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Opening weekend of Dove Season I met up with Saltstorm near Uvalde. Kind of
a spur of the moment thing for me due to cancelling my blue quail road trip
west, so I just threw the basic hunting gear in the truck and left Dallas
Saturday morning. When I arrived I checked in at Garner State Park before
meeting the outfitter Kevin and some of the other hunters for lunch in
Uvalde.
Within a few minutes of arriving at the field, we could see a couple of what
I would call Waves of Dove over the field. I had a hard time getting a good
picture due to my position facing the sun, but trust me when I say it is
more dove I have ever seen in one flock before. I borrowed this picture from
Kevin
Saturday I had Dove entering the field from behind me. I think I need to
head to the skeet range and work on those station one high house singles to
improve my shot to bird ratio on that shot. Seems to be a trouble spot for
me, but I eventually got dialed in.
No shortage of birds to shoot at for
sure.
My girl Blaze was sure happy to be along.
This young man and his Dad, Bart, were on the field to my right. It was the
kid's first Dove and their Dog, Dirt's first Dove retrieves.
They did well. I think the kid shot better than me.
You know I'm not going to post a hunt report without some pictures of my
Dog. On one end of the Sesame Field there was a small field of Milo. No
problem when you have a dog to find the birds.
Young Man Zack surprised by a Blaze fly-by. Another crack shot kid. Must be
those good eyes and reflexes us old guys don't have any more.
Sunday and Monday, the birds were more in steady streams rather than the big
waves I saw Saturday evening. At least for the places on the field I had
moved to.
What I ended up doing Sunday was hunkering down in a row of Sesame a few
feet inside the edge of the field. Often birds would be landing near me or
be flying right around me.
Blaze retrieving down one of the rows of Sesame.
Limits for all Sunday with enough birds to go around to make your shots as
easy or as difficult as you wanted.
I got the impression this is a Dove hunt operation that has a lot of the
same people come back for year after year. Great comradery. Some funny
stories passed around of past hunts. Here is a couple of the Characters.
Charlie
I am a fan of fine shotguns even if it is not the focus of my gun collecting
and I don't have that many fine shotguns myself.
Here he is with his new Guerini that his wife bought him for Christmas.
And of course Kevin. A super nice guy full of great stories related to his
past guiding and hunting experiences.
This is the first time I have ever hunted in Sesame, much less seen it
before. My understanding it is planted there as part of a government or
university project with several different types for testing and research.
Thus why it is not cut. I had seeds in all my hunting cloths when I got
home. I can see why this hunt is such a sure thing every season.
a spur of the moment thing for me due to cancelling my blue quail road trip
west, so I just threw the basic hunting gear in the truck and left Dallas
Saturday morning. When I arrived I checked in at Garner State Park before
meeting the outfitter Kevin and some of the other hunters for lunch in
Uvalde.
Within a few minutes of arriving at the field, we could see a couple of what
I would call Waves of Dove over the field. I had a hard time getting a good
picture due to my position facing the sun, but trust me when I say it is
more dove I have ever seen in one flock before. I borrowed this picture from
Kevin
Saturday I had Dove entering the field from behind me. I think I need to
head to the skeet range and work on those station one high house singles to
improve my shot to bird ratio on that shot. Seems to be a trouble spot for
me, but I eventually got dialed in.
No shortage of birds to shoot at for sure.
My girl Blaze was sure happy to be along.
This young man and his Dad, Bart, were on the field to my right. It was the
kid's first Dove and their Dog, Dirt's first Dove retrieves.
They did well. I think the kid shot better than me.
You know I'm not going to post a hunt report without some pictures of my
Dog. On one end of the Sesame Field there was a small field of Milo. No
problem when you have a dog to find the birds.
Young Man Zack surprised by a Blaze fly-by. Another crack shot kid. Must be
those good eyes and reflexes us old guys don't have any more.
Sunday and Monday, the birds were more in steady streams rather than the big
waves I saw Saturday evening. At least for the places on the field I had
moved to.
What I ended up doing Sunday was hunkering down in a row of Sesame a few
feet inside the edge of the field. Often birds would be landing near me or
be flying right around me.
Blaze retrieving down one of the rows of Sesame.
Limits for all Sunday with enough birds to go around to make your shots as
easy or as difficult as you wanted.
I got the impression this is a Dove hunt operation that has a lot of the
same people come back for year after year. Great comradery. Some funny
stories passed around of past hunts. Here is a couple of the Characters.
Charlie
I am a fan of fine shotguns even if it is not the focus of my gun collecting
and I don't have that many fine shotguns myself.
Here he is with his new Guerini that his wife bought him for Christmas.
And of course Kevin. A super nice guy full of great stories related to his
past guiding and hunting experiences.
This is the first time I have ever hunted in Sesame, much less seen it
before. My understanding it is planted there as part of a government or
university project with several different types for testing and research.
Thus why it is not cut. I had seeds in all my hunting cloths when I got
home. I can see why this hunt is such a sure thing every season.
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