both afternoons, at least an hour before sunset. |
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Posted: 7/24/2012 12:16:43 PM
This will be the most memorable opening day for me as my daughter will have just been born. My family and I hunt in Hondo, TX with the Charlie Mummie on Sep 1 and the Sammy Nooner operation which I have to say is top notch several times until the North Zone opens where I can hunt on my property.
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Posted: 7/26/2012 8:14:17 PM
Originally Posted By DPeacher:
I still can't afford a trip to Argentina, but I'm really looking forward to September here in the Lone Star State. +1
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Posted: 7/27/2012 5:32:27 PM
I got my Argentina dates for 2013 this week....the ides of March.
The outfitters started to see a bounce back up from the 50-70% occupancy reductions of 2008-2010 in 2011, but participation is dropping again and it is showing in the rates. The same package I did last season is $400 less, now includes 1000 "free" rounds, and the price of shells has been reduced by almost 20%. The flight has gone up about $150 to $1350. I was planning on participating in the AZ season, but now I'm not so sure. It's probably more trouble than it's worth for a measly 10 shots. |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 6:28:11 PM
7M3,
I and I'm sure many others are hoping for some more pics of your next trip to Los Ombues. I really want to go there, and I am sure I will. The one thing that scares me about it is I will probably be spoiled for life by the experience and may lose my excitement for dove hunting here. However, that is a risk I am willing to take. |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 6:35:20 PM
Originally Posted By DPeacher: 7M3, I and I'm sure many others are hoping for some more pics of your next trip to Los Ombues. I really want to go there, and I am sure I will. The one thing that scares me about it is I will probably be spoiled for life by the experience and may lose my excitement for dove hunting here. However, that is a risk I am willing to take. On our last ride out, about a mile down the road, I told my partner "You know, we really should have them set up a waist high pile of doves 6' feet long with an equally large mountain of spent hulls." He said "Son of a bitch....your right." |
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Posted: 7/28/2012 12:30:28 PM
[Last Edit: 7/28/2012 12:30:57 PM by eclark53520]
We typically go through 2 boxes of shells per day in the field where we go.
Although, our doves killed/shots fired ratio is getting better and better every year. This will be my 4th season dove hunting. I have far more fun hunting doves than I do hunting deer. |
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Posted: 7/28/2012 2:56:03 PM
Originally Posted By eclark53520: We typically go through 2 boxes of shells per day in the field where we go. Although, our doves killed/shots fired ratio is getting better and better every year. This will be my 4th season dove hunting. I have far more fun hunting doves than I do hunting deer. You guys need to hit the Sporting Clays course, and not just the week before the opener. Go through 100 shells a week all summer under the tutelage of a qualified shotgun coach and you will get your limit with an equal amount of shells. You won't even bother shooting at the easy 30 yard birds. |
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Posted: 7/28/2012 7:41:47 PM
I hunt the LBJ National Grasslands. Last year I think I figured out where to hunt- and no, I ain't tellin'. I am looking forward to opening day this year. I usually have to work, but with sept. 1 being on a Saturday this year looks good. |
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Posted: 7/29/2012 10:36:35 PM
Looking forward to this season as well.
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Posted: 7/31/2012 2:55:32 PM
[Last Edit: 7/31/2012 2:56:24 PM by roadrnr]
C'mon Sept 1st! We just moved out to our family farm (where I always dove hunted in the past) So this year is going to be great.
Wake up Walk out side Shoot doves ??? Profit. Paging Zhukov...you have a place to hunt this year? |
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Posted: 8/6/2012 11:26:47 AM
[Last Edit: 8/6/2012 11:37:42 AM by eclark53520]
Originally Posted By SevenMaryThree:
Originally Posted By eclark53520:
We typically go through 2 boxes of shells per day in the field where we go. Although, our doves killed/shots fired ratio is getting better and better every year. This will be my 4th season dove hunting. I have far more fun hunting doves than I do hunting deer. You guys need to hit the Sporting Clays course, and not just the week before the opener. Go through 100 shells a week all summer under the tutelage of a qualified shotgun coach and you will get your limit with an equal amount of shells. You won't even bother shooting at the easy 30 yard birds. The closest sporting clay setup i know of is 90 minutes away....but i would love to shoot some sporting clays. We're just in it for fun really. When I say 2 box's of shells i'm talking 1 box/person. We typically down 35-40ish birds combined if we shoot all 50 shells between the two of us. |
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Posted: 8/6/2012 2:40:14 PM
I can't wait. And this year, my step-son is going to be bird-dogging for us for the first time.
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Posted: 8/22/2012 12:35:37 PM
Excited is an understatement. dove hunting is my favorite flavor of hunting. So sept 1 at noon the family tradition continues. Maybe I can hit something this year, my last hunt last year I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.
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Posted: 8/22/2012 1:20:11 PM
Originally Posted By firewithfire: Excited is an understatement. dove hunting is my favorite flavor of hunting. So sept 1 at noon the family tradition continues. Maybe I can hit something this year, my last hunt last year I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. For most dove shots inside of 40 yards use a sustained lead of 5 feet in front of the bird. Keep your head on the stock and keep the gun moving as you shoot. It's only when you start shooting them at 65+ yards do you need to move into school bus length leads. Last year I had a lone pigeon fly over at nose bleed height. I swung on him and kept thinking "more...more...more." I had to be 25 feet or more in front of that bird when I shot. There was a significant delay between the shot and seeing the bird struck. I literally drank half a beer before that bird hit the ground.  My bird boy, Wawa, said "holy chit. Usted es el campeón!!!" The 28 ga. kills so much better than it should on paper. The patterns are always wonderful. A purpose built 28 ga. on a scaled frame is thee epitome of what a dove gun should be. |
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Posted: 8/22/2012 3:03:31 PM
It is weird some days I can get out there and knock em down. Limit with one box in 45min(we have a great field every yr) then the next week can't hit 15 with three boxes. Regardless I always have fun.
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Posted: 8/22/2012 3:37:55 PM
Originally Posted By firewithfire: It is weird some days I can get out there and knock em down. Limit with one box in 45min(we have a great field every yr) then the next week can't hit 15 with three boxes. Regardless I always have fun. Not weird at all. Most field gunners are inconsistent performers. Spend some time at your gun club shooting skeet and then sporting clays. Take a couple of lessons from a certified instructor that you get along with. You'll see a dramatic improvement in your consistency. |
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Posted: 8/25/2012 10:17:00 PM
Fired up!! Was just out on my land and we have two full ponds and I counted dozens of them coming in for the night time drink. |
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Posted: 8/26/2012 9:23:48 PM
I could've sworn I posted in here already.
Oh well, guess not. Can't hardly wait!!! |
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Posted: 8/26/2012 10:20:42 PM
New Super Combo
Shotgun cleaned and lubed Case of 7 1/2s New batteries for the MoJos New tube of SPF 40 with Deet Lots of bottled water Now if the dove will show... |
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Posted: 8/27/2012 1:24:45 PM
I was excited until I found out I had to go out of state for work for almost the entire month of Sept. Wonder how much an out of state AZ license is
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Posted: 8/27/2012 1:58:44 PM
Hells yeah, Nothing like the sight of those evil poop machines helicoptering to earth. Their mission to crap in my pool has been cancelled. Be up saturday morning, waiting, lurking before sunup...
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