Dove Hunting Great shooting & Great eating By Gary Howey
Tuesday September 1st, hunters in South Dakota and Nebraska headed out to their favorite pond, harvested wheat/oat fields and shelterbelts to take a shot at dove hunting.
When I say, “take a shot”, I should have said take many shots as dove hunting can be a real challenge! Doves are the 
aerial acrobats of the bird’s kingdom as they seldom fly in a straight line, darting from side to side and changing altitude in the blink of an eye as they zig zag their way across the sky.
It doesn’t take much of a load to down a dove, as long as you can catch up with and get a bead on the little buggers.
Don’t feel bad if you miss several birds, since studies indicate that the average dove hunter will shoot as many as 10 shells for each bird that he drops.
I’m sure ammunition manufacturers lick their chops as dove season nears because they know that ammunition sales are going to increase dramatically.
Any gauge shotgun will work for dove hunting. The group of hunters I hunt with use every gauge imaginable. As they use 12, 20, 28 and 410 gauge shotguns.… Continue reading