Not to drag this thread out, but just a Texas update. My fields are continuing to hold good numbers of birds. Plenty for me, but I don't think numbers would hold up to a large gunning party for long.
Had my best ( shooting performance ) outing of the season yesterday afternoon. Birds traded into the field at a nice pace and I was in and out of the field with my allotted 15 shot and picked up in less than 25 minutes. 20 bore with "considerable" choke in it, firing my favorite dove shell AA208,which is the Winchester AA 7/8 oz. #8 1200fps target load.