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Just a line before turning in to wish everyone a Grand Opening Day, if your season of Sport afield begins tomorrow......
Looking forward to it with relish, they get more important when you know it is ultimately winding down for you.....
Sympathy for all of my Friends and shooting companions in those areas ravaged by Harvey, Godspeed in your recovery.
I'm going to rumble around in the safe and find a gun with Briley thin wall chokes to open the season with, in honor of my old friend of many years Jesse Allen Briley, who passed peacefully at home in Houston..... Jess was a real innovator, and a fine Man.....
May He Rest In Peace......Amen
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May you have a glorious 1st, Paul. We will open it here Saturday, the 2nd. Two of my grandsons will be in the sunflowers with me, they with their 20s, me with my little S X S .410. Weather is supposed to be nothing less than a gift for the opener in GA ............... highs in the upper 80s, and partly cloudy with a chance of showers.
They remind me that I have lived the dream, growing up on my Grandaddy's farm, shooting birds and fishing with him. I was indeed the subject of Whittier's poem that begins ........... "Blessings on thee little man, barefoot boy with cheek of tan".
My best to you and all the residents of Texas, SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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I drove 300 miles from Los Angeles to Yuma Arizona this afternoon. Highs reaching to 111.
We scouted about two hours in the late afternoon and found several promising dove flyways. Birds are everywhere and in great numbers.
At about 5 PM we witnessed flight after flight of dove in waves returning to the roost.
We are going to hunt this hillside reminiscent of a moonscape, doves flying adjacent to freshly cut hay fields.
We will be just below the hills crest with great visibility to oncoming dove.
Who can sleep, it's like the night before Christmas.
A safe hunt to all.
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It's 4 AM and I've been awake for over an hour. Drove 300 miles yesterday from New York to Maryland's Eastern Shore to get here for the dove opener. Checked the field we will be shooting today, birds look better than last year but not a bumper crop. Still have not decided on what gun to shoot. I think I will start with my Bernardelli Brescia hammer gun then switch to a Browning Mod. 42. I still don't have enough confidence in the bird numbers to think I can get it done with the .410.
Well another 2 1/2 hours and the hotel will get breakfast out.
Dennis
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Nice to have a place to converse with others who have "the grey sickness".  SRH
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We are just loading up to head to a Native Sunflower field 3 miles south of the Headquarters here.....I'm going to shoot my 30" .410 at them this morning..... Shooting is not difficult in the early days of the season, only as difficult as you choose to make it....
Should make short work of limits, and I'll set on Brunch while the younger set see to the cleaning chores....
Looming fuel shortages look to curtail Outings for many in the Lone Star State.....
Several neighbors and friends inform me that many of their regular party are unable to secure fuel for the trip out here and back....Could get worse....
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It'll be the Sweltering Second for us in S. Ga. We won't shoot the "club" field until Thursday as there is a loose swapping of openers to insure that all affiliated fields aren't shot the same day and the "staggered" opening day shoots are spread out during the first week.
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I've decided to use my little 28" S x S .410, tomorrow. I had toyed with the idea of using the 30" O/U .410, but I honestly just don't shoot it as well as I do the little "cheap gun" Yildiz. It's hell to have some fairly expensive guns and shoot the cheapest ones the best. The O/U .410 patterns great, shoots to POA, and fits me great. I just can't hit with it as well, yet. Maybe I'll try it Labor day. Sorry to hear about the fuel shortages, Paul. Hopefully they will be short lived. The Texas Railroad Commissioner thinks it will only be a few days, and that it is caused by panic buying. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/harvey/2...tage-calls-calm All my best, SRH
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My blue Grouse honey hole was empty this morning. Nice to get the new pup out though. He worked close and was very well behaved, at least that is something.
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I drove 300 miles from Los Angeles to Yuma Arizona this afternoon. Highs reaching to 111.
We scouted about two hours in the late afternoon and found several promising dove flyways. Birds are everywhere and in great numbers.
At about 5 PM we witnessed flight after flight of dove in waves returning to the roost.
We are going to hunt this hillside reminiscent of a moonscape, doves flying adjacent to freshly cut hay fields.
We will be just below the hills crest with great visibility to oncoming dove.
Who can sleep, it's like the night before Christmas.
A safe hunt to all. One of these days, I would love to come shoot doves in the desert Southwest setting you describe, Bob. Sounds absolutely wonderful. JR
Be strong, be of good courage.
God bless America, long live the Republic.
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