Wombats Are Dangerous
11-11-2012, 10:53 PM
After a year of talk, I finally put my money where my mouth is, got my hunting license and went looking for dove in Imperial Valley this weekend. My uncle wanted to run his three-year old brittany a little bit so he took us out to some fields near Niland.
Having never hunted before and with only two rounds of trap under my belt, holy cow were these suckers fast! Couldn't bag a single bird with 22 shots. I was using a 20-gauge semiauto with a skeet choke. I realized on the drive home that I probably should have switched to a mod or full choke when we walked turned or harvested fields.
Hardest part was judging the distance to the birds. They all looked like they were way further than 50 yards away, but my uncle said they were closer to 30-40 yards. I guess I'll never know unless I take the shot.
My uncle managed to bag his first bird in just three shots with an old Stoeger side-by-side! He was walking the edge of the field along really thick brush and this thing just jumped across his face moving right to left.
I'm not sure if it's common to walk fields looking for birds, but man was it fun! I can't wait to actually take something home to eat!
Having never hunted before and with only two rounds of trap under my belt, holy cow were these suckers fast! Couldn't bag a single bird with 22 shots. I was using a 20-gauge semiauto with a skeet choke. I realized on the drive home that I probably should have switched to a mod or full choke when we walked turned or harvested fields.
Hardest part was judging the distance to the birds. They all looked like they were way further than 50 yards away, but my uncle said they were closer to 30-40 yards. I guess I'll never know unless I take the shot.
My uncle managed to bag his first bird in just three shots with an old Stoeger side-by-side! He was walking the edge of the field along really thick brush and this thing just jumped across his face moving right to left.
I'm not sure if it's common to walk fields looking for birds, but man was it fun! I can't wait to actually take something home to eat!