dove season

[jimbos44]

Thinking about using my o/u this year for dove. Could use a little advice on which choke tubes to use. For skeet I use skeet tube in one and improved cylinder in the other. For dove I was thinking of improved cylinder/modified or modifed/full. Which setup would you use ? thanx.

[BigDogatPlay]

I'd say it's going to depend on the type of shooting you are going to see. When I was a kid I hunted a lot of farm fields for dove. Lots of pass shooting at 20-30 yards, with the usual speed and eccentricities of doves in flight thrown in. I was shooting a pump and sometimes a single barrel with fixed chokes back then, modified on the pump and full on the single. I pretty much always took my limit.

If I am going out now for doves with my o/u and choke tubes I'd be thinking improved cylinder or light modified on one barrel and modified or improved modified on the other.

Looking forward to seeing other opinions on this.

[Juice5610]

Hey a bunch of my team mates and I will be at the dove opener near Brawley. I'm going to be using my girlfriends 18" 870 with no choke lol (I'm a precision rifle guy I dont own a shotgun lol) anyway drop us a line if your in the area. Hit the contact us bottom on the top left corner of the page

http://www.socalprecision.com

[jimbos44]

where is Brawley ?

[$nake-Eye$]

For dove, I use improved cyl on first shot with modified on second shot for my Citori.

I once tried using a full choke and had an approaching/head on shot on a dove and open fired at less than 25 yards. There was a burst of feathers and the only part of the dove I could find was a pair of wings with a thin layer of skin holding them together. Needless to say, I don't use full too much if I want something left to pick up.

SE

I'd say it's going to depend on the type of shooting you are going to see. When I was a kid I hunted a lot of farm fields for dove. Lots of pass shooting at 20-30 yards, with the usual speed and eccentricities of doves in flight thrown in. I was shooting a pump and sometimes a single barrel with fixed chokes back then, modified on the pump and full on the single. I pretty much always took my limit.

If I am going out now for doves with my o/u and choke tubes I'd be thinking improved cylinder or light modified on one barrel and modified or improved modified on the other.

Looking forward to seeing other opinions on this.

[Revoman]

^^^

Fully agree, especially for the season opener. Skeet or improved cylinder in the bottom barrel with a modified or light modified on the top barrel.

Second season maybe a light modified in the bottom and a light full/full in the top barrel. Second season most shots are further away....they have learned by then!

[scotts_4x]

I'm with everyone else. my white onyx 20ga goes to the field with ic over mod. has worked well for me and just about everyone else i shoot with. wife shoots a montefeltro and she just runs a mod.

-scott