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Good luck to everyone hittin the fields tomorrow. Give them doves all you got! And stay safe and legal!
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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. :fire
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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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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.
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.

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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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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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!
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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!
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!! :mrgreen:
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Jusme wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:57 pm
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!
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!! :mrgreen:
Im left handed but right eye dominant... maybe i should skip trying to shoot at moving targets with a long gun... lol
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Grundy1133 wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:03 pm
Jusme wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:57 pm
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!
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!! :mrgreen:
Im left handed but right eye dominant... maybe i should skip trying to shoot at moving targets with a long gun... lol
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.
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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.
AndyC wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:55 pm That would be me :)
Andy is great at teaching skeet shooting. We need to put together another DFW skeet shoot. :drool:
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Pawpaw wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 7:21 pm
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.
AndyC wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:55 pm That would be me :)
Andy is great at teaching skeet shooting. We need to put together another DFW skeet shoot. :drool:
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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!
:thumbs2: And stay hydrated!
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How’d y’all do?
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