Get your buckets ready

[budda]

I hope to limit on Saturday and Sunday and then my wife can make some Dove stirfry. Second best only to grilled bacon rapped dove breast.

[raymill]

Its last call grab that last beer or bourbon and finish it up and get some shut eye. Doves fly best early.

[raymill]

1 shot 1 bird.

[birddog]

Got 12 but it was way disappointing from last year. Should have shot limits by 10am.


Few more than 12 shots though

[02ducky]

Anybody get a full bag limit?

[AK47 Ranger]

went to bed at 2am, up at 430 like clockwork.

our normal gangbuster spot was lackluster today. 4 of us shot 40+ birds between the AM and PM. PM was WAY slower than I have ever seen it.

going to a different place we hunt tomorrow to see if things change.

[Colorado Osprey]

Anybody get a full bag limit?

3 of us imited and did not even see a collared dove. It did cost me almost 2 boxes of ammo.
I took too many long distance shots.. but when shooting at singles I had nothing to loose.
It was hard hunting single fliers and the temp Sat where I was maxed out at 106 degrees and was 101 degrees from noon till 4:30.

Yes this was in Colorado .... somewhere long the Arkansas River.

Timpas River was dry and not a bird to be seen.

[raymill]

I have never seen so many people out on opening day, at the Pueblo State wildlife area west side of resevoir. Good note the sunflowers are out of control and there was lots of water holes

[sniper7]

Didn't get to go. Guy I was supposed to go with on private ground had something come up with work and didn't get to go either. I wasn't going to head out to a SWA. so instead we went and looked at new vehicles...I'm now in more debt

[eneranch]

Managed to get 3 birds in 4-1/2 hours ; very disappointing bird count where I was.