First tune up shoot of the season

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5 year old buck +
Dog sitting my oldest sons pup Lou while he and his wife are in Tahoe this week.

Found a field with a few birds working, she did pretty good with them. Was a little rusty on the retrieving to hand after her spring layoff but had a good time.
Darcy did not like being benched this morning.

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Shes beautiful! Almost has the same coloration as some of the pigeons!
 
Wife just hooked me up with an early birthday present!
It’s on now!

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Trying out the new decoys!

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Looks like a great time and great work for the dogs. They changed up our dove season down here this year. Used to open at noon opening day, now it opens :30 minutes before sunrise like all migratory birds and on managed hunts, closes at noon. Apparently us hunters voted that in for some reason. :emoji_frowning2:
 
Looks like a great time and great work for the dogs. They changed up our dove season down here this year. Used to open at noon opening day, now it opens :30 minutes before sunrise like all migratory birds and on managed hunts, closes at noon. Apparently us hunters voted that in for some reason. :emoji_frowning2:

That sucks!
A lot of our best shoots are evening hunts, can you still shoot all day on private property?
My boys planted a bunch of sunflowers this year to mow down with high hopes of lots of doves this September.
 
That sucks!
A lot of our best shoots are evening hunts, can you still shoot all day on private property?
My boys planted a bunch of sunflowers this year to mow down with high hopes of lots of doves this September.
Yes on private property you can shoot all day. Unfortunately I have very few doves on our place and good shoots down here start at $250 per gun for opening day, great shoots are $350. Logan and I have been going to the WMA hunts for several years and always have good to great shoots. Not sure what to expect this year.
 
Yes on private property you can shoot all day. Unfortunately I have very few doves on our place and good shoots down here start at $250 per gun for opening day, great shoots are $350. Logan and I have been going to the WMA hunts for several years and always have good to great shoots. Not sure what to expect this year.

We have a bunch of doves around here right now…so that probably means they will blow out of here a few days before season!

They did that last year, then we got fresh ones or they bounced back? We ended up with a few really good shoots though.
 
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