Fall 2014 Dove Hunting Pic Thread

[karlac]

Well, I guess I'm the bird dog for the afternoon hunt.

Should have enough for a pot of dove/sausage gumbo by now.

 

[TXARGUY]

 

[deemus]

Well, I guess I'm the bird dog for the afternoon hunt.

Have you guys killed any collared doves?

 

[TXARGUY]

Have you guys killed any collared doves?

I haven't seen any yet.

Neither in north or west Texas.

 

[TXARGUY]

 

[orbitup]

Near Lamesa.

Sent from.... RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

Nice shooting guys...

 

[TXARGUY]

Near Lamesa.

Sent from.... RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

Very nice!

Both me and Vaquero limited this morning and I think most everyone else came close for the day with the exception of one guy who had his hands full with two grandsons with single shot .410s (which I think was the highlight of most everyone's day, can't speak for everyone but I enjoyed it).

We'll be back out dark and early, seated and ready to start pulling triggers at 6:52 AM in the morning. Should be very good very early where we're hunting with a sharp decline by 8:00 AM.

 

[TXARGUY]

Let's do this!

Vaquero leading the way, Robertc1024 right behind.

Poor birdies.

All it takes for a successful dove hunt is a great location, attention, persistence and a shitload of shells.


2.57142857143:1is the best shell to bird ratio so far this weekend held by Vaquero of course.

His record is safe from me.

 

[TXARGUY]

So far this morning I'm shooting 5:1 but that will change for the worse soon.

They're just not flying so I'm having to flush the birds out of the bush or off the ground to get a shot.

Beautiful morning though.

 

[karlac]

Great thing about it ... that couldn't be anywhere else on earth but Texas.

 

[Dawico]

Hope you guys are having a ball. And getting some birds too. Would have loved to have met up with y'all.

Gonna get one more evening hunt in today before I head out of town again.

 

[35Remington]

How much has the cooler weather changed the flight patterns?

 

[Vaquero]

That was a fun, full weekend!
Weather moderated today. Very few birds. Yesterday was cold and damp. Lots of birds.

Warning. TXARGUY is a high energy guy in the field. If you're gonna try to keep up with him, hit the gym!
Nap time for this old man.

 

[robertc1024]

The well known escapee dog of mine - Pepper. I got some good work in with her this weekend - you know, I was dog training, not trying to hunt birds (cough, cough). At least TXARGUY didn't post my shell/dove ratio.

She had several long retrieves where she saw the birds fall - others, well, still working on that.

 

[Vaquero]

The well known escapee dog of mine - Pepper. I got some good work in with her this weekend - you know, I was dog training, not trying to hunt birds (cough, cough). At least TXARGUY didn't post my shell/dove ratio.

She had several long retrieves where she saw the birds fall - others, well, still working on that.

She's a good dog. A real sweetheart too.

 

[Dawico]

Pretty slow this evening. My son and I only bagged four total. Had fun though.

 

[TXARGUY]

The well known escapee dog of mine - Pepper. I got some good work in with her this weekend - you know, I was dog training, not trying to hunt birds (cough, cough). At least TXARGUY didn't post my shell/dove ratio.

She had several long retrieves where she saw the birds fall - others, well, still working on that.

Awesome and sweet dog. And quite the bird dog salesman. Definately convinced me I need one.

I wasn't sure what your shell/bird ratio was but I'd imagine it was quite a bit higher than Vaqueros and a whole lot less than mine.

Mine sucked it up big time. I blame the wind LOL.

Actually, and this is not an excuse for my shell count, just an observation; the distances of such large fields were oddly hard to judge, till you get the hang of it. Which is exactly what I was doing right about the time the birds decided they were done flying by and giving me chances to waste more ammo.

Great time all around regardless of shell count.

 

[TXARGUY]

Warning. TXARGUY is a high energy guy in the field. If you're gonna try to keep up with him, hit the gym!

 

[Vaquero]

Lol!
Red bull fueled machine.