Waterhole shooting is part and parcel to West Texas Dove shooting.....it can be as easy or challenging as you choose to make it. Since the water holes are mine , I make the conditions..... I much prefer to ascertain the flight pattern into the water source and set myself up on the flight path into the tank (pond). Much sportier flight shooting, and the doves do not associate the shooting with the waterhole...Birds that are missed or not shot at proceed on to the water and drink unmolested..Therefore you do not run them off for several days with a prolonged shoreline barrage.
.410 dove shooting reputations are easily established on hovering 20 yard doves setting their wings to drink.....
I really prefer the challenge of bird in full flight headed to the waterhole. Averages are lower, but the results much more satisfying.
I frequently shoot windmill holes that could well be the setting for a John Cowan painting.....
Last edited by mel5141; 09/06/20 10:33 PM. Reason: punctuation
