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What's the most awesome dove shot you ever saw/made?
- Thread starter Major Dave (retired)
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, he sat there for a minute and then laughed, I sat there for a minute and let out a huge sigh of relief.................
I once used a bolt-action Mossberg without the magazine (lost it) to get three teal with two shots. I was hiding behind a tree and tall grass beside a beaver pond and three teal swam up without my seeing them. Peeking over the high grass, I saw them swimming about 25 yards out.
Having only a single-shot at that point, I lined two of the ducks up and shot them, then, with the next round wedged between the middle two fingers of my right hand, loaded that round and shot the third as it flew to my right, about 30 yards away.
Having only a single-shot at that point, I lined two of the ducks up and shot them, then, with the next round wedged between the middle two fingers of my right hand, loaded that round and shot the third as it flew to my right, about 30 yards away.
A friend and I were hunting a fence line opening morning years ago. A dove came floating in right over us at about 8 yards high. I did not shoot since there would be little to nothing left if I made a solid hit but my buddy's gun went up and BANG, the dove fell. I scolded him for wasting meat to which he replied, "I head shot him". Now I really thought he was making a joke but when we retrieved the bird, sure enough the doves head was gone and not a single pellet was in the breast!
I shot a barn swallow on the fly with my Crosman .22 pellet gun when I was about 12. It was a crossing shot at about 15 yards. Must have tried it a 100 times more after that and never hit another one.
My best on doves that I can remember was a right to left crossing shot flying at full speed over a sunflower field. I pulled the back trigger on my 16 ga. Model Marlin Model 90 (top barrel choked IM) shooting 1 oz, #7-1/2 Remington Game Loads. The dove hit the ground 55 paces from where I was sitting.
My best on doves that I can remember was a right to left crossing shot flying at full speed over a sunflower field. I pulled the back trigger on my 16 ga. Model Marlin Model 90 (top barrel choked IM) shooting 1 oz, #7-1/2 Remington Game Loads. The dove hit the ground 55 paces from where I was sitting.