<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> Ok... How about former active-duty marine?

UPDATE: Next time out for the doves after practicing with a hand thrower wasn't much better. <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle> So we went and tried a couple rounds of skeet this sunday.

heh... 150 rounds later... some ice for the shoulder... I learned some VALUABLE lessons! 1.) Dove loads kick SIGNIFICANTLY more than target loads. 2.) Both will nail the target.

At the end I was taggin' 15 or 16 for every 25 and was quite pleased! My son was getting about 8 - 10!! I think we're going to try doves again this weekend. Maybe then we'll finally have enough in the freezer for a BBQ!!! YUM! <img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>


Our total take so far for this hunting season - 4 doves, 3 squirrels, and almost a ~50lb pig [piglet?] that tried to scare us to death. hehehe.. We came over the top of a gulley and heard some of the most godawfull squeeeling by the fastest moving bacon I've ever seen!! When you're looking into the trees - you don't expect to see your breakfast running into the bushes hollerin' at the top of its lungs.

On a side note - I think we also saw some turkeys. Not sure exactly.. but we decided to walk down that creek bed for a bit. I switched to slugs in my 12ga just in case we saw momma pig. A couple hundred yds later... 5 of the BIGGEST DADGUM BIRDS I've ever seen flushed on us! I only saw them for a moment before they were into the brush - but too big to be ducks... <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

WOHOOO!!!

Clark

Houston, TX