Worst dove hunt in 20 years.
I got make the beast with two backsing skunked... zip, nada, zero. I shot at like 3 birds and they were all 10-20 yards outside the effective kill zone for my 20 gauge. Even with hot 1 oz loads. I was desperate. Had two better shots but waved off due to safety. I would have peppered the shit out of two buddies had I shot.
Been going to my friend's ranch north of Brownwood, TX every opening day for 25+ years. A group of my friends that have known each other for 35-45 years goes every opening day. It's my favorite "holiday" of the year! It's in a really good area, just for some weird reason all the local dove disappeared this year. We went 2 weeks ago to mow and plow up the fields we hunt in and didn't see shit then either. Bad omen!
Thankfully others shot a few and we had enough birds for everyone to have some for dinner that night. But after the shitty opening morning and afternoon hunts I didn't even go out on the 2nd morning. Fixed breakfast for everyone while guzzling Bloody Marys. I was a lot more productive doing that!
Waiting for a good cold front to drive down some northern birds.
Maybe I should just change this thread title to Dove Hunting!!
