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Old 06-05-2021, 11:59 PM
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elkman30
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The previous 2 posts offer excellent advice.

Does anybody here like the clothing and gear of the man in the dove video posted?
What do you think of his decoy setup, his dog blind and the game bags he's wearing?
How might you dove hunt differently in terms of gear?
Is there more up-to-date dove-hunting information in books, videos, magazines and online articles that you recommend?
Is there anything at you could give as helpful advise to a noobie interested in going for dove?
These questions are better. Another way to approach it is to realize that members here aren't necessarily teach you a class like like Dove Hunting 101 but could give you a lot of tips and suggestions that would help a lot. If you condensed your above questions down, you would likely get more results with a question that acknowledged you're new to dove hunting want to get started and would like to know what people suggest to get started. Jake gave you some excellent advice above.
Bocajnala--Get whatever you need to be legal and then go hunt something. I promise you'll learn along the way.
If you did that for dove hunting in your state for instance, you would get a chance to experience dove hunting, see what other local hunters are using in your area and maybe even meet a possible hunting partner. It's ok to read books and articles but remember that a lot of the time they are trying to sell you on something.

As an example, if you read some of the "dove hunting" articles in magazines, they sound like some brochure for hunting on a private game ranch. The "author" will write about how his guide told him where to sit, set up any decoys, etc. and told him when to shoot, etc.

They will have a shotgun that costs $2-3,000, expensive camo clothing and boots and some list of their hunting gear that reads like a bunch of ads for high end hunting equipment. Most of the time, these articles will tell you little to nothing about actually hunting and if they do, it will be to pass on something their guide told them.

Now compare that with somebody who writes about a DIY hunt where they only had a weekend to hunt because of work and hunted with their grandad's pump 12 gauge, an inexpensive pair of binoculars and probably wore jeans. They tell you what worked and what didn't work for them on their hunt and you can almost see the country and how they tried to position themselves to get shot opportunities. They may mention some tip or trick that you'll think you could use where you hunt as well and you soak up their actual hunting experience instead of reading somebody's brochure on how to spend thousands of $$ that aren't necessary. Or read about some members' descriptions on here about hunts they went on and see what you can pick up.

But more importantly, get out there and hunt. Even if it's just day hunting locally, it's still hunting. Every day you're out in the field is an opportunity to learn something more. If you went dove hunting 5 times this next dove season, you would learn way more than simply reading books or magazines. You could congratulate other dove hunters who were successful and maybe learn what they did differently than you so you can adjust your tactics for the next time.

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