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Miscellaneous => Other Guns => Topic started by: K-Man on March 15, 2012, 09:39:30 PM
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Was invited today to go dove hunting (when the season begins) here in TX. Have never been before so I'm looking for recommendations for a decent quality, doesn't break the bank, shotgun to use/purchase. What is the best guage - 12 or 20 or?
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Was invited today to go dove hunting (when the season begins) here in TX. Have never been before so I'm looking for recommendations for a decent quality, doesn't break the bank, shotgun to use/purchase. What is the best guage - 12 or 20 or?
I used to use an over and under 28 gauge for doves......12 gauge is to much gun for them...but needed for ducks and turkey....JMO
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A twenty is good, too.
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I do use a twenty; Remington auto; and have used it with the 16 ga. barrel. Prefer the twenty for doves.
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Kevin:
I prefer a 20-guage side-by-side shotgun for dove hunting. The CZ Ringneck (Stock # 8217) at this link would appear to offer good value for money at $849.00:
http://www.doubleshotguns.com/usedshotguns.html
I have no experience with or knowledge of the seller.
Good hunting! Or, as we used to say in Germany, Weidmannsheil!
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Thanks for the suggestions/info, everyone - much appreciated.
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Now, good luck with those doves!
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Kevin:
A day of migratory dove hunting in Texas should be a very enjoyable experience. The birds will be moving fast, often high, and from every direction.
I've related this story before on the Forum, but the best wing shot I ever made was accomplished with an old Stevens 20-guage side-by-side double. I was hunting migratory doves with a retriever I owned at the time, a very talented Vizsla named "Gypsy" (the dog I mentioned on Adam's recent thread on "Dozer"). The land on which we were hunting bordered the James River in Goochland County, Virginia, and was owned by one of my old Army buddies. "Gypsy" and I were on the north bank of the river looking upland when a pair of birds came straight at us, high and fast. The dog was sitting on her haunches just to my right. Somehow, I managed to lead the pair exactly right and they fell alomost together literally at the dog's feet. She looked at the birds, which were both cleanly killed and not moving, looked up at me, looked back at the birds, and finally looked up at me again as if to say, "What am I supposed to do now?"
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Ahh, the James River. I used to live beside it in Newport News, Va. as a kid; the fishing stories I could tell on and at that river, however, this is about doves. Great personal story, RS.
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Kevin:
A day of migratory dove hunting in Texas should be a very enjoyable experience. The birds will be moving fast, often high, and from every direction.
I've related this story before on the Forum, but the best wing shot I ever made was accomplished with an old Stevens 20-guage side-by-side double. I was hunting migratory doves with a retriever I owned at the time, a very talented Vizsla named "Gypsy" (the dog I mentioned on Adam's recent thread on "Dozer"). The land on which we were hunting bordered the James River in Goochland County, Virginia, and was owned by one of my old Army buddies. "Gypsy" and I were on the north bank of the river looking upland when a pair of birds came straight at us, high and fast. The dog was sitting on her haunches just to my right. Somehow, I managed to lead the pair exactly right and they fell alomost together literally at the dog's feet. She looked at the birds, which were both cleanly killed and not moving, looked up at me, looked back at the birds, and finally looked up at me again as if to say, "What am I supposed to do now?"
I could just see that. Too funny.
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Ahh, the James River. I used to live beside it in Newport News, Va. as a kid; the fishing stories I could tell on and at that river, however, this is about doves. Great personal story, RS.
I trained in Richmond and most of us in internship and residency had zero money ($300/month and free laundry for our whites). Used to fish the herring run in the James for sustenance...full of dioxin but we didn't know that then. Lived otherwise on poker winnings and donating blood (donated a pint of blood for the cash to take my honey out on our first date). Things were simpler then...it was all ahead of us.
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If you get lucky, look for a used superposed - I picked up a field grade one for $600 before, then spent about another ~$400 on having a pad installed, and chokes installed from Briley.
If you go w. the CZ, and it doesn't have interchangeable chokes, check how tight the barrels are. I had a 410 SXS, which was choked extra-full.