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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ Opening day dove gun |
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Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:08 pm
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Soon, and very soon, 1 Sept and opening day for Doves
What will y'all be using?
I and my Buds start with 410s
Then I use a different gun each outing
A few years back
410 Tristar Brittany, 410 Fausti , 410 Crescent
Mike |
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Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:32 pm
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Joined: 08 Feb 2009
Posts: 1310
Location: Western WA
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The old 2 1/2” A5 with the long barrel installed. A soft shooter for an afternoon of passing doves.
Forest grouse will get the 16/8mm combo gun in case a bear strolls by.
B. |
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Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:21 pm
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Joined: 01 Oct 2007
Posts: 962
Location: Minnesota
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I’ll use multiple guns in a multi day shoot. Generally I don’t use a 16 ga on doves, but will this year.
This year, Rem 1100 in 410 and 28 ga, Benelli 20 ga, and new Browning sweet 16. |
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Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:17 pm
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Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Posts: 1395
Location: Tappahannock, Virginia
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Ithaca 37R with polychoke seems to cover most dove needs for me. |
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Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:27 pm
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Joined: 05 Oct 2017
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Location: Central MN
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Possibly the model 12 in 16ga but I’ve got a lot of 12ga that needs to get burned up in one of the Benellis. |
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Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:43 pm
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Joined: 10 Jul 2010
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Location: Ponchatoula, Louisiana
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Thinking about taking the .410 Rem 870 and trying the Boss shells. (State Wildlife Management Area) Only have a hundred shells but that should be enough for a small gumbo of doves.
We are pretty sure our spot in southwest Louisiana will still be under water thanks to Laura. Our teal rice fields too.
Such is the mighty power of mother nature.
Regards,
Chuck |
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Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:46 am
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Joined: 12 Sep 2010
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Location: Maine
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No dove season here in Maine.
You gotta use the .410s early in the season because once the birds have been shot at a couple times, they won't get close enough for the .410.
Good luck! |
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Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:41 pm
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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Chuck,
Be very care sir, I lived in Slidell, La for years working for NASA/Martin Marietta, lost my beautiful brick Ranch House in the Coin Du Lestin estates to a Hurricane, fortunately for us we had just sold the home.
The hunting always comes back, but it takes a little time after the Hurricane!
Be safe sir!
Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man |
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Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:59 pm
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Joined: 28 Mar 2008
Posts: 1460
Location: Eagle, Nebraska
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Be the Ruger 28ga first morning, then who knows... |
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Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:31 pm
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Joined: 27 Jan 2016
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Location: Oswego, Kansas
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I will start the season for doves with my Bobwhite G2 28ga and then maybe go to my 16ga M12 when shots get longer or when I combine a Teal hunt with it. |
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Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:37 pm
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Joined: 24 Jun 2013
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Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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IF ...... we had a Dove season , it would either be the High Std 410 or the 28ga 11-48 . |
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Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:05 pm
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Joined: 24 Jul 2016
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Location: Ohio
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16'er wrote: |
Ithaca 37R with polychoke seems to cover most dove needs for me.
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16'er,I have a 16 R with a poly that has turned into my very favorite shotgun in the last 6 months. It's a 1941. |
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Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:00 pm
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Joined: 10 Jul 2010
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Location: Ponchatoula, Louisiana
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Pine Creek/Dave wrote: |
Chuck,
Be very care sir, I lived in Slidell, La for years working for NASA/Martin Marietta, lost my beautiful brick Ranch House in the Coin Du Lestin estates to a Hurricane, fortunately for us we had just sold the home.
The hunting always comes back, but it takes a little time after the Hurricane!
Be safe sir!
Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man
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Dave,
We are in Robert, by Hammond, and have missed the full fury of the storm. Slidell got a little licking but over by Gueydan and White Lake the rice fields took a big hit from storm surge. Takes 3 to 4 years to recover from that saltwater.
So that means more quail hunts, dove hunts, and dogris on Lake Ponchartrain.
Regards,
Chuck |
_________________ The reason I am awed by shotgun shooters is that most of them don’t know how in the hell they do what they do.
Charles F. Waterman, |
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Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:20 pm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2013
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Location: NW Arkansas
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1st,
No poule d'eaus? I've always heard that Cajuns can cook anything!
Got to hunt ducks out of a pirogue back in the 70s at the mouth of the Mississippi. 10 point ducks and lots of pintails. Paddle out in the pirogue, back it into a stand of roseau cane and start hunting. What fun!! (But being hit square in the chest by a skipjack that dropped to the bottom of the pirogue and started flopping as I was paddling out to the cane in the dark wasn't fun!)
Mike |
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1954 Win M12 IC
1952 Ithaca M37 Mod
1955 Browning Auto-5 Mod
1940 Ithaca NID M/F
1959 Beretta Silver Hawk
Ranger 103-II M/F
Browning A-5 Sweet 16
Browning Citori Invector
Rem 870 Remchoke |
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Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:27 pm
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Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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Will also be starting out with a Ruger Red Label 28ga. After that, who knows, depends on how I feel. |
_________________ Dennis
Current 16ga. Stable
Browning Citori Gr I
Browning Belgium Sweet 16
A.H. Fox Sterlingworth
Remington 11-48
Remington 31
Remington 870
Geco/J.P. Sauer BLNE
Winchester Mod 12 |
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