Had a great time in NE Colorado. The birds were there, but spread out & finding a place they congregated us tough. I shot my Parker repro 28ga & loved very minute of the shooting even though I shot pretty poorly at first.

This was our 24th year of dove camp with the same landowners & their families. We've been doing this camp long enough that in two case we are now dealing with the second & third generation of these farmers.

There was a big down side to this year though. One of the first generation farmers died about a month before the opener, then one of my best friends and founding member of this outing died suddenly from a heart attack two weeks before the opener. Their presence was dearly missed, but we made sure to honor them as best we could & used this years hunt as a time of healing & respect for those we loved. The actual hunting was far down the list of important items at this years annual dove gathering of friends!