Opening day is tomorrow!
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Opening day is tomorrow!
Good luck to everyone hittin the fields tomorrow. Give them doves all you got! And stay safe and legal!
Re: Opening day is tomorrow!
Plan on being out there before the sun comes up, so I can start firing my warning shots as soon as it's legal. I always have a good time, even if I don't limit out. 

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- Grundy1133
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I've always wanted to go hunting. growing up my dad's hunting/fishing days were behind him and i didnt have many friends as a teen and even now, I don't have a lot of friends who hunt so I've never been given the opportunity to. I have a shotgun. i have leaf camo. I just don't know how to go about doing it. I know with fishing you go to wal mart or wherever and buy a fishing license. then you go find a lake/pond/river and go fishing. with hunting I imagine its not that easy. you go get a hunting license and i dont think you can just find a random field and hop the fence and start hunting. lol. I imagine you have to know someone who has land that you can hunt on and what not. Its a shame too. 31 years old and never been hunting. always wanted to tho.
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There are several places, especially dove hunting, where you can go and pay by the day. Most will advertise in local papers, or on the interweb. I am going to a place near Stephenville, that charges $75 a day, or $200 for the season. You will need a hunting license, I always get the Super Combo, $68, that allows you to hunt deer, turkey, and dove, it also allows you to fish freshwater or saltwater. I enjoy dove hunting, because it is probably the most economical, of all of them. I am not the best shot when hunting dove, but I have fun.Grundy1133 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:54 pm I've always wanted to go hunting. growing up my dad's hunting/fishing days were behind him and i didnt have many friends as a teen and even now, I don't have a lot of friends who hunt so I've never been given the opportunity to. I have a shotgun. i have leaf camo. I just don't know how to go about doing it. I know with fishing you go to wal mart or wherever and buy a fishing license. then you go find a lake/pond/river and go fishing. with hunting I imagine its not that easy. you go get a hunting license and i dont think you can just find a random field and hop the fence and start hunting. lol. I imagine you have to know someone who has land that you can hunt on and what not. Its a shame too. 31 years old and never been hunting. always wanted to tho.
It's like anything else, you kind of learn as you go, if the first place you go doesn't produce a lot of birds, try somewhere different. You can get info, from hunting reports on the internet, as to where the best areas are located. Check with your local shooting range, or gun stores, most will have info on hunting clubs, or groups, who get together, to do group hunts which are usually cheaper. Hunters are willing to share knowledge, about gun selection, ammo, and even tactics. Don't let inexperience stop you.
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Re: Opening day is tomorrow!
cmgee67 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 7:06 am Good luck to everyone hittin the fields tomorrow. Give them doves all you got! And stay safe and legal!

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Re: Opening day is tomorrow!
Good luck. I don't see many dove in North Texas this year near my house. Hope the fields are better.
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I never actually shot a dove. Shot AT quite a few though when I was a teenager. Finally decided shooting at flying objects that small wasn't in my skill set. Few years back spent a couple hours wasting shot shells shooting unsuccessfully at clay disks, confirming what I learned many years before!
The left lies about everything. Truth is a liberal value, and truth is a conservative value, but it has never been a left-wing value. People on the left say whatever advances their immediate agenda. Power is their moral lodestar; therefore, truth is always subservient to it. - Dennis Prager
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You may have the same issue I do, I'm right handed, but left eye dominant. I have an eye patch I put over my left eye when shooting long guns, and it has helped immensely. I still miss a lot of birds, but I blame it on them seeing the pellets coming, and dodging, out of the way!!bblhd672 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:48 pm I never actually shot a dove. Shot AT quite a few though when I was a teenager. Finally decided shooting at flying objects that small wasn't in my skill set. Few years back spent a couple hours wasting shot shells shooting unsuccessfully at clay disks, confirming what I learned many years before!

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- Grundy1133
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Re: Opening day is tomorrow!
Im left handed but right eye dominant... maybe i should skip trying to shoot at moving targets with a long gun... lolJusme wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:57 pmYou may have the same issue I do, I'm right handed, but left eye dominant. I have an eye patch I put over my left eye when shooting long guns, and it has helped immensely. I still miss a lot of birds, but I blame it on them seeing the pellets coming, and dodging, out of the way!!bblhd672 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:48 pm I never actually shot a dove. Shot AT quite a few though when I was a teenager. Finally decided shooting at flying objects that small wasn't in my skill set. Few years back spent a couple hours wasting shot shells shooting unsuccessfully at clay disks, confirming what I learned many years before!![]()
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I'm naturally left handed, right eye dominant. I probably was shooting the shotguns left handed because I didn't really start shooting right handed until the last couple of years when I got back to Texas and started shooting again. Had never determine which eye was dominant, upon discovering it was my right eye I started shooting right handed with both pistol and rifle. The added benefit was that I can shoot pistol as well left handed as I do right now that I have learned the technique to use right eye while shooting left handed.Grundy1133 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:03 pmIm left handed but right eye dominant... maybe i should skip trying to shoot at moving targets with a long gun... lolJusme wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:57 pmYou may have the same issue I do, I'm right handed, but left eye dominant. I have an eye patch I put over my left eye when shooting long guns, and it has helped immensely. I still miss a lot of birds, but I blame it on them seeing the pellets coming, and dodging, out of the way!!bblhd672 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:48 pm I never actually shot a dove. Shot AT quite a few though when I was a teenager. Finally decided shooting at flying objects that small wasn't in my skill set. Few years back spent a couple hours wasting shot shells shooting unsuccessfully at clay disks, confirming what I learned many years before!![]()
Perhaps some day I'll buy a shotgun and find someone with the patience to teach me to shoot clay pigeons and doves.
The left lies about everything. Truth is a liberal value, and truth is a conservative value, but it has never been a left-wing value. People on the left say whatever advances their immediate agenda. Power is their moral lodestar; therefore, truth is always subservient to it. - Dennis Prager
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bblhd672 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:10 pm I'm naturally left handed, right eye dominant. I probably was shooting the shotguns left handed because I didn't really start shooting right handed until the last couple of years when I got back to Texas and started shooting again. Had never determine which eye was dominant, upon discovering it was my right eye I started shooting right handed with both pistol and rifle. The added benefit was that I can shoot pistol as well left handed as I do right now that I have learned the technique to use right eye while shooting left handed.
Perhaps some day I'll buy a shotgun and find someone with the patience to teach me to shoot clay pigeons and doves.
Andy is great at teaching skeet shooting. We need to put together another DFW skeet shoot.

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Pawpaw wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 7:21 pmbblhd672 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:10 pm I'm naturally left handed, right eye dominant. I probably was shooting the shotguns left handed because I didn't really start shooting right handed until the last couple of years when I got back to Texas and started shooting again. Had never determine which eye was dominant, upon discovering it was my right eye I started shooting right handed with both pistol and rifle. The added benefit was that I can shoot pistol as well left handed as I do right now that I have learned the technique to use right eye while shooting left handed.
Perhaps some day I'll buy a shotgun and find someone with the patience to teach me to shoot clay pigeons and doves.Andy is great at teaching skeet shooting. We need to put together another DFW skeet shoot.![]()

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Re: Opening day is tomorrow!
cmgee67 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 7:06 am Good luck to everyone hittin the fields tomorrow. Give them doves all you got! And stay safe and legal!

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NRA Endowment Member, TSRA Life Member,100 Club Life Member,TFC Member
My Faith, My Gun and My Constitution: I cling to all three!
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Re: Opening day is tomorrow!
How’d y’all do?